I was in the audience when Steve Jobs announced the iPhone last year (and thought the initial price points of $499 and $599 were crazy-high). I also declared I wouldn’t buy an iPhone until it was capable of hooking into a high-speed Internet network. Early adopters, unforunately, are stuck with AT&T’s pokey Edge network, while […]
3,500 attend media reform conference
Legendary journalist Bill Moyers electrified an audience of more than 3,500 in Minneapolis Saturday morning calling the media reform movement "the most significant citizens’ movement to emerge in this new century." Here’s the video. Moyers said that the work of activists has "challenged the stranglehold of mega-media corporations over our press" and fostered "alternative and […]
Sarah Lacy on her new book
Sarah Lacy on her new book from JD Lasica on Vimeo. One of the people I had the best time bonding with on our Innovation Israel trip to Tel Aviv in April was tech journalist Sarah Lacy. Sarah has a new book out: Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good, a narrative-driven look at the rise, […]
Books I’m reading
I’ve been backlogged on my reading list, so headed out to Border’s yesterday and bought the following hardcover books: Sarah Lacy: Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good. A look at the rise, fall and resurrection of Silicon Valley’s startup culture. Clay Shirky: Here Comes Everybody. A look at how the wildfire-like spread of new forms […]
5 grassroots organizations worth a look
I was in my element last week basking in the presence of grassroots media organizations, nonprofits and cause campaigns at the NetSquared conference. Here are some impressive efforts that I hadn’t heard much about: • Freecycle.org ("changing the world one gift at a time"). With 5,253,000 members across the globe, it’s a grassroots nonprofit movement […]