From the Center
- Giant QR code in our building’s foyer encourages people to post and read the secrets of those around them http://cot.ag/mSzqG4
- @gregoryfoster: Create a “Junkyard Jumbotron” w/ any collection of displays running a web browser: http://j.mp/igh7Wv (HT @c4fcm)
- “New MIT Media Lab Director Wondered: Will I Fit In?” http://www.wbur.org/2011/05/11/mit-media-lab
Media in Transition 7
- Podcast: “Media in Transition 7: Unstable Platforms” with @jbenton @mleccese and more http://cot.ag/ifseho #MiT7
Future of News
- “No dead ends: How news sites can keep readers engaged” http://cot.ag/jVTiLt
- With more flexibility available, Latin American newspapers see boom in print and online http://cot.ag/inrt1q
- Seven lessons for journalists from tech entrepreneurs http://cot.ag/lzqzFH via @knightfdn
- The news site donation-engagement paradox: those who give most are often the least engaged, and vice versa http://cot.ag/kS1oGd
Natural Gas
- The Fracking Song, a “musical explainer” by @jayrosen_nyu students based on ProPublica work. jr.ly/b7yp. The future is now.
MIT 150th anniversary
- Great tribute piece from @BillGates on ‘Why MIT Matters’ http://bo.st/kVy65G (from this Sunday’s @BostonGlobe special magazine)
Jobs
- Recent grad w/ experience managing online communities? @knightfdn has a job for you http://cot.ag/mO2lQz
- MIT/CMS’s ICE Lab hiring for part-time Project Developer/Web Programmer http://cot.ag/l15zZq
Elsewhere
- Sunlight Foundation’s @danielschuman testifies to Congress: lift CRS restrictions, open THOMAS data http://cot.ag/lT0T35
- FCC commissioner approves merger of Comcast and NBC Universal, then leaves FCC to be lobbyist for Comcast http://cot.ag/kUo6ky
- Real-world social games are fun…but do they work? http://cot.ag/lYrjEN via @knightfdn