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Filtering v. Information Overload (w/ Privacy Sprinkles)- Shirky

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Great talk, information overload is often related to an inability to filter what comes in. For the longest time had a love/hated relationship BoingBoing, this changed when I learned to filter for Cory and Xeni, and wait for my friends to share other worthy posts. With other blogs I often look for someone like Kevin [...]

TEDx Seattle Discussion

Monday, February 1st, 2010

For people wanting to learn more about TEDx Seattle. This Friday there is a Happy Hour and TEDxSeattle Discussion at the Rat and Raven.
Here is the announcement from the Master of Communication in Digital Media list:
This Friday, in addition to our usual socializing and networking at our First Fridays Happy Hour, we will be having [...]

TEDx Seattle Scoop

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

TEDx Seattle is happening at the Pacific Science Center on April 10th. The event is being TEDx Seattle is organized by the Master of Communication in Digital Media (MCDM) program at the University of Washington. One of the most exciting parts of TEDx Seattle is that they are strongly considering creating an interactive website for [...]

The United States of Corporations

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC offends me (I know this is not a lawyerly thing to say, but this turns my stomach) as it allows corporations to pour large amounts of money into elections by equating corporate spending to free speech. The best response I have seen is bellow form [...]

Google Public Policy Fellowship Apps Open

Monday, December 14th, 2009

The Google Policy Fellowship applications are now open. I highly recommend applying if you are interested in policy work. Working at Public Knowledge last summer was amazing. I was able to get first hand experience with the FCC, the Copyright Office and some amazing nonprofits in the DC area like KEI and EPIC.
This years sponsoring [...]

Devdutt Pattanaik TED Talk, Amazing!

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

Amazing TED talk on mythology, liner time and cyclical time, binary logic and fuzzy logic. This talk covers a lot of why I am so attached to Rashomon and mythology!

I will need to re-watch it a few times to see if it holds up over time but my first impression is that this could [...]

Event: Disability in the Developing World’ Speaker: Joyojeet Pal

Monday, November 30th, 2009

I am headed over to UW at noon for talk that looks very interesting:
Research Conversation: ‘Technology and Disability in the Developing World’ Speaker: Joyojeet Pal
JOYOJEET PAL is an NSF Computing Innovation fellow at the ATLAS institute at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His work primarily looks at issues around technology and development. He is [...]

Happy Tofurkey Day

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

I soo loved these as a kid, they were a huge improvement over the stuffed pumpkin we had before they were invented! PS: was was raided vegetarian and have still never had a hot dog or a hamburger, although I have come to enjoy sushi.
Photo by Ms. Emily Meeks

Cherry Street Coffee House: Portland v. Seattle

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

I miss Portland, I have been in Seattle for several years now and still struggle to find good community based spaces. I was recently in Cherry Street Cafe and offend by the staff. here is the letter I wrote Cherry Street:
I was a local patron of the Cherry Street Coffee House’s, on an average week [...]

Seattle Information Technology Use

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

The city of Seattle recently completed an Information Technology Access and Adoption report covering Computer use, Broadband adoption, Cell phone use and other tech access. The most interesting finding for me related to adoption of tech cross cultures (slide 5) and civic engagement (slide 15). The slides hit the highlights:
Seattle Access IT Stats

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