Writing, 2009.
Essays since 2006, plus a few things first published at USV. Occasional by design. The podcast lives on its own page.
- Getting My Transparency On
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 data
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 Desk
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 Theme
For your reading pleasure, the Broadsheet Wide theme for the Vienna RSS reader. Continue reading