Hacks/Hackers here Oct. 30
- Hacks/Hackers hackathon here at MIT! “Making geolocal apps using OpenBlock” http://cot.ag/c8xvhs Oct. 30
Knight News Challenge
- @jczamora: Knight News Challenge opens Oct. 25, 2010. Application deadline: Dec. 1, 2010. Apply @ www.newschallenge.org
- @NiemanLab: Knight News Challenge announces new categories: mobile, revenue models, and reputation http://nie.mn/aZYsm4
Jobs
- We’re looking for an assessment researcher: http://civic.mit.edu/news/job-opening-assessment-researcher
- Knight Foundation on the hunt for a Detroit program director http://cot.ag/ba9jXL
From Our Friends
- “Perhaps a revolution is not what we need” http://civic.mit.edu/blog/henry/perhaps-a-revolution-is-not-what-we-need @henryjenkins
- MIT postdoc proves why, but not yet how, telecom regulation needs to change http://cot.ag/aC2h9w
- Former newspaper humor columnist Susan Trausch sends up new media http://cot.ag/dqwinL from Jack Driscoll
Tabloid-worthy…if it wasn’t true
- Dramatic Mass. lawsuit accuses candidate’s campaign staff of conspiring with GOP to undermine own candidate http://cot.ag/cNPcgM
- Parking tickets in NYC: guilty until proven innocent http://cot.ag/9SJLps via Gotham Gazette
More data viz
- Six Stunning Projects That Show the Power of Data Visualization http://cot.ag/9Wg6mN
Measuring Impact
- New Report Offers Tips for Measuring a Community Site’s Online Impact http://cot.ag/c3A28D