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No, Marc Ambinder?s Not on our Payroll
2008-06-06 20:08:00 I just stumbled on this article Marc Ambinder wrote in The Atlantic Monthly last month about how Barack Obama may ?transform governance just as he has transformed campaigning.? This little nugget stood out and I thought it was worth sharing: Communication and transparency are virtues only up to a point; as students of bureaucracies know, both ... More About: Payroll
Crowd-sourcing is in the air!
2008-05-14 17:17:00 Sorry for the big pause in Mixed Ink?s musings. It was a busy Spring! Over the past few weeks and months, there have been some notable developments in the crowd-powered arena, and I just want to take a moment to highlight a few interesting examples. We?re always excited to see forward-looking companies embracing the ... More About: Dell , Starbucks , Radiohead , Sourcing
Crowd-sourcing is in the air!
2008-05-14 17:17:00 Sorry for the big pause in Mixed Ink?s musings. It was a busy Spring! Over the past few weeks and months, there have been some notable developments in the crowd-powered arena, and I just want to take a moment to highlight a few interesting examples. We?re always excited to see forward-looking companies embracing the collective wisdom, so cheers ... More About: Dell , Starbucks , Radiohead , Sourcing
power to the people
2008-03-13 16:08:00 There was a great NY Tech Meetup last week that got me thinking about collective organizing. For the first time the NY Tech Meetup had a theme, ?Power to the People : The Future of Organizing.? It?s exciting to see great new ideas promoting people power ? and forums that uncover and celebrate their ... More About: The People , Mixed
power to the people
2008-03-13 16:08:00 There was a great NY Tech Meetup last week that got me thinking about collective organizing. For the first time the NY Tech Meetup had a theme, ?Power to the People : The Future of Organizing.? It?s exciting to see great new ideas promoting people power ? and forums that uncover and celebrate their ... More About: The People , Mixed
The Transformation of the Newspaper Industry (Part II)
2008-03-11 15:27:00 In my last post, I described the vertical disaggregation process occurring within the news industry, wondering aloud (as is fashionable these days) what business model will support the news in the new media environment. Actually, this question needs to be more precise. A better one is: Which business models will support which types of news ... More About: Industry , Part , Newspaper , Transformation
The Transformation of the Newspaper Industry (Part II)
2008-03-11 15:27:00 In my last post, I described the vertical disaggregation process occurring within the news industry, wondering aloud (as is fashionable these days) what business model will support the news in the new media environment. Actually, this question needs to be more precise. A better one is: Which business models will support which types of news ... More About: Industry , Part , Newspaper , Transformation
The Transformation of the Newspaper Industry (Part I)
2008-03-07 21:39:00 Much has been written on the subject of the internet-induced transformation currently underway within the news industry. (Those who?ve already had their fill of this topic should feel free to wait for Part 2.) The basic idea is that the economics of distributing information online are radically different from print, so the business models that ... More About: Industry , Newspaper , Transformation
The Transformation of the Newspaper Industry (Part I)
2008-03-07 21:39:00 Much has been written on the subject of the internet-induced transformation currently underway within the news industry. (Those who?ve already had their fill of this topic should feel free to wait for Part 2.) The basic idea is that the economics of distributing information online are radically different from print, so the business models that ... More About: Industry , Newspaper , Transformation
Kudos to CNN & ESPN: ?The community will decide what the news is?
2008-02-13 01:01:00 Breaking from its conventional emphasis on editorial oversight, CNN is launching a completely user-generated news site at iReport.com this week. In August 2006, CNN made a big move to bring citizen journalism into the mainstream when it launched iReport on CNN.com. iReport submissions are chosen by editors and checked for accuracy before CNN shows them ... More About: News , Community , The News , Kudos , Espn
Kudos to CNN & ESPN: ?The community will decide what the news is?
2008-02-13 01:01:00 Breaking from its conventional emphasis on editorial oversight, CNN is launching a completely user-generated news site at iReport.com this week. In August 2006, CNN made a big move to bring citizen journalism into the mainstream when it launched iReport on CNN.com. iReport submissions are chosen by editors and checked for accuracy before CNN shows them ... More About: News , Community , The News , Kudos , Espn
Off with their (talking) heads!
2008-01-14 16:15:00 There’s always been a heavy anti-pundit streak in the online political realm. But lately, the volume of criticism seems to be growing. The general consensus is that pundits are blowhards. They make statements – often absurd, offensive or false statements – for which they’re rarely held accountable. What is most frustrating is that they are granted unfettered access to millions of ears and eyes, regardless of the validity of their claims (or lack thereof). This is not a left-vs-right thing; it’s a populist attitude that can be found on both sides of the aisle. Here’s Rightwing Nuthouse, from last August, pointing out what it takes to succeed as a pundit: The trick in being a good political pundit is not in formulating wildly original analysis or penetrating insights into “what it all means.” Rather, it is much better to say exactly what everyone else is saying except be meaner, or funnier, or more serious, or more dismissive than the next fellow. A good turn of ... More About: Talking , Heads
Off with their (talking) heads!
2008-01-14 16:15:00 There?s always been a heavy anti-pundit streak in the online political realm. But lately, the volume of criticism seems to be growing. The general consensus is that pundits are blowhards. They make statements ? often absurd, offensive or false statements ? for which they?re rarely held accountable. What is most frustrating ... More About: Talking , Heads
Web startup seeking nerdy & fun-loving developer for LTR
2008-01-03 21:51:00 (Hipsters also encouraged to apply.) This six-month contract position offers an exciting opportunity to help shape a web-based collaborative writing tool that has the potential to help democratize the media and politics and change the way organizations interact with their stakeholders. We’re looking for someone who is passionate, hard-working, easy-going, and smart. You should be a ... More About: Developer , Loving , Startup , Nerdy , Seeking
Web startup seeking nerdy & fun-loving developer for LTR
2008-01-03 21:51:00 (Hipsters also encouraged to apply.) This six-month contract position offers an exciting opportunity to help shape a web-based collaborative writing tool that has the potential to help democratize the media and politics and change the way organizations interact with their stakeholders. We’re looking for someone who is passionate, hard-working, easy-going, and smart. You should be a ... More About: Developer , Loving , Startup , Nerdy , Seeking
FAQs about MixedInk?s FAQs (Sneak Preview Inside!!!)
2007-12-13 21:41:00 What are FAQs? FAQ stands for Frequently Asked Questions, as you are likely already aware. What you probably also know is that the FAQ page pretty much always includes the answers to those questions, not just the questions themselves. So technically they should be called Frequently Asked Questions & Provided Answers. ?FAQPA? doesn?t ... More About: Preview , Inside , Mixed , Sneak preview
FAQs about MixedInk?s FAQs (Sneak Preview Inside!!!)
2007-12-13 21:41:00 What are FAQs? FAQ stands for Frequently Asked Questions, as you are likely already aware. What you probably also know is that the FAQ page pretty much always includes the answers to those questions, not just the questions themselves. So technically they should be called Frequently Asked Questions & Provided Answers. ?FAQPA? doesn?t ... More About: Preview , Inside , Mixed , Sneak preview
A democracy politics can only dream of
2007-12-05 22:17:00 By 2012, one quarter of entertainment will have been created, edited, and shared within peer circles, rather than coming out of traditional media groups. This is the conclusion of a global study on the future of entertainment, called ?A Glimpse of the Next Episode,? conducted by Nokia and The Future Laboratory. In carrying out the study, ... More About: Politics , Democracy , Dream , Mixed
A democracy politics can only dream of
2007-12-05 22:17:00 By 2012, one quarter of entertainment will have been created, edited, and shared within peer circles, rather than coming out of traditional media groups. This is the conclusion of a global study on the future of entertainment, called ?A Glimpse of the Next Episode,? conducted by Nokia and The Future Laboratory. In carrying out the study, ... More About: Politics , Democracy , Dream , Mixed , Politic
MixedInk completes its first external test
2007-11-07 20:39:00 Thirty family members and friends of the Mixe d Ink team recently came together to test our software. It was very exciting to finally see MixedInk in action at this scale after much hard work and internal testing. Watching an interesting discussion take shape and participating in the eventual synergy that emerged over the five-day ... More About: Test , External
Betting on Democracy
2007-10-23 15:34:00 Until recently at Hewlett-Packard, a group of managers would sit through unending meetings to predict future prices of key computer supplies ? information the company would then use to plan its purchasing strategy. Today, a prediction market at HP accomplishes the same task, but with better accuracy in far less time. A prediction ... More About: Democracy
Networked Journalism Summit
2007-10-16 17:30:00 Sparse posting as of late – sorry about that. We’re up to our ears trying to ready the site for release. The good news is we’re on track to do so before the end of the year, as planned. Last week, I was at the Networked Journalism Summit , a conference organized by Jeff Jarvis and David Cohn, “bringing together the best practices and practitioners in collaborative, pro-am journalism” at CUNY. In a word, it was…awesome (sorry, I’m an entrepreneur, not a journalist!). It was both encouraging that so many really smart people are experimenting with ways to democratize the media, and a relief that no one has yet been able to find all the answers – meaning that MixedInk can help to provide part of the solution. The big unanswered questions that seemed to keep coming up were: 1) how the media will be able to make money without sacrificing journalistic quality and integrity (and whether advertising revenue will ever be sufficient); 2) how professional and amateur journa...
On the imminent demise of plagiarism: A plagiarism
2007-09-25 15:34:00 Thirty-one years ago this month, a U.S. Federal Court ordered George Harrison to give up the majority of royalties from his hit song ?My Sweet Lord? because he had unintentionally, subconsciously copied a Chiffons’ melody as the basis for his own song. Harrison was never accused of plagiarism, he was instead found guilty of Cryptomnesia, ... More About: Plagiarism , Demi
And the winning logo is?
2007-09-21 19:25:00 We recently asked you to pick our new logo, and the response was pretty incredible - if we learned anything, it’s that people have pretty strong opinions when it comes to design! Thanks to all 181 people that voted or left comments. Here is the winner, with some slight tweaks we made based on your feedback. ... More About: Logo , Winning , Mixed
Substance & style on Wikipedia
2007-09-05 17:21:00 Just a quick post to draw your attention to a recent piece in The New Republic. It highlights the fact that for some topics, Wikipedia ’s combination of a strict neutral point of view policy and its dependence on the wiki platform results in articles that leave something to be desired. (No, this is not about its occasional - way overblown - inaccuracies!) We were pleased to see the author, Douglas Wolk, practically arguing for the type of complementary writing tool we are developing. Wolk explains why Wikipedia isn’t the perfect venue for reporting on politics and other potentially controversial topics. Here’s an excerpt: Graceful writing takes a distant second place to neutrality. The language of the “Plame affair” article, like a lot of Wikipedia, is flatly declarative, not particularly quotable and occasionally afflicted with wobbly construction… And so the entry is an obstacle course of little infelicities and colorless clots of subclauses, from the first paragraph... More About: Style , Subs
Pick our logo!
2007-08-27 21:04:00 We trust the wisdom (and design sense) of the crowd ? so we want your opinion. Help us choose a logo for MixedInk! Vote for the version you like best in the poll below before the end of the week. When you vote, keep in mind what MixedInk is: a democratic writing tool that ... More About: Logo , Pick
A web 2.0 jam session
2007-08-21 16:44:00 If Miles Davis were here today, we bet he’d be proud of the part he played in inspiring the current internet movement. From unconferences to open source software, musical tendencies have been interwoven in what has come to be called “web2.0.” Jazz musicians are masters at improvisation to the point of seeming telepathic. Pre-written music and carefully crafted songs are catalysts for experimentation, not ends in themselves. Musicians also seek to blur the line between the audience and presenter and build a community around their concerts, with the belief that increased participation will enrich the experience as well as the music. And we cannot forget the open source movement pioneered by the Grateful Dead – the band encouraged taping of concerts, with the only rule being that tapers could not sell tapes for profit. On the internet today, we similarly seek new avenues for collaboration that allow for cumulative creativity and the ability to use others’ ideas as spri... More About: Web 2.0
Hissing and booing our way to a more democratic country
2007-08-10 16:09:00 Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the second annual YearlyKos Convention in Chicago, where over 1500 members of the ?progressive netroots? ? a term that encompasses Democratic bloggers and internet activists ? gathered to celebrate their successes and discuss what comes next. The conference provided the opportunity to meet some of the ... More About: Country
On Beautiful Software
2007-08-08 15:48:00 Most of the time, when you try out some new software, you are able to get the intended functionality out of the program - without significant learning time or technical issues, if you’re lucky. It does what you needed it to do, and that’s that. On rare occasions, however, the process is almost magical: you ... More About: Software , Beautiful
Yet another lesson from the birds and the bees
More articles from this author:2007-07-19 05:21:00 We?ve all watched with amazement as a flock of birds changes direction as if choreographed, a school of fish scatters on command, or a line of ants marches to some hidden destination. It seems there must be a leader, a queen bee or the king of the ant hill, coordinating not just when and ... More About: Birds , Bees , Lesson , Esso 1, 2 |
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