A possible idea for my project in this class is a case study of how media and culture can be successfully employed by people in the face of some form of oppression and, more importantly, what factors make this victory possible. As I was trying to recall examples that could […]
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Liveblog by @schock and @scrumbly1. All errors ours! It’s day two of the Camden International Film Festival’s Points North Documentary Film Forum, and we’re liveblogging the session “From Story to Action.” From the program: “Since the days of Grierson, documentary filmmakers have been driven by a desire to affect social […]
Japan is often represented as a high-technology country, so statistics below often surprise people. Global Social Network Penetrationhttp://urbantick.blogspot.com/2011/06/global-social-network-use-stats.html Computer ownership as well as Internet penetration rate is lower than expected for its income level, compared to the other countries in East Asia. As for the penetration rate for social network, […]
How can online platforms combine learning with crowdsourcing? Today at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, the team behind Curarium explained the rationale behind their project and showed us wireframes of the upcoming design. It’s a theme we’re also considering at the Center for Civic Media; last year we […]
(cross-posted from Nick Grossman’s Slow Hunch) A few years ago when I was working on the Civic Commons project with Code for America and OpenPlans, I did a presentation at Living Cities called “Cities that Work Like the Web” which discussed using open standards and internet architectures to build a […]