Last summer I attended the 15th annual Aspen Institute Roundtable on Information Technology, taking part in a discussion about the Mobile Generation. More than two dozen participants (pictured above) examined the profound changes ahead as a result of the convergence of wireless technologies and the Internet. Plus, it was great fun hanging out with all […]
How to attribute your work with Creative Commons
Cheryl Colan, a videoblogger and adjunct faculty member at Phoenix College and Scottsdale Community College in Arizona who teaches digital storytelling, multimedia and podcasting, raised an interesting question on the Spinflow list a couple of days ago. This is the thing that bothers me about the Creative Commons Attribution license. Using it does not specifically […]
Bloggers’ choice: Free agents, or infomercials?
Scott Kirsner wrote the lead article in the San Jose Mercury News’ Perspective section today about bloggers who write about clients for a price. Good piece, though it doesn’t answer the fundamental question of whether disclosure is all that’s required to ameliorate the ethical issues involved. Some additional pointers relevant to this issue: • Influence […]
Mapping and Web 2.0 mash-ups
Last night I guest-lectured at the Programming in Journalism class taught by Bill Gannon and Dan Gillmor at the University of California, Berkeley. We tackled the latest wrinkle in mash-up culture: Web 2.0 mash-ups that take two datasets and bring them together to create something useful or interesting. I suggested that this will become an […]
A new crop of kids: Generation We
A special CNET News.com feature: A new crop of kids: Generation We. When Amy Jo Kim’s son Gabriel says he wants to "watch videos," she knows he doesn’t mean DVDs or television. He wants YouTube. … "He finds TV boring. So during Reading Rainbow we look up stuff on Wikipedia like side commentary. But I’m […]