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 [...]
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 — [...]
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:
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.
Posted by: kegill on: 21 June 2008
Notes for Podcamp Seattle, Saturday 20 June.
Posted by: kegill on: 11 August 2007
Notes from my Gnomedex session on Education and Technology.
Posted by: kegill on: 24 March 2007
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 [...]