Craig Newmark at Reboot Britain last July (cc photo by JD Lasica) I‘m excited about the bootcamp that I’ll be co-presenting this Wednesday, June 2. For the first time, Personal Democracy Forum will be hosting a Mobilize Your Cause Bootcamp put on by myself and Katrin Verclas, founder of MobiileActive. We’ll dive deeply into the […]
Web/Tech
Has Facebook gone too far this time?
Like others among Facebook’s 400 million members, I’m awed and dazzled by the sheer power and growing grandeur of the site. But I’m also perplexed by the almost cavalier way in which it has approached the topic of privacy, as if privacy were a remnant of a bygone era. (Is this partly the byproduct of having a 26-year-old CEO — who grew up in an era where sharing trumps privacy — at the helm? I suspect so.)
Blue Shield CA making strides in social media
New programs are believed to be a first for health insurance industry As those of us who’ve worked with health care companies know, the health care field has been slow to get off the dime and embrace the gamut of changes that social media offers, from interactions with customers to providing a real-time feedback […]
A small slice of Web 2.0 Expo
One of the big tech conferences of the year, SF-based Web 2.0 Expo, is now in the books. I was able to attend only two of the four days, but here are some takeaways: I had a chance to check out Central Desktop on the tradeshow floor. Above is my 3 1/2 minute interview with sales rep Mandy Gonzales.
The untapped power of APIs
The power of APIs from JD Lasica on Vimeo. How you can let outsiders mine your data for gold In tech circles, the importance of APIs are a given. Flickr, Twitter, Google Maps and Facebook all became dominant in their sectors partly through the genius of releasing open APIs to outside developers. I’ll let our […]