First POST: Blades
BY Nick Judd | Monday, December 5 2011
With Miranda Neubauer Stick a pin in this because we're coming back to it later: citizen-steered surveillance drones may share American skies with police-operated vehicles in the very near future. Writing for Salon, ... Read More
First POST: Rules
BY Miranda Neubauer | Friday, December 2 2011
Danny Sullivan from Search Engine Land takes an in-depth look at how Apple has been handling its first search-related scandal related to the iPhone's Siri not being able to find an abortion clinic. He notes that the ... Read More
First POST: Drippings
BY Nick Judd | Thursday, December 1 2011
In a recently released interview, State Department senior adviser for innovation Alec Ross gives a view from inside State on the impact of Wikileaks on its operations. (One you may have heard before; we have our own ... Read More
First POST: Documents
BY Nick Judd | Wednesday, November 30 2011
Another Occupy Wall Street tactic that's spreading: the bat signal. From the Portland Mercury: Thanks to a tip, I took the elevator to the eighth floor of the parking garage directly across the street from the building ... Read More
First POST: Lines
BY Nick Judd | Tuesday, November 29 2011
The new map of Massachusetts legislative districts that contributed to Rep. Barney Frank's (D-Mass) decision not to seek re-election next year. Source: Massachusetts State Legislature Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) ... Read More
First POST: Stance
BY Nick Judd | Monday, November 28 2011
Activist Zainab Al-Khawaja blocked a police advance on protesters in Bahrain on Saturday and lived to tweet about it. Tomorrow, the Fight for the Future campaign against the Stop Online Piracy Act hopes to raise 50,000 ... Read More
First POST: Advice
BY Nick Judd | Wednesday, November 23 2011
In the spirit of the season: The obligatory presidential turkey pardon, a definitive history. Thanksgiving advice from this commenter on Amazon.com, discussing the merits of pepper spray as a condiment — maybe ... Read More
First POST: The Record
BY Nick Judd | Tuesday, November 22 2011
We saw this technique — synchronizing video and audio from multiple sources to create a more complete, more reliable visual record of a dramatic encounter between protesters and police — used in October, ... Read More
First POST: Free Bananas
BY Nick Judd | Monday, November 21 2011
'RON PAUL' - A Bad Lip Reading SoundBite - watch more funny videos Fake Ron Paul says, "Bring on the steamed croutons." The downed server is the new overflowing mailbox. This, in a description of response to last week's ... Read More
First POST: Laser Beams
BY Nick Judd | Friday, November 18 2011
The Occupy Wall Street bat signal. Made-for-sharing-sting-video creator James O'Keefe is having trouble. Pandora will soon offer an option for political ads. (Via Politico Morning Tech) Things occupiers on Wall Street ... Read More