From the Center Mitch Resnick named one of @fastcompany’s 100 Most Creative People http://cot.ag/kyLrqe Jeffrey Yoo Warren Grapples With the Enormity of Gulf Spill http://cot.ag/ky7kMY @grassrootsmapping Congrats to our colleagues @amerigo, Ryan O’Toole, Jeff Warren, and @jlev on MIT Commencement Center Events: VoIP Drupal workshop Wednesday Make and receive phone […]
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From the Center Lost in Boston: Realtime Our latest “Lost in Boston: Realtime” bus arrival sign, in Union Sq., Somerville! http://cot.ag/mM9b7E @debcha: Real-time bus info (thanks, @c4fcm) in the @hubcomics window is doubly #nerdtown. /via @chrysaora http://tumblr.com/xhr2nd4m47 @Chrysaora: Whoa!! I use that stop! RT @c4fcm: Our latest “Lost in Boston: […]
(For great detail about the “Civic Disobedience” session, check out moderator Ethan Zuckerman’s write-up.) Watch the full video… break About “Civic Disobedience” 2011 has seen a wave of popular protests threaten authoritarian regimes around the world. Protests in Tunisia removed a much-loathed dictatorship, and the occupation of Tahrir Square in […]
From the Center Giant QR code in our building’s foyer encourages people to post and read the secrets of those around them http://cot.ag/mSzqG4 @gregoryfoster: Create a “Junkyard Jumbotron” w/ any collection of displays running a web browser: http://j.mp/igh7Wv (HT @c4fcm) “New MIT Media Lab Director Wondered: Will I Fit In?” […]
A few weeks ago, Adam Fish called me out through his blog, Savage Minds, for what he saw as a harsh and unfair representation of the Media Reform movement in the final paragraphs of my book, Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. He did so for the most […]