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Lessig On KUOW Today

Posted by: kegill on: 6 February 2009

Lawrence Lessig will be a guest on KUOW’s “The Conversation” with Ross Reynolds today (1-2pm, 6 February). He is the author of Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy. Lessig, a law professor at Stanford, is known for his views on copyright and advocacy for Creative Common licensing. He has switched his [...]

Polling Place Photos, Videos and Tweets

Posted by: kegill on: 30 October 2008

There’s a widespread clamor for crowdsourced documentation at the polls this election: the NY Times “polling place photo project” … the PBS/YouTube “Video Your Vote” campaign … and the techPresident Twitter #VoteReport. Each project relies on the distributed network of connected and engaged voters.
Not one of these efforts would have been feasible in 2004 — [...]

Digital Media and the Future of Journalism

Posted by: kegill on: 29 October 2008

On Thursday 30 October, five Seattle-area organizations are hosting a forum on youth civic journalism. The event is being held 6.30-8.00pm in Kane Hall 120 on the University of Washington Campus. Featured speakers:

Photography Tips From KK

Posted by: kegill on: 22 August 2008

Our “pre-Gnomedex” session was led (entertainingly) by photographer Kris Krug, who provided practical tips for budding (or not so budding) photographers. Why listen to Kris? He’s a creative photographer and just came back from Beijing … and had photos from that assignment in the LA Times. Slideshare tip.

Podcasting 101

Posted by: kegill on: 21 June 2008

Notes for Podcamp Seattle, Saturday 20 June.

Rethinking The Mercury News

Posted by: kegill on: 9 April 2008

On 19 April, the San Jose Mercury News is inviting the South Bay community to its first CopyCamp, an “unconference” that “brings community members into the newsroom to meet and discuss important issues with local journalists.”  Via Twitter.
Examples of “unconferences” include Seattle’s MindCamp as well as BarCamp, PodCamp and RootsCamp. These “unconferences” are self-organizing, [...]

InfoCamp Conference Notes

Posted by: kegill on: 14 October 2007

I attended parts of InfoCamp this weekend as a volunteer. I was initially drawn to the conference because of its MindCamp “unconference” format; the topics (information architecture, usability, information science) are of interest as well.
One of the more interesting projects I encountered was KnowledgeAsPower, a Seattle-based 501(c) devoted to improving access to and involvement [...]

Education & Technology At Gnomedex

Posted by: kegill on: 11 August 2007

Notes from my Gnomedex session on Education and Technology.

Gnomedex 2007 – (Sorta) Live Blogging

Posted by: kegill on: 10 August 2007

Day one of Gnomedex! I’ll be periodically blogging today … depends in no small part on connectivity. :)

Part three in a workshop series sponsored by UW Department of Communications, the Seattle Chapter of the Association for Women in Communications and the UW Alumni Association. From the promo:
Blogging is one of the hottest buzzwords in communication today, whether we’re talking about journalism, public relations, politics or marketing. Learn what makes blogs different from [...]


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