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Behind Scenes Look at an MOOC
Posted on May 13, 2013 | No CommentsWTF is a “MOOC“? It’s a Massively Open Online Course developed by a college or university. MOOC’s are revolutionizing college education. The courses put a college education within reach of […] -
The Story of My First ‘Story’
Posted on May 9, 2013 | 2 CommentsThis is the story of my first “Story by Disney,” which is a new storytelling app the company just released today in Apple’s App store. The idea is deceptively simple: […] -
The Four Building Blocks of Data-Driven Storytelling
Posted on May 6, 2013 | 1 CommentBehind every boring, data laden clump of numbers are hundreds, thousands of interesting stories. You want numbers to matter to your reader then it’s up to you to forge that […] -
ECPA Reform Gets a Two-Fer
Posted on April 26, 2013 | No CommentsBig news powering the current ECPA reform push being headed by my former CDT colleagues. First out of the gate, the Senate Judiciary Committee‘s historic move in passing (on a […] -
Blogging on Steroids: 40 Killer App Tools
Posted on April 25, 2013 | 2 CommentsI tend to love lists of things, so when Zach Eberhart with the Zemanta clan posted his “top 40” blogging tools I hit that puppy like a hungry trout. As […] -
Back Pocket Surveillance 24/7
Posted on April 23, 2013 | No CommentsI don’t really want my iPhone ratting me out when I walk into a retail store, but there are entire mobile-tracking industry being built on just that idea. Now, this […] -
TNN — Twitter News Network
Posted on April 22, 2013 | No CommentsYou think Ted Turner isn’t smiling? His ground-breaking and now all.too.essential CNN (cable news network, for those that have forgotten what those initials stand for) is the gold standard for […] -
Data Meat: How Your Daily Read Targets You for Data
Posted on April 15, 2013 | No CommentsAw, c’mon, let’s face it: in today’s all-digital, all the time world we are little more than data meat (I call dibs on coining this phrase). We are scraped, crawled, […]
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![Back Pocket Surveillance 24/7 I don’t really want my iPhone ratting me out when I walk into a retail store, but there are entire mobile-tracking industry being built on just that idea. Now, this […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/telex-large-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1)
![TNN — Twitter News Network You think Ted Turner isn’t smiling? His ground-breaking and now all.too.essential CNN (cable news network, for those that have forgotten what those initials stand for) is the gold standard for […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/radio.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1)
![The Incredible Lightness of ‘Shared Tragedy’ In today’s digital age, the term “shared tragedy” takes us into an entirely new dimension of up-close-and-personal. The ferocious stream of raw imagery and unfiltered information that is force-fed to […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/flowers-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1)
![Data Meat: How Your Daily Read Targets You for Data Aw, c’mon, let’s face it: in today’s all-digital, all the time world we are little more than data meat (I call dibs on coining this phrase). We are scraped, crawled, […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/iStock_000000812044Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1)
![It’s Community, Stupid I don’t care if you’re building the next Ottoman Empire, the next killer app or the next killer leveraged buyout, you are doomed to failure if you neglect the concept […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1976032.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1)