The Power of Us

More news about the news that wasn’t news

Posted by on Jan 31, 2011 in Journalism | 4 comments

Covering the news of a complex, volatile world should make you humble. It makes Bill Keller smug. What he is really saying is that something is news when The New York Times says its news.

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Content meant to be read on every screen

Posted by on Jan 27, 2011 in Museum of Next | 5 comments

Roger Black is a designer who likes to read. Now with partner Filipe Fortes, a computer scientist and user-experience expert, he’s created a platform for narrative in the digital diaspora.

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Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences, architecture designed to inform, entertain and inspire

Posted by on Jan 26, 2011 in Museum of Next | 3 comments

From a city founded in the 2nd Century BC comes a glimpse into how the city of the future might work — with equal shares...

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Rachel Sterne to steer NYC’s digital direction

Posted by on Jan 26, 2011 in We People | 3 comments

Rachel Sterne becomes New York City’s first chief digital officer. The Ground Report founder, who’ll give up her...

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The app in the car

Posted by on Jan 25, 2011 in Museum of Next | 3 comments

The 2011 Mini Countryman takes the integration of tech, media and cars to a new level.

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The revolution within the revolution: How mobile devices and social media changed Tunisia

Posted by on Jan 20, 2011 in Social media | 11 comments

What is revealing about this revolution is the way in which citizens discovered it, how they informed one another, and how they mobilized around it. They used their mobile phones, now ubiquitous in North Africa, to communicate via text messaging and Twitter. For many Tunisians, their phones are their Internet. Theirs is a story about the democratization of media, a social revolution that wields the power to change lives as well as governments

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Rules for civility that Washington might get

Posted by on Jan 19, 2011 in Do Good | 3 comments

Why should we behave politely, act respectfully or show good manners? Because it it matters. What the politicians and pundits in Washington could learn from an earnest community website.

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Current finds TV’s future at the bar

Posted by on Jan 18, 2011 in Museum of Next | 3 comments

Current TV’s Bar Karma is a stunningly original development in storytelling enabled by the collaboration of a creative...

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Old school ads seek a social media guru

Posted by on Jan 18, 2011 in Causes | 6 comments

A new campaign for a nonprofit health organization reveals the limits of traditional advertising - and the tantalizing lure of online networks. If you're a social media guru, Selfchec needs your help.

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Democracy calls, who answers?

Posted by on Jan 14, 2011 in Research | 5 comments

By far the most significant communications innovations of recent years, the mobile Internet and mobile applications have...

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Screen-sensitive glove keeps info at hand

Posted by on Jan 14, 2011 in Museum of Next | 3 comments

You want to call a friend, check email or search for a restaurant. Pull out your touch-screen gadget and let your fingers do...

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Final Jeopardy: A machine that questions what it means to be human

Posted by on Jan 13, 2011 in Museum of Next | 3 comments

The battle over intelligence is popular culture’s longest running show. Are computers smarter than people? Is the brain a...

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Talk with customers, work your tradeshows

Posted by on Jan 13, 2011 in Startup | 3 comments

Working remotely on a computer or on the phone doesn't give you the same connection you get from meeting your customers face-to-face. It's important to get out there and shake hands.

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The Gorgeous Blur returns to NYC. Catch it April 6.

Posted by on Jan 12, 2011 in We Media NYC | 5 comments

The Gorgeous Blur is coming back to NYC. The We Media conference returns to New York on April 6 with a fresh flash of the...

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Call for entries: $50k for media startups

Posted by on Jan 11, 2011 in Pitch It | 29 comments

Entries are now closed for the 2011 We Media PitchIt Challenge. The challenge offers $50,000 in seed funding to help launch two innovative media and tech startups. Finalists will pitch their ideas at the We Media NYC conference.

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