Chris O'Brien

newschallenge:

Photo Credit: Flickr user Koen Vereeken

The Knight News Challenge is being offered three times this year, in short, focused rounds to better mirror the pace of innovation. Winners of Round 1, which focused on networks, will be announced June 18. Here, Journalism and Media Innovation…

newschallenge:

Today, and for the following 19 days, the Knight News Challenge is open for business. The theme of the challenge is Networks.

The most common question I’ve been asked since we announced the challenge is exactly what we mean by Networks. We’re trying not to define the term too…

barackobama:

Behold: the official 2012 campaign playlist on Spotify. What would you add to it? (No casting aspersions on Earth, Wind, & Fire, now.)

barackobama:

Behold: the official 2012 campaign playlist on Spotify. What would you add to it? (No casting aspersions on Earth, Wind, & Fire, now.)

thepersonalnetwork:

We made a mistake. Over the last couple of days users brought to light an issue concerning how we handle your personal information on Path, specifically the transmission and storage of your phone contacts.

As our mission is to build the world’s first personal network, a trusted place for you to…

shortformblog:

  • june In what would’ve been the largest class-action suit ever, over a million female employees tried to sue Walmart for discrimination. The Supreme Court, however, said it stretched the definition of a class-action suit way too far, blocking the suit from moving forward.
  • september Looking…
Suspect dressed as Gumby tries to hold up local bank. 

Suspect dressed as Gumby tries to hold up local bank. 

arainert:

teradome:

Organizational charts for tech companies. (via @mrandre)
Actually, I think they got it exactly right.

These are really great though I imagine there’s a bit more centralized gravitational pull at Facebook than this one suggests.

arainert:

teradome:

Organizational charts for tech companies. (via @mrandre)

Actually, I think they got it exactly right.

These are really great though I imagine there’s a bit more centralized gravitational pull at Facebook than this one suggests.

soitiswrittensoitshallbedone:

Sorry Myspace. But there is life after fire sale.

soitiswrittensoitshallbedone:

Sorry Myspace. But there is life after fire sale.

Attending the SV Forum Visionary Awards (Taken with Instagram at Porter Mansion)

Attending the SV Forum Visionary Awards (Taken with Instagram at Porter Mansion)

Staring founder Nolan Bushnell (Taken with Instagram at Maker Faire 2011)

Staring founder Nolan Bushnell (Taken with Instagram at Maker Faire 2011)