I’m in balmy Miami, where attendees convened for introductions, with a backdrop of a compelling photography exhibit and fresh veggie catering. The power outage today in south Florida created some chaos for locals, while fliers adjusted to the shock of sweating and being in the presence of green flora. My impression: a melting pot of […]
The number of digital discussions has taken off in recent years — pushed by more powerful technology, the popularity of social networking sites, the rush by publishers and businesses to engage their audiences and clients, and the general migration of formerly offline activities to online platforms. But does more = better? Does the content, organization, […]
For class, I had my students watch the wonderful documentary, Revolution OS. It features a cast of characters that could people a graphic novel — Richard Stallman the GNUman, Gandolf to Linus Torvalds’ Aragorn. Eric Raymond, a sort of Bilbo Baggins, moving between the Cathedral and Bazaar, Bruce Perens, appearing as an Elrond figure–anyway, the […]
Since the presidential campaign began for the 2008 United States election,mainstream media coverage of the campaign never stopped amazing me at all.Matter of fact is,this is my first ever election campaign i have literally seen in the United States. And though i occasionally watched other U.S. presidential campaigns and elections while still in Africa via […]
So I’m on a plane as I write this with no fewer than 15 browser tabs open, the “view source” code from six different web pages, 31 text files full of JavaScript, HTML and PHP code, a (regretfully disconnected) secure FTP client, and five Photoshop documents. Just another round of pre-We Media web site preparation. […]
Rob Park is the founder of the soon-to-be-launched Local Education Networked Newswire. He’ll be with us in Miami, and today he tells us about his new venture combining education and journalism: My goal is to enhance education and journalism for a better-functioning democracy. Since most of the authority governing our schools happens at the local […]