Mozilla Labs invites anyone with an idea to offer it to the world for critique and iterative exploration. Welcome to open source, design.
The Naked Generation
We write about everything. We capture it in photos and on video, and we share the links with online acquaintances known only by their login handle. It is too early in the social networking phenomenon to declare whether this practice is beneficial or not. What is undeniable, however, is that we live in a transparent age right now.
Battletweets
Like many, I got some twam (twitter + spam) on March 20 last week pointing me to Battletweets. I didn’t follow them initially, partly because their site didn’t have any information. Now it does, so now I do … at least for a little while. Whether the new Twitter game that is currently in development becomes a source of noise or community remains to be seen.
BlogIN
Some good regional tech news to push out to people at the Bloomington Geek Dinner tonight at Michael’s Uptown Cafe tonight at 6p: We’re having a Blog IN on Saturday, April 26 from 1pm to 5pm at IUPUI School of Informatics in Indianapolis. Our goal is to attract as many bloggers as we can from around the state for a half-day of fun, learning, relationship building, tip sharing, and more.
The Midwest Tech Corridor
What will it take to become a high tech power in this country? Efforts like Smaller Indiana are trying to answer that question. While Indiana is not likely to sprout a new Google in the short-term, the future is necessarily built off of the communities with which we engage today. To that end, I invite and encourage readers with interests in information technology and design to start the process by joining local organizations
Whoa
On December 1, a new concept in co-created entertainment took flight when The Whoa Show debuted. The tagline reads: “You will be entertained. You will be the entertainer.” Sadly, I am neither.
Innovating Twitter
One of the genius moves that made Twitter so potent was a decision to maintain a simple, open API. By granting access to the most interesting parts of the system—the members and content—Twitter has inspired widespread development of third-party applications that cross platforms, integrate with other systems, and contribute new ways for members to interact with the information stream.