Stefana Broadbent: How The Internet Enables Intimacy

November 7, 2009 Culture

We worry that IM, texting, Facebook are spoiling human intimacy, but Stefana Broadbent’s research shows how communication tech is capable of cultivating deeper relationships, bringing love across barriers like distance and workplace rules.

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Web 2.0 Summit 09: Aneesh Chopra and Tim O’Reilly

October 26, 2009 Interviews

Aneesh Chopra (Federal Office of Science and Technology Policy), Tim O’Reilly (O’Reilly Media, Inc.), “A Conversation with Aneesh Chopra”

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Adam Carolla Podcast with Leo Laporte

October 23, 2009 Interviews

You will not find a more genuine and likable media personality in tech and new media than Leo Laporte. His live Twit.tv shows and podcasts are fantastic. Both entertaining and informative. Join Adam Carolla Leo Laporte in a two part talk from Blogworld last week. Then check out more from Twit.tv.

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Rory Sutherland: Life Lessons From An Ad Man

October 15, 2009 Marketing and Advertising

About this TED Talk: Advertising adds value to a product by changing our perception, rather than the product itself. Rory Sutherland makes the daring assertion that a change in perceived value can be just as satisfying as what we consider “real” value — and his conclusion has interesting consequences for how we look at life.

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Clay Shirky on Internet Issues Facing Newspapers

October 7, 2009 Presentations

I have a tremendous amount of respect for Clay Shirky. I first hear him speak at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Fransisco, CA in 2008. Immediately following his talk I read his book Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. I was hooked.
Via Berkman Center for Internet and Society: Clay Shirky describes [...]

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How the Tape Recorder Killed Journalism

October 6, 2009 Culture

Most famous for his articles about Joe DiMaggio, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra, Gay Talese describes the deleterious effects that recording devices, hollowed expense accounts, and an emphasis on ‘indoor life’ have had on the writing process. Talese does a fantastic job of illustrating the point on how technology has impacted journalism.

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Shared Items: 20 September 2009

September 20, 2009 Web and Tech Links

Post-Medium Publishing. [Paul Graham]
What if People Don’t Take the Bait to Go Paperless? [New York Times]
Ours, Theirs and the Bloggers’ Zones: Compatible, Yet Different. [Nieman]
Can You Trust Crowd Wisdom? [Technology Review-MIT]
Who Controls Data About Public Transportation? [EFF]
The People’s Republic of Google. [I,Cringely]
A Day In The Life Of An Information Worker. [Forrester Research]
Will the web mean [...]

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Clay Shirky – Technology Insight

September 19, 2009 Presentations

There were a number of really fantastic presentations from the recently held Gov 2.0 Summit. Join Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody, on his presentation “Technology Insight” from the Gov 2.0 Summit.

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Fighting Dirty in Scrabble

September 19, 2009 Presentations

Hilarious Ignite talk from Mehal Shah.

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City Sourced: Real Time Mobile Civic Engagement

September 18, 2009 Crowdsourcing

Public channels between local residents and government are just developing. Still in their infancy, interactive civic engagement products are launching giving people the necessary tools to communicate directly and more effectively with local government, bridging the communication gap between city residents and city hall. Imagine being able to report local neighborhood issues using global positioning (GPS); [...]

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