XO Laptop Turns Kids into Media Creators in Uruguay
“On YouTube, there is an 11-minute video of the veterinarian-assisted birth of a calf on a farm in Villa Cardal,…
Twiistup 5
Location: Los Angeles This is an expo where selected tech start-ups can pitch their wares to entrepreneurs, social media experts,…
NewsTools2008 to Bring Geeks and Journalists Together
One truism that has remained constant over the years is that journalists and technologists rarely cohabit the same physical plane.…
Kindle, E-Readers Must Be Cheap, Flexible to Supplant Books
Amazon Kindle Are e-readers like the Amazon Kindle going to make print books obsolete, or will people’s undying love for…
How do you protect your privacy online?
Lately, online privacy has been a hot topic for Internet users. The Federal Trade Commission held hearings about online privacy…
Place-Based Video Games Could Transform Education
After reading Paul Grabowicz’s post Why Journalists Should Develop Video Games, I thought I’d chime in and riff off of…
Toward a Community Media Toolset
In the past three years, since I co-founded Ourmedia.org, a lot of would-be community publishers have asked me the same…
CMLP Legal Guide: Getting Your Content Out to the World
This is the second in a series of posts calling attention to some of the topics covered in the recently…
News That Moves
More and more cities are begining to offer digital maps to help tourists navigate their way around and locate points…
Michael Wesch: Toward an Ethnography of YouTube
I’m currently at DIY Video Summit, a well-organized gathering of academics, video-bloggers, and other web enthusiasts and critics. The first…