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- Why we're excited about conversational computingFeb 2, 2016
Why we're excited about conversational computing
Bots are taking over the web. You interact with bots just like you would talk to your friends.
2 Comments - A community platform for the modern webDec 8, 2015
A community platform for the modern web
Known has become the easiest way to create an online community to support your class or group. We've built an…
1 Comment - Get used to paying for subscriptionsSep 1, 2015
Get used to paying for subscriptions
The Verge reports that YouTube is trying a new business model: According to multiple sources, the world’s largest…
- What would it take to save EdTech?Aug 16, 2015
What would it take to save EdTech?
Education has a software problem. 98% of higher educational institutions have a Learning Management System: a software…
3 Comments - The Internet is more alive than ever. But it needs our help.Aug 9, 2015
The Internet is more alive than ever. But it needs our help.
Another day, another eulogy for the Internet: It's an internet driven not by human beings, but by content, at all…
- Elgg and Known: how to build a better community platformApr 23, 2015
Elgg and Known: how to build a better community platform
Ten years ago last November, we released the first version of Elgg. An open source social networking platform…
2 Comments - Artists should control their work. That means we need better networks.Jan 23, 2015
Artists should control their work. That means we need better networks.
This post was originally published on my site at werd.io.
- Users don't just need control; they need to understand it, tooNov 30, 2014
Users don't just need control; they need to understand it, too
Dazed reports that Flickr is going to start selling off your Creative Commons licensed photographs: The site plans to…
- The Next Step on a Grand AdventureNov 7, 2014
The Next Step on a Grand Adventure
This post was originally published on my Known site at werd.io.
- Your audience isn't your social networkOct 24, 2014
Your audience isn't your social network
This post was originally published on my own site at werd.io.
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- Transgender visibility isn't the goal; trans AGENCY — the power to decide how we show up — is. And that requires no less than changing the world…
Transgender visibility isn't the goal; trans AGENCY — the power to decide how we show up — is. And that requires no less than changing the world…
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- In-n-Out of New York in a flash. That was me this weekend. Back home now after the red-eye for another London week.A solid Saturday along the…
In-n-Out of New York in a flash. That was me this weekend. Back home now after the red-eye for another London week.A solid Saturday along the…
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- Art matters. Guthrie's guitar said "this machine kills fascists" for a reason.
Art matters. Guthrie's guitar said "this machine kills fascists" for a reason.
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Instant HTML5 Geolocation How-To
Packt Publishing
See publicationA clear how-to guide to using the Javascript Geolocation API to enable location functionality in your modern web applications.
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Compressing, transcoding, sending, and retrieving video and audio files in a server-based system and related systems and methods
IssuedUS 8977778
A method for sending, compressing and transcoding media files so that they can be sent and received quickly, in an appropriate format.
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- The highlight of my week was joining my colleague Zach Person as he led a Future-Focused Strategy workshop at the University of Pennsylvania. We were…
The highlight of my week was joining my colleague Zach Person as he led a Future-Focused Strategy workshop at the University of Pennsylvania. We were…
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- Such an exciting opportunity. Mastodon matters more than ever before.
Such an exciting opportunity. Mastodon matters more than ever before.
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- "If you weren't worried about a whole bunch of people not getting benefits or getting the wrong benefits, or getting the wrong entitlements, or…
"If you weren't worried about a whole bunch of people not getting benefits or getting the wrong benefits, or getting the wrong entitlements, or…
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- Hey, I work there! https://lnkd.in/giQ9TEtw
Hey, I work there! https://lnkd.in/giQ9TEtw
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- A reflection on the time I called my team “a startup,” what I actually meant, and why I need to find a better metaphor. https://lnkd.in/eYzjp7wa
A reflection on the time I called my team “a startup,” what I actually meant, and why I need to find a better metaphor. https://lnkd.in/eYzjp7wa
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- I spoke at ATMosphere 2025 in Seattle over the weekend, the first conference (of many, I hope) on the protocol underpinning Bluesky. I wrote about a…
I spoke at ATMosphere 2025 in Seattle over the weekend, the first conference (of many, I hope) on the protocol underpinning Bluesky. I wrote about a…
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