journalism
When people trust humans more than brands: the incubator newsroom
How we might rebuild journalism from the ground up by rethinking what a newsroom is.
journalism
General
September 11th, 2011
The events that occurred ten years ago were undeniably horrific, scary and tragic. They were also an opportunity to show how strong democratic values are; to show how powerful reason is when armed with information; to unite behind our belief in freedom of speech and freedom of knowledge. I was
General
Where to find me at SXSW
I'm stoked to be at this year's South By Southwest Interactive festival in Austin. As well as enjoying the talks, attending events and enjoying wandering around one of my favorite cities in the world, I'm appearing as part of two panels: The Why &
General
For your consideration at SXSW Interactive
I’ve submitted a talk for South By Southwest 2011: Building the User-centered Web By establishing a general standard for social application interactions, the services and technologies used to make connections become less relevant; the Internet is people, one big social network, and users no longer have to worry about
Politics
The death of newspapers, and why it matters
The Internet has, undeniably, changed our culture. For most of the 20th century, we paid for our news, entertainment, art and literature. We allowed businesses to act as gatekeepers for this content, and accepted that the media landscape would be dictated by decisions made in the boardroom. Publishers, movie studio
Web
Last.fm isn't selling your data to the RIAA, apparently
[..] So do us a favour – if you see people spreading the rumour, refer them to this blog post and mention you heard from a friend that “Techcrunch are full of shit.” Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit". The other day, Techcrunch claimed that the music site Last.
Andrew Orlowski vs Paul Carr and Twestival
A group of unpaid volunteers used social media to create a global event that has already - before anything like the final total has been counted - raised a six figure amount to provide clean water to some of the world's poorest people. Your response to that was