NY Times: A PBS Documentary Makes Its Case for the Armenian Genocide, With or Without a Debate. It is impossible to debate a subject like genocide without giving offense. PBS is supposed to give offense responsibly. And that was the idea behind a panel discussion that PBS planned to show after tonight’s broadcast of “The […]
Photos of SBForum
Here are 14 photos I took Monday at the UC Santa Barbara Forum on Digital Transitions. That’s Bruce Bimber and John Seely Brown, at top, and Micki Krimmel. Video coming soon. Technorati tags: SBForum, photos, photography , journalism
At the Forum on Digital Transitions
I’m here in Santa Barbara, Calif., for the daylong Forum on Digital Transitions, focusing on where online communities are heading. Here’s the speaker list. Author Howard Rheingold gave the keynote last night putting collective action and community-building into historical perspective (with his usual presentational flair). Rep. Lois Capps, the progressive local House representative, just gave […]
Amber MacArthur: Tech news up north
At Real People Network, I have a new video interview with Amber MacArthur, the co-host (with Leo Laporte) of "Call for Help," a great tech show on G4 cable TV in Toronto.
YouTube CEO hails ‘birth of a new clip culture’
At MediaShift, Mark Glaser has a Q&A with YouTube co-founder and CEO Chad Hurley about the meteoric rise of his video-sharing site. The startup, which launched its site less than a year ago, is now serving up 35 million videos PER DAY, with people adding 35,000 new videos per day. But the enigma is how […]