Year: 2009
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A List Apart: Articles: Coaching a Community
“We’ve all been part of communities since kindergarten, or earlier. Churches, schools, sports teams, and neighborhoods all satisfy basic human desires to interact with others and work toward a common goal. And yet, when these communities are online and we start to think of them as “social sites,” these concepts can suddenly feel foreign.” A…
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Wallace Global Fund
Grants that look like they might fund nonprofit community journalism initiatives. Wallace Global Fund
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CoworkingRochester – A Better Place to Work
They’re not actually open yet, but this sounds like a good coworking space — or at least a good idea for one. Just checking out what there is in town. CoworkingRochester – A Better Place to Work
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SXSW 2008: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin : NPR Music
@allsongs is archiving some awesome live shows from SXSW. This one is SSLYBY, which I first heard on TV in Lawrence, KS when I was out in Kansas City recently. SXSW 2008: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin : NPR Music
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DANANANANAYKROYD on MySpace Music
Heard this on @allsongs and need to save it for later. They played at SXSW, and appear to rock. They self-identify as “fight pop” which sounds accurate to me. DANANANANAYKROYD on MySpace Music
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On IdeaLab: Reporter-turned-blogger covers the island of Alameda
Over at the PBS IdeaLab blog, I interviewed Michele Ellson, editor and publisher at The Island, a local news site devoted to covering the city of Alameda, which sits to the west of Oakland in San Francisco Bay. (Yes, it’s an island.) Michele left newspapers in 2007 and launched The Island in early 2008, continuing…
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Applications of usability principles on a social network – creative briefing
Crucial stuff for anyone designing an application that they expect users to, y’know, use. Applications of usability principles on a social network – creative briefing
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Innovation is easy: Hand the camera to the stuntman
So the wife and I were watching Bourne Ultimatum this weekend on DVD. (Yes, yes, I know, a few of you still know me as the former film student who was inspired to make movies because I knew I could do better than Lethal Weapon 2, but I still like a good action flick, OK?)…