Conversations about technology, culture, and the future.
- Getting My Transparency OnMar 4, 2009
This past weekend, Phil Ashlock and I headed down to DC to participate in TransparencyCamp, a BarCamp event put on by the Sunlight Foundation. We spent two days with ~200 open government and transparency advocates from all sectors — government, non-profit, tech, etc. All in all, it was a pretty ...
- Too much structure makes for useless dataFeb 7, 2009
Over at TOPP, we’ve been talking recently about the “spectrum of engagement” — in other words, providing a variety of ways that people can engage with a website, ranging from quick & easy (e.g., thumbs-up-ing something) to slow and involved (e.g., writing a blog post or signing up for an account). ...
- TOPP @ Green DeskFeb 5, 2009
This week, TOPP moved into additional, (maybe) temporary office space, to alleviate some of the crowding at our office in the West Village. We were looking for a place that was convenient, comfortable, and most of all, available immediately (backstory is that we’ve been basically sitting on top of ...
- Goldilocks and the RSS ThemeFeb 1, 2009
For your reading pleasure, the Broadsheet Wide theme for the Vienna RSS reader. Continue reading