Can all the hours we spend online rewire the circuitry of our brain? A UCLA study released this week began to answer that question, showing that searching the Internet helps to keep older brains agile. “Our study shows that when your brain is on Google, your neural circuitry changes extensively,” Gary Small, director of UCLA’s […]
We’re growing and I’m thrilled to introduced the newest member of our team, Brian Reich. Brian has been a participant and online organizer for nearly all of our We Media conferences, going back to the very first one in New York in 2005. He’s also a principal at EchoDitto, a well known web consultancy. Brian […]
NOTE: We asked each of our 2009 Game Changers Awards Finalists to write about their projects, what they’ve learned along the way and what’s next. This essay was written by Sara Bordo, Senior Vice President, Marketing of SocialVibe. SocialVibe believes that empowering people to leverage their influence online can create positive impact for themselves, their […]
News broke yesterday that Random House, the world’s largest book publisher, was re-structuring and would eliminate two large publishing groups. This is not the first time we have heard about trouble in the book publishing industry, but certainly one of the most alarming signs that the books are suffering in the digital age (as well […]
Online news and newspaper sites are either struggling to attract audiences or generate revenue (and some struggle with both). The reasons are many: news sites have to compete for attention with blogs, social networks, and other channels in the increasingly crowded online world; as audiences have more opportunities to connect, get and share information, and […]
NOTE: We asked each of our 2009 Game Changers Awards finalists to write about their projects, what they’ve learned along the way and what’s next. This essay written by Zach Brand,Chief of Technical Strategy & Operations of NPR, Digital Media. NPR’s API, what is it? It is the simple, yet radical idea that world class […]
NOTE: We asked each of our 2009 Game Changers Awards finalists to write about their projects, what they’ve learned along the way and what’s next. Submitted by Kim Walker and Erin Pineda of OneVoice. OneVoice Movement OneVoice (OV) is an international mainstream grassroots movement working to amplify the voice of the overwhelming majority of moderates […]
NOTE: We asked each of our 2009 Game Changers Awards finalists to write about their projects, what they’ve learned along the way and what’s next. This essay written by Jon Sawyer, Executive Director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting The Pulitzer Center funds enterprise international reporting, something that most […]
Larry Lessig and the team from Change Congress, along with a large (and growing) group of internet visionaries released a set of principles today, with the goal of helping/pushing President-Elect Obama towards a more open and accessible government. The three principles that Lessig et al shared at http://open-government.us/ included: 1. No Legal Barrier to Sharing […]
“Have you ever come across an inaccessible web site and wondered, ‘am I the only one?’” Such begins the “about” section for Herdict, the latest project to come of age at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Before I continue, full disclosure: I am employed there, with the OpenNet Initiative, and have had a […]