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Citizen Journalism in 2007: A Recap

2008 is upon us—what better time for a progress report on citizen journalism? Over the past twelve months, investors shelled out, mainstream media perked up and thousands mobilized to share their news with the world. In short, 2007 marked citizen journalism's coming out.

What I Learned About Video Games From 'Lost'

I've learned a couple of things about how the rest of the world thinks about video games from watching "Lost."It's part of my discoveries on the never-ending Video Game Safari that all of us gamers enjoy when we spot our favorite interactive entertainment popping up in st …

Digg's IM Epedemic: Without Functionality the Community Turns to Gaming and "Corruption," says Top Diggers

Digg could go the way of MySpace if it doesn't address its functionality problems and get rid of the "corruption that is becoming rampant," according to several top submitters that I spoke with (all ranked above 100, some ranked above 30).

Readable Laws - A Wiki to Turn Legalese into English

"NOBODY READS LAWS! Even the senators and representatives who enact bills don't read them. They're full of dubious clauses that we learn about only after they manifest themselves.

The BCS is B.S.!

Ohio State and LSU get picked by a computer that has never seen one single college football game. Why NCAA Division I football won't embrace the idea of a playoff system is beyond me and this season should be a prime example of why such a format is needed.

BugLabs: Open Source Hardware

Today, if I want a new gadget I rely on Sony, Phillips, Panasonic, etc. This is a result of economics, not brand loyalty. It's simply too expensive for other people to break into the gadget market -- it requires factories, transportation, warehouses and more.

Assignment Zero, Yes -- We Are Still Alive

After we launched, some of the best criticism of Assignment Zero came from the Newsvine community. Thank you. It lite a fire under our proverbial butts.

National Conference for Media Reform -- Highlights

More than 2000 attendants converged on Memphis last weekend to attend the third National Conference for Media Reform, hosted by Free Press.

How Americans Spend Their Time

In 2007 the average adult will spend 65 days in front of the TV; 41 days listening to the radio; a little over a week on the Internet; a week reading a daily newspaper; and another week listening to recorded music

NewAssignment.net and 'The Future of News'

I can never decide how useful it is to attend panels and conferences about "the future of news." I've been to a few this year, and for the most part they seem to hit pretty much the same notes.

User-Generated Radio

Chicago Public Radio will introduce a radio show that uses news reports and audio from citizens -- think Current TV for the radio.

WikiPainting

WikiPainting -- Wikipedia for art!

Using Google Earth to Investigate the Environment

With tools like Google Earth, users have the ability to view detailed images of the planet with ease. This means we can scan the enviornment to investigate enviornmental degradation from the comfort of our home computer.

BBC News launches first user-generated program

Your News, which began a pilot run on Saturday, will feature stories, features and video proving most popular with viewers on TV and the internet.

A Mob by Any Other Name -- The Rhetoric of Crowdsourcing

Is the term Crowdsourcing a way to butter up sheer exploitation? Or, is it a great way to describe what's happening with Web 2.0 in movements like citizen journalism or design?

Remembering John Lennon

Yoko Ono has taken out a full page ad that is running in today's New York Times. The ad (seen in link) asks that December 8th, the day that John Lennon was killed, become a day of healing and helping others.

Open up the Business Model: How Citizen Journalists Get Rewarded

Five of the ten fastest growing brands on the Web rely on users for content. Most, like MySpace, Flickr and Heavy.com, do not pay their contributors. But the tide may be changing towards systems of compensation.

Open Source Legal Motion: How Collective Knowledge Is Influencing Legal Practice

A lawyer linked a rough draft of his defense motion on his blog, for anyone (not just lawyers) to improve upon. He calls it "Open Source Legal Motion."

IBM - Top Five Wired Nations

Leaders in the wired revolution. The U.S. made the list, but just barely.

How Al Qaeda views a long Iraq war | csmonitor.com

A letter that has been translated and released by the US military indicates that Al Qaeda itself sees the continued American presence in Iraq as a boon for the terror network, which has recently shown signs of expanding into the Palestinian territories and North Africa.

Web 2.0, What the $#@! is Web 2.0?

Whatever it is, it's growing fast. A new report attempts to define the vague buzzword.

California Court of Appeal rules against gay marriage

A divided three-judge panel of the California Court of Appeal overturned today a ruling by a lower court judge that the state's anti-gay marriage laws are unconstitutional.

One of the $1 million Clay Institute Millennium Prize problems proved: Navier-Stokes equations

Penny Smith, a mathematician at Lehigh University, has posted a paper on the arXiv that purports to solve one of the Clay Foundation Millenium problems, the one about the Navier-Stokes Equation.

47 Years After Father, Son Wins a Nobel, Too

Like father, like son. Also, the first time since 1983 that Americans had swept all three scientific Nobels, in medicine, physics and chemistry.

DoodyCalls: Finding a gold mine in dog poop — JSCMS

DoodyCalls has tapped into that unappetizing chore: picking up after Rover. The company sends workers with plastic bags and scoopers to clean up yards across the country. Business is growing as pet owners realize help is only a call away.

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