[TND] The movie is a road-trip documentary, from New York City to Los Angeles, that uses the Twitter to trace the stories of Americans across the country — from a stock trader to a homeless woman, from an improv comedian to a hooker.… Read the rest
[TechNewsDaily via Yahoo News] Forget Al Gore. The Internet — at least as a concept — was invented nearly a century ago by a Belgian information expert named Paul Otlet imagining where telephones and television might someday go.
That was one of the topics in a wild discussion on the history of the Internet, and its future, at the recent World Science Festival in New York City.… Read the rest
[Salon] While reports were bouncing around Twitter about vandalism in San Francisco and arrests on New York City’s Williamsburg Bridge, birds were chirping in Madison Square Park where perhaps several thousand students (by organizers’ estimates) were attending nearly 100 open-air lectures and workshops in an event dubbed “The Free University.”… Read the rest
[Salon] In the home city of Occupy Wall Street yesterday, myriad activities dominated three iconic public spaces — Bryant Park near Times Square, Madison Square Park in view of the Flatiron Building, and Union Square, roughly straddling the East and West Villages.… Read the rest
[Salon] Occupy Wall Street has drifted far from those early whimsical days. With militant chanting, cries of “F— the pigs,” mass arrests and charges of police brutality, the movement has taken on a warlike air. But art, performance and even comedy have been another part of it since the beginning — something that many participants are trying to bring back.… Read the rest
[FOX] Short story: It brings much of the iPad experience to laptops and desktops – carrying over features such as the Notes, Reminders, the Game Center app for online gaming and an iMessage app that so far has worked only between Apple’s mobile devices.… Read the rest
[TechNewsDaily – via NBC] The protest largely became a defense of the First Amendment. “I am opposed to any law – especially very badly written laws – that infringe on our country’s basic rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press,” said Naomi Reyes, a fashion design student.… Read the rest
[Wired] “I don’t want to say we’re making our own Facebook. But, we’re making our own Facebook,” said Ed Knutson who joined of activist-geeks redesigning social networking for the era of global protest. (Wired)… Read the rest
[Wired] With most of the largest protest encampments around the country dismantled by the authorities, D.C. has two Occupy encampments — largely left unbothered by federal authorities — which are now the liveliest venue for the movement’s experimentation with methods and message — and the best indicator of the turbulence that lies ahead.… Read the rest
[Wired] “If this is the revolution, this is our Valley Forge,” said a doughy, middle-aged man with frazzled long brown hair.
I was shivering when we spoke at 7:30 a.m. Thursday morning — as I had been shivering for the seven previous hours.… Read the rest
