During my work on Social Mirror, tablet tech for social checkups, I have been inspired by other amazing Media Lab social technologies. Here are 12 of the projects which I have found most inspiring, including one or two from other universities. Did I miss a project you love? Post your favourites […]
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Social Mirror is social checkup technology for people and organisations. Last month, the Media Lab’s corporate sponsors used Social Mirror for a social checkup on their connections with our research groups. This summer, I’m testing the tablet software in UK communities in partnership with Gaia Marcus at the RSA, a prominent […]
Richard Gingras (@richardgingras), head of News Products at Google, spoke at the Nieman Foundation at Harvard today. I liveblogged it, so let me know where the errors are and I’ll fix them. Ann Marie Lipinski introduces Richard’s impressive and varied background, which is directly relevant to the future of the […]
liveblogged by @mstem, @natematias, @schock, and @beckyhurwitz. How do we empower citizens as equal partners in urban planning with data and analytical tools? If new tech can enable planners, tool makers and community groups to create meaningful change, how do we get there? Frank Hebbert (@fkh) works at OpenPlans, building […]
CRONICAS DE HEROES a civic platform of positivism which originally launched in Juarez, México during December 2010, http://juarez.cronicasdeheroes.mx where now more than 1,400 positive reports have been logged and mapped on out as well as images, sounds and concepts developed by the various plans/programs of the initiative is currently replicating […]