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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Journalism Warning Labels
I like this – a lot. Makes a whole hell of a lot more sense than PMRC warning labels, that’s for sure. I wonder if a Firefox plugin, enabling some social review mechanism to apply these labels would work. Probably … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Connection, the Internet, the Web, and Media, Public Service, Civics, Government and Activism
Tagged connection, influence, internet, journalism, norgs
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Rafe Colburn: “sustained hardship … pushes people down Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.”
Rafe Colburn on rc3.org writes about the ever more ugly political environment: “Things never get better by getting worse”
Posted in Homelessness, Public Service, Civics, Government and Activism
Tagged class, health
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20 Minutes into the Future is Now
Max Headroom is coming out on DVD. Way, way, way ahead of its time. I’m looking forward to getting this. NPR.org: “’80s Nostalgia? M-M-Max Headroom Is Now On DVD” Wired.com: “Scott Brown on How Max Headroom Predicted the Demise of … Continue reading
Memeorandum has become essential
I have been hard on Memeorandum in the past, believing that its story selection algorithm’s were too narrow, that it promoted a small subset of the Web, but just look at it. Look at it again. Memeorandum is the only … Continue reading
A continuing inspiration
There are some who would label Sister Mary Scullion’s belief system as ‘liberal’ because it has a vision for helping people reach their fullest potential, or, because it comes from a faith-based foundation, ‘religious’ or ‘conservative’. There are some would … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Family and Life, Homelessness, Public Service, Civics, Government and Activism
Tagged achievement, heroes, homelessness
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Getting to know who you are can help
Oscar Wilde may have said, “only the shallow know themselves”, but a little introspection can go a long way. Kimberly Blessing recommends a book and online assessment called “StrengthsFinder” to put to language what your natural strengths and inclinations are … Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Software Engineering, Programming, Friends, Family and Life
Tagged achievement, introspection, process, programming
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Two questioning reports on social networking and culture
Jeffrey Rosen in the NYTimes reports on the effects social networking will have on our efforts to redefine ourselves: It’s often said that we live in a permissive era, one with infinite second chances. But the truth is that for … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Connection, the Internet, the Web, and Media, Public Service, Civics, Government and Activism
Tagged health, influence, psychology, sociology, web
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Interested in data and visualizations?
Check out the Guardian’s Datablog, and while you are at it, read/watch the Guardian’s Simon Rogers interview with Jonathan Stray of Nieman Journalism Labs on the rise of data journalism and the tools they use.
My first interview, “Huey & the Banjo”
Last week I took part in a project that led me to help interview a large group of great co-workers and friends at CIM. To get some practice, I stopped by Suburban Station to interview one of the musicians who … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, norgs, and the future of news, Music, Philly
Tagged interviews, music, video
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Python has a growing share
ActiveState: “The Growth of Dynamic Languages – Pythonists, Pythonistas, and Pythoneers”.