Rick Borovoy’s “Junkyard Jumbotron” and Lost in Boston: REALTIME
- The unstoppable Borovoy @csik: Lost in Boston Realtime, Rick Borovoy’s new #c4fcm project: http://to.pbs.org/fyshax
- Our “Junkyard Jumbotron” on @boingboing http://cot.ag/eu2lCx (Thanks, @doctorow)
- Introducing the Junkyard Jumbotron: http://civic.mit.edu/blog/csik/junkyard-jumbotron
- Center researcher Rick Borovoy’s “Junkyard Jumbotron” featured in Media Lab’s LabCAST http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=172
Leo Burd’s VoIP Drupal release
- VoIP Drupal Kicks Off at Drupalcon http://cot.ag/dMkk5N
Grassroots Mapping
- Grassroots Mapping/Public Laboratory launches interview series. First up: Dawn McKinney on mapping the BP spill http://cot.ag/etjPGa
Hero Reports
- Hero Reports Kazakhstan launched this week: http://www.heroreports.kz/ (via @ReganSTP)
- Borderzine shares our project Hero Reports/Crónicas de Héroes http://cot.ag/gw1wBL
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Upcoming Events
- March 28: Ricardo Dominguez, “Transborder Disturbances: Aesthetics, Interventions and Technology”. http://civic.mit.edu/event/ricardo-dominguez-transborder-disturbances-ae…
- March 29: Civic Media Session, “Understanding Check-Ins: From Emergent Location-Sharing Practices to Location Mash-Ups”: http://civic.mit.edu/event/civic-media-session-understanding-check-ins
- April 6-7: Beyond Books: News, Literacy, Democracy and America’s Libraries http://bit.ly/h4K4xC
P.J. Crowley
- Looks like our event with P.J. Crowley made it to the top of the org chart (see update V.) http://cot.ag/i8KMHT
- @EthanZ: My notes on @PJCrowley ‘s discussion with @c4fcm at MIT yesterday afternoon – http://bit.ly/hxU63o
FOIA/Transparency
- @washingtonpost: Study: Barely half of agencies meeting Obama’s #FOIA request goals http://wapo.st/dEULwv
- Are governors touting transparency to get elected and then blocking transparency efforts once in office? http://cot.ag/eOYxeD
Knight Foundation News
- @knightfdn Knight names new VP #Journalism / Media #Innovation @michaelmaness http://kng.ht/fgmNDR
Elsewhere
- @AbrahmL unearths paragraph in 1,184-page PA budget that gives sweeping hen-house guarding authority to top fox http://cot.ag/iiMK7J
- The unique challenges of “Using the New Ushahidi Platform to Crisis Map Libya” http://cot.ag/dLJR3L