Fri, January 27, 2012

Craig Newmark: What I Should Have Said to CNN’s Amber Lyon When She Ambushed Me

Posted 1 year, 4 months ago

CNN’s Amber Lyon has been crowing for weeks about scoring an ambush interview against me. Boy, if she only knew that successfully ambushing me is about as big an accomplishment as stealing nuts from one of the birds or squirrels I like to Tweet about.

Here’s the deal. As old time…

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Craig Newmark on How Craigslist Found an Ipad

Posted 1 year, 7 months ago

iPad found through Craigslist: Okay, this means a lot to me. We get stories about lost and found dogs, even kidney contributions; this is new.

From email:

My name is Sam and I work every day to help people with disabilities. I am in a PhD program at Penn State and co-created an iPhone app…

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Craig Newmark on How Facebook Could Advance a New Unit of Reporting

Posted 1 year, 8 months ago

The new Facebook stuff includes the concept of “social object” which is a fancy term meaning “something people want to talk about.” (Yes, we could use a new term.)

A social object could be the focus of all the reporting, fact checking, and discussion around a topic.

Facebook apps could be…

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