Wednesday, March 16, 2011
How blogs have changed journalism
Benzinga's Laura Hlebasko sent me some questions about blogs and online media for a feature she's writing. Here they are, along with my answers: 1) As an established journalist, what is the difference between you writing an article for traditional media and you writing an article for a blog? What do you like and dislike, or see as the benefits and limitations, of those mediums when you are reporting on a topic?
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Why Crowdsourcing and Crowdfeeding may be the answer to Snowmageddon
The state response to the massive snow storm in NY was predictably slow and not up to the task. The New York Times reported that "streets across vast stretches of the city remained untouched, leaving tens of thousands of residents unable to get to jobs and many facing long waits for ambulances and other emergency services.
Tech and Social Movements: Beyond ''Did Twitter Cause the Tunisian Uprising?''
One of the least important things the uprising in Tunisia is going to do is add more empirical fuel to the long-running debate about the role played by digital social media in fostering political and social change. In the grand scheme of things, what could be less important than the way a real-world revolution proves or disproves the theses put forward about the Internet by a subset of very smart public intellectuals?
We need a serious critique of net activism
The Net Delusion argues that technology isn't necessarily good for freedom – but how else can the oppressed have a voice? Evgeny Morozov's The Net Delusion is the first book from the Belarusian-born foreign policy writer and blogger. Morozov has built a reputation as a sharp and sometimes caustic critic of the internet and "cyber-utopianism" and Net Delusion expands the arguments he's made elsewhere.
Facebook for Activists
Two articles today focus on the promise and the troubles of Facebook for activists. I've written extensively on the subject, and though I recognize that Facebook is a private company with the right to make its own decisions, I continue to be troubled by what I view as negligence toward the international activist community.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Edison's Predictions for the Year 2011 (1911)
On June 23, 1911 the Miami Metropolis published predictions about the year 2011 from the one and only Tommy "Dumbo Killah" Edison. Edison makes some amazing predictions about a future of golden automobiles, the discontinuation of gold as currency, the rise of steel and the death of the steam engine. I'm especially interested in his prediction about books of the year 2011.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Tech and Social Movements: Beyond ''Did Twitter Cause the Tunisian Uprising?''
One of the least important things the uprising in Tunisia is going to do is add more empirical fuel to the long-running debate about the role played by digital social media in fostering political and social change. In the grand scheme of things, what could be less important than the way a real-world revolution proves or disproves the theses put forward about the Internet by a subset of very smart public intellectuals?
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