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Open Source Projects and Poisonous People

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Karl

Brian Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman, authors of the new O’Reilly book, “Team Geek: A Software Developer’s Guide to Working Well with Others”, had a great talk at Google I/O 2008 that is a must watch, Open Source Projects and Poisonous … Continue reading →

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Yesterday Android Alliance launched in Philly

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Karl

Yesterday folks interested in Android development got together at National Mechanics in CC Philly and had a few drinks with one another. The big takeaway for me from the first meeting is that there are many in the region involved … Continue reading →

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Hyper-local is about community or it fails

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Karl

There have been numerous efforts at building services focused on local communities, and almost all of them, that have not had a community element to them, have failed to one degree or another. Just being an aggregator is not enough. … Continue reading →

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Two talks from TED to watch *today*

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Karl

TEDXToronto: “Neil Pasricha: The 3 A’s of awesome”: TEDXHouston: “Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability”: Related: “1000 Awesome Things” Presentation Zen: “We don’t seek your perfection, only your authenticity” This post brought to you by Dave Rogers whose latest post … Continue reading →

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Ethan Zuckerman at TEDGlobal on the challenge and opportunity

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Karl

Interested in how information reaches those it needs to reach? Intersted in acts of journalism crossing cultural gulfs and divides? Interested in web services and connectivity? You will want to watch Ethan Zuckerman’s talk at TEDGlobal 2010 and I hope … Continue reading →

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“So what will it mean to bear witness in the future?”

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Karl

They say that history is written by the victors. But now, before the victors win, there is a chance to scream out with a text message that will not vanish. What would we know about what passed between Turks and … Continue reading →

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10 years of weblogging

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Karl

I’ve been trying to write a riff on Garret’s 10 year anniversary piece on blogging for a while now. But every time I start, it ends up way too long. So just read his piece and come back. Okay, did … Continue reading →

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Social Networking == Social Division?

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Karl

You would think after 20 years of the Web, we would come to a better understanding that it either helps us connect, or helps us segregate. You’d be wrong. Following is some research and reading. But first… What do you … Continue reading →

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If you build it, but don’t participate, you get what you deserve

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Karl

The Nieman Journalism Lab: Mathew Ingram: Newspapers get the kind of communities they deserve: many newspapers still see comments as some kind of necessary evil: a bone tossed to readers to help drive traffic, but something that produces little else … Continue reading →

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Stack Overflow launches

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Karl

I like what I see at Stack Overflow so far. Growing an online community of any sort can be tricky, but this collaboration engine looks smart. Additional info at Joel Spolksy’s. Hmmm… I might post a Java, Emacs, or Python … Continue reading →

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