Regrets: Can’t make the Steve Jobs meetup tonight. Zuckerberg is coming to the house for dinner.
In the City of Fools, a last-minute, April 1 invitation for a private, drop-by with a dignitary is as predictable as cherry...
Read MoreNot funny: The real costs of our gizmos
It's not a ha-ha spoof, and it's not a ha-ha issue, either. The environmental, social and human impact of our consumption gets so much less attention than the features and flaws of the latest release.
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WeThink
I am excited to announce the launch of a new project that we are calling WeThink. What is it? WeThink is a conversation...
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American Gothic, broadband version
Fifty years ago, the memo that launched the space program and put man on the moon contained just a few, clear paragraphs. The U.S. government's plan to expand the nation's broadband is 376 pages – and that’s just the beta. There’s a story here about how the adoption of public policy hasn’t kept pace with a global, always-on world.
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PBS CEO Paula Kerger to speak at We Media Miami
The decline of US news companies has led to a call for expanded public media. But in the UK the BBC is blamed for stifling the news market - and it's shrinking.
Read MoreThe first We President
President Obama has a historic opportunity to communicate more directly with the American public – and with the entire world. The world, in turn, has an opportunity to monitor, inform and influence the Obama Administration’s actions and policies.
Read MoreContent in the creative commons. Who profits?
There’s a story going around that touts the Internet as a perpetual money machine. It goes something like this: many pieces...
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How Tiger took our eyes off the ball
Fifty-six million stories. Where's the one about transparent government?
Read MoreBig global issues talks in DC
Here’s a promising collaboration we’ll be watching – and a series of events that may interest our...
Read MoreOneWebDay: A toast to the net
The internet is a wondrous anomaly, a technical and creative achievement grander than the Tower of Babel, an infinite tangle...
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These designs are not legal tender
Back in the September, I wrote that “one of the fundamental tasks of design and business is to stand between...
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Podcast: Melinda Wittstock from AskYourLawmaker
We haven’t recorded a podcast in a while — life gets in the way, you know — but we are back on track,...
Read MoreIs Democracy Holding Us Back?
On Monday, the Cambridge, MA City Council adopted a policy order recognizing that a climate emergency exists and directing...
Read MoreHow about world press freedom EVERY day?
There’s a media and technology feeding frenzy in Washington. Failing U.S. newspapers are looking for a bailout from the...
Read MoreAsk The Audience!
The Senate Commerce Committee announced announced the lineup for their hearing about the future of journalism. The list of...
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