I used to be a free-lance travel writer, so the main story in Sunday’s NY Times Travel section caught my eye: In Tikal, Temples in the Mist. It’s a look at the greatest ruins of the Mayan civilization, found deep in the rain forest of Guatemala. I visited there more than a decade ago: here’s […]
Creative Commons raises $13 million, launches 2 new licenses
I’ve been scouring the blogosphere and news sources for other writeups about this, but so far haven’t spotted a single posting. And there’s not a word about this on the Creative Commons site. So I’ll relate what I jotted down last night at Creative Commons’ fifth birthday party at Terra Gallery in San […]
Back from the Aspen roundtable
Back home after spending a day and a half at the Aspen Institute‘s roundtable on Mobile Media and Civic Engagement in San Francisco, where 29 thoughtful people exchanged ideas on how to use mobile devices to help citizens make a difference in their communities and in social causes. Was pleased to see two of the […]
Heading to Aspen Institute roundtable
A busy, busy week. Tonight I’m heading to the chichi Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco for the Aspen Institute‘s roundtable on Mobile Media and Civic Engagement. Leaders from the technology and Internet industries, advocacy groups and academia will be exploring examples of socially productive uses of mobile technologies and their potential for strengthening future communities. […]
Track down anyone online, anywhere
Lifehacker: Track Down Anyone Online, Anywhere. A guide to locating people through search tools. In short: ZabaSearch – to find names, phone numbers, addresses. Pipl – to bring up information that Google might miss. Pipl indexes pages that the Googlebots have decided are not worth visiting. Wink – to search several social networking websites at […]