Tropophilia

This is part of an ongoing series in which we highlight particularly fascinating talks from some of the world’s most innovative thinkers. These videos are featured courtesy of a Creative Commons license; for more on the TED conference (Technology, Entertainment, and Design), click here...

I’ve spent the past few weeks studying for my upcoming LEED Accredited Professional exam. As a result, I’ve been ruminating on sustainable development generally and LEED in particular...

Hey folks–after a few down weeks, I’m getting back to regular blogging. These items brought to you by the free stream of the new Wilco album, available on the band’s site (highly recommended…though the stream seems to have gotten choppy since i first listened)...

This is part of an ongoing series in which we highlight particularly fascinating talks from some of the world’s most innovative thinkers. These videos are featured courtesy of a Creative Commons license; for more on the TED conference (Technology, Entertainment, and Design), click here...

Friend and reader Gagan writes (posting here in an attempt to convince him to guest blog in the future): Heard an interview on NPR this afternoon with the guy who created Legacy Locker...

This is the first of an ongoing series in which we highlight particularly fascinating talks from some of the world’s most innovative thinkers. These videos are featured courtesy of a Creative Commons license; for more on the TED conference (Technology, Entertainment, and Design), click here...

Seth's Blog: Sixty to zero Solid.

Back in January, I got into a debate with some work colleagues over the status of political science as a “true” scientific discipline. Though I think one or two were playing devil’s advocate, the consensus seemed to be that political science was not worthy of the second half of its name...

Hey folks. I’m back after a long day-job-driven haitus. Things have been hectic, and the best way to jump back in seems to be some quick-blogging of items I’ve found intriguing over the past few weeks...

This post is out there a bit, but humor me. An interesting man named Tom Edwards stopped by Google today to give a talk about “Geocultural Intelligence and Global Business”...

The White House - Open for Questions The first crowdsourced press conference in history. Awesome.

During my time at college, our small Davidson community (there are only around 1,700 students) was twice saddened by the death of fellow undergrads: Josiah Cameron (who would have been graduating this year) in April 2006, and then Jay Chitty (a fellow classmate of Taylor and myself) in December of...

Roll the Dice (Columbia Journalism Review) This is a great article by the founder of GlobalPost.com (a recently launched web-based newspaper) about his new venture and his somewhat mixed feelings about the current revolution in text journalism. Makes me wanna start a website (that makes money)...

Jarred and I are proud alumni of a small, prestigious liberal arts college in North Carolina named Davidson...

Two weeks ago, I was lucky enough to watch Lawrence Lessig give a presentation to Googlers about his new Change Congress movement. Lessig is renowned for his unique presentation style (he probably uses every Keynote transition and effect there is), and it was indeed a very engaging experience...

Let me paint a picture for you that, despite the snark, is not an exaggeration: At a conference I attended recently, a speaker made the legitimate and important point that technology–particularly broadband–should be included in our definition of “infrastructure.” In order to illustrate...

For all I’ve written about the changing landscape for text-based news, I have touched only briefly on the very real human component that is afflicted by this evolution...

If I asked you to name the three areas of the US most vulnerable to sea level rise, what would you say? The first two are fairly obvious. The Mississippi Delta? Correct. Southern Florida? Also spot on. But the third...

What Microsoft Can Learn About Retail from Apple and Best Buy | Robert Scoble's innovator's and geeks' blog | Fast Company As Microsoft enters the retail fray, advice from former employee Robert Scoble

A post over on CrunchGear notes that a recent study in the UK concluded that the average age at which children receive their first cell phone these days is eight years old...

Reminder: I speak for myself and not for my employer...

Lost Generation (YouTube) A very clever video. MIT Students: Wearable Computer (Wired.com Video) If you thought the interactive computer in Minority Report was cool, you'll love this.

Google Latitude See your friends and family on a map, either on your phone or your computer. It's all opt-in, and robust, granular privacy controls are baked in. Give it a whirl.

Hey-o! After a little research and e-mailing, I’ve successfully had Tropophilia added to the “Blogs By Googlers” section of the Official Google Blog. Mmmm… link juice. Similar Posts:Tropophilia Featured On Alltop! Change.gov Goes Live...

This morning, Kiva.org announced that it was creating a developer community and releasing a set of APIs. With this bold stroke, Kiva transforms itself from microfinacing product to microfinancing platform...

The Names Brand T-Shirt Brilliantly simple. Twitter from 1937 Everything old is new again: a blogger turned his great aunt's one-line-a-day diary from over 60 years ago into an auto-posting Twitter account. Too cool...

Reader Jared (not Jarred) left a lengthy comment on my post about what I feel is our growing need and ability to create and share content. In short: our attraction to social media...

140 Characters The story behind Twitter

Op-Ed Contributor - Dear Sir Obama - Presidential Advice - NYTimes.com Students at 826 Valencia (author Dave Eggers' nonprofit after school writing program) write letters to Obama.

Send a farewell letter to Pres. Bush via Karl Rove Want to send W a parting note? Karl Rove (who's... on... Twitter?) is accepting your emails and will deliver them on the 20th.

As We May Think - The Atlantic (July 1945) I haven't read all of this yet, but this seems to be an eerily prescient call for the invention of Google. Order a burrito from your iPhone, or not | The Apple Core | ZDNet.com iPhone + Chipotle = c'mon!

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Wordle of President Obama's Inaugural Address There was a lot of press last week about the horrid conditions in which the new administration found the White House...

If you had been in the crowd pictured here, at President Obama’s Youth Inaugural Ball, would you have whipped out a digital camera to capture a shot of the first couple from among the mass of young people? Would you have tried to snap a quick picture on your iPhone? Texted your best friend...

Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen Classic. Bombastic sax solo, rolling snare drum, windows down, get away...

Hey folks–I’m working on a series of longer posts in response to a book I read recently; those will be up next week...