Technology
Of the web
"These days people use the term "web" to mean basically something you can view in a web browser. But that does not mean it is *of* the web."
Ben Werdmuller
Ben Werdmuller helps leaders at newsrooms, non-profits, and mission-driven organizations to navigate their biggest technology challenges.
Technology
The State of the Open Social Web
A comprehensive look at Mastodon, Bluesky, and the growing ecosystem of open, interoperable social networks.
Technology
Open Source Power
"In hindsight I don't think any reasonable person can say that we're collectively better off. Democracy is losing, and tech is playing an undeniably outsized part in that."
Business
Honor The Maker's Schedule
"As an innovation leader, it is your job to ensure that your organization has explicit norms that enable your people to do deep work." Meeting culture is one place they often fall down – this is a great way to better support your teams.
Technology
Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive
"As generative AI content starts to fill our social apps, a project to bring back Vine’s six-second looping videos is launching with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s backing."
Democracy
I Want You to Understand Chicago
"I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time."
Democracy
Time to start de-Appling
"You have some serious thinking to do about what you intend to trust to the Apple stack altogether going forward, even things like passwords."
Health
This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough
The pandemic isn't over, and there's still much to fear from the COVID-19 virus.
Ask a newsroom technology leader
How can I be most useful to you?
A short reader survey about the challenges you’re working through and the support you wish existed.
Future of News
There's no such thing as neutral technology
Why organizations must evaluate values, not just features
Technology
Trump Administration's Arrival on Bluesky Highlights Growing Pains for Open Networks
"It’s no accident that US political operatives have been singling out Bluesky as a target for political control and retribution for months." But the result puts protocol developers and the users of their networks in opposition.
AI
This Is How Much Anthropic and Cursor Spend On Amazon Web Services
AI at scale isn't scaling.