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 […]
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Greatest hits of consumer justice on the Internet
Chris Ladd in the latest issue of Good magazine: Consumer Justice Online. Some great examples here of the power of the Internet to redress the balance of power between corporations and citizens. Excerpts: Dave Stolte, the guy with the $3,000 iPhone bill, struck out dealing with AT&T’s service representative. Stolte would have to pay, they […]
NY Times to test crowdsourcing its data
From my new post at the IdeaLab blog: News about a potentially big deal in the newspaper industry broke just before the holiday weekend. No, not another story about a chain swallowing another chain, or news about the formation of yet another online advertising platform that’s doomed to underperform. Instead, this was a kind of […]
Speaking at Digital Hollywood today
I’m flying down to SoCal today for Digital Hollywood, where entertainment meets technology. I’ll be speaking at 3:45 pm on this panel at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel: Personalized Media Platforms: Widgets, User Generated Media, News, Music & Blogs Jim Brady, Executive Editor of washingtonpost.com JD Lasica, Co-founder, OurmediaDerrick Oien, President, Intercasting Jessica Stoner, V.P. Business […]
Maker Faire photos
Here are 33 photos taken at the Maker Faire — a celebration of geeky, whimsical craftsmanship — at the San Mateo Fairgrounds today. Scott Beale has many more here.