13.May.2010 The Facebook Backlash: A Geek Call to Arms
While walking through the common last night, @evanmcd and I tried to figure out what was going to be the next big thing. That lead into a discussion around privacy and Facebook (I know us geeks are kind of cliche). Now, groups are banding together to address the issue – in a true geek call [...]
24.Mar.2010 Adrants debates crowdsourcing creative
“An idea is powerful. Many people view ideas as currency. They will bank them and save them for their own personal future use. Sharing/donating ideas is a big shift in mindset. But sharing/donating can lead to a better final product. Not always but it can. It’s very healthy that conversations such as the one Edward [...]
17.Mar.2010 Design for America
I really like the current trend of government opening up their “data” to the public so that they can play with it to make it useful to others. The MBTA has done this and developers have gone on to create apps that track when the bus is coming (I am a big fan of Catch [...]