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- This is what an Internet Candidate looks likeOct 23, 2014
I just donated to Christina Gagnier‘s campaign for congress. I’ve gotten to know Christina recently, and I really hope she’s able to pull through this race and make it. We need smart people in DC who understand technology, tech issues, and tech policy. She is without a doubt one of those people. S...
- Every once in a while I’m reminded of how awesome the Internet isAug 29, 2014
I woke up this morning, early, to an email from my mother-in-law pointing me to this: It’s the story of a 9-year-old boy who built an arcade out of cardboard boxes in his dad’s used auto parts shop. Kids at school teased him about it, and he had zero customers, but he had built something… Continue r...
- Joi’s 9 principles of open innovationJun 26, 2014
I spent the day Tuesday at the Civic Media conference, put on annually by the MIT Center for Civic Media and the Knight Foundation. In addition to being a gathering of a fabulous community of civic hackers and builders, it’s also where Knight announces the winners of the NewsChallenge grant contest...