There’s a good article on unconferences by Scott Kirsner in next week’s BusinessWeek. He talks about what an unconference is, discusses the rise of the wider community and the potential threat to the traditional conference model.
All in all, he does a pretty good job capturing an accurate picture of the “unconference scene” and it [...]
Category Archives: Social justice
What news feels like
Mar 23rd – @ 12am
I was walking down the street today when I glanced sidelong at a newspaper box and caught the words “Bush Announces Iraq Exit Strategy”.
A fleeting moment of relief came over me and I thought to myself, “Finally.”
But sometimes we believe into existence that which we want to see. And sometimes that belief, though powerful, [...]
Bating the mousetrap with chunky peanut butter
Jan 30th – @ 6pm
Original by starpause kid and shared under a Creative Commons License.
When it comes to mousetraps, it’s fairly common knowledge that an effective cheese alternative for trapping mice is peanut butter.
However, we already know that Yahoo isn’t too fond of peanut butter. At least the smooth kind spread thin.
So it’s interesting to note that, perhaps as [...]