Posted in People, Places, Stories, Video on Jun 29th, 2009 2 Comments »
YouTube Reporters’ Center
YouTube has a new channel where professional journalists post tips on covering stories and more. Here’s Nicholas Kristof on covering a global crisis.
Posted in Photojournalism, Politics, Stories on Jun 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Bank Failure Angers Both Victims and Supporters
A photo essay on the failure of New Frontier Bank in northeast Colorado.
Posted in Ideas, People, Stories on Jun 6th, 2009 No Comments »
Note: I picked this piece up from a book many years ago and I’m reposting it here because it remains brilliant.
What is Intelligence, Anyway?
© Isaac Asimov
What is intelligence, anyway? When I was in the army, I received the kind of aptitude test that all soldiers took and, against a normal of 100, scored 160. No [...]
Posted in Opinion, People, Stories, Video on May 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Frontline: The Madoff Affair
This is going to be a fascinating show. Frontline is one of the best investigative journalism shows on the air.
There will be more video and information on the site after the show airs tonight.
Posted in People, Politics, Stories, Video on Apr 9th, 2009 No Comments »
Jim Lehrer talks informally about his life as a journalist at The Commonwealth Club. Wonderful.
Posted in People, Stories on Apr 9th, 2009 2 Comments »
Ana Rodarte was born with neurofibromatosis which in some cases can cause facial disfigurement.
This Los Angeles Times piece by Thomas Curwen is powerful but it’s too bad they made the web presentation of it so difficult to navigate and read. I recommend the audio slideshow first to get an overview, then read the story.
Audio [...]
Posted in Ideas, Opinion, Politics, Social Software, Stories on Mar 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
On Point had a fascinating show today in its second hour: Cyber Harassment and the Law.
Cyber-bullying is too mild a term for some of what goes on in the rougher corners of the Internet.
When anonymous online attackers went after two young women at Yale Law School, it had the feel of a gang beating. Maybe [...]
Posted in Ideas, People, Reading, Stories on Feb 28th, 2009 2 Comments »
OnPoint had a great show on Friday: Envisioning the Afterlife in which the neuroscientist David Eagleman talked about his new book Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives.
David Eagleman is a leading edge neuroscientist who has written a collection of the most imaginative essays on what various takes on an afterlife might look like. This show [...]
Posted in Creativity, Ideas, People, Stories on Feb 18th, 2009 2 Comments »
This is an incredible talk that spans genres.
Olé!
[via Jessica Darling]
Posted in Photo Sites, Social Software, Stories on Jan 2nd, 2009 3 Comments »
JPG Magazine Goes Under
I’m a fan of both Derek Powazek and Heather Champ, they are both pioneers in the area loosely referred to as “the social internet” or in the subset of that area that might be called “user driven content” or “content driven community.”
They founded JPG magazine and then had it taken away from [...]
Posted in Aerial Photography, Photo Sites, Stories on Dec 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
The Big Picture has a wonderful photo essay on a complete cycle of the space shuttle Endeavor: Round trip with Endeavour.
Posted in Adventure, People, Stories, Video on Dec 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
The New York times has a nice video piece on now 85 year old Fred Beckey: The Old Man of the Mountains.
I certainly remember reading about Beckey’s numerous first ascents in the Cascades and elsewhere when I was into climbing. The guy was and is a legend. Amazing he’s still at it.
Dale, what’s our excuse?
Posted in Art and Design, Creativity, Stories on Dec 3rd, 2008 2 Comments »
Christoph Niemann’s history with Coffee
Wonderful napkin journal with captions of artist/illustrator Christoph Niemann’s history with Coffee.
Posted in Copyright, Ideas, Photographers, Stories on Dec 2nd, 2008 14 Comments »
Iron Man and Me: A great story about how this image got used in the movie Iron Man. Wish I’d read this before I watched the movie.
Remind me to take more shots of the shuttle assembly building!
[via Derek Powazek]
Posted in Creativity, Ideas, Opinion, People, Social Software, Stories, Video on Nov 16th, 2008 10 Comments »
Jason Fried did a fantastic talk at the Business Innovation Factory Conference on sharing and teaching as a business practice. Jason is the Founder and CEO of 37signals.
Tony Hsieh did another talk at same conference on customer support. Tony is the CEO of Zappos.
Jason Fried’s talk
Tony Hsieh’s talk
I’ve now watched each of these talks twice [...]
Posted in Creativity, People, Places, Stories, Video on Nov 4th, 2008 No Comments »
This is an incredible video shot via a cellphone in Sydney and New York. It’s a great demonstration of what is possible using simple tools to express a powerful idea.
[via Coudal Partners Blended Feed]
Posted in Art and Design, Macintosh, Stories, Tech Stuff on Oct 8th, 2008 2 Comments »
On Wedding Design
This is a great post by Cabel Sasser (a founder of panic) on the design of his wedding or more accurately, the design of all of the extras like announcements and more. This is a great post with just the right amount of detail and wonderful illustrations.
Congratulations Nicole and Cabel.
[via Coudal Partners Blended [...]
Posted in People, Places, Stories, Travel on Sep 22nd, 2008 24 Comments »
Backstory
In 1999 I went to India to do a series of lectures and some consulting on the use of technology in classrooms to help students with learning difficulties. I made this trip with a good friend and colleague Bart Pisha who is also an expert on the use of technology in classrooms. Neither of us [...]
Posted in Art and Design, People, Stories, Tools on Sep 17th, 2008 No Comments »
Paul Smith was an artist who had cerebral palsy and used a typewriter to “draw.” Using a machine like a typewriter makes perfect sense when one has spasticity in one’s hands but thinking about how these drawings were made boggles the mind. Yes, typewriters used monofonts (typefaces where each letter was equal in width) so [...]
Posted in Ideas, People, Stories, Travel on Jul 7th, 2008 6 Comments »
This takes some time but it’s an incredible story. Warning, it will make you cry (in a good way).
[via Dale Allyn]
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