Tag: Chris Messina

• The Bottom Line Of CrowdSourcing

  Wired News Gannett to Crowdsource News By Jeff Howe […] According to internal documents provided to Wired News and interviews with key executives, Gannett, the publisher of USA Today as well as 90 other American daily newspapers, will begin crowdsourcing many of its newsgathering functions. Starting Friday, Gannett newsrooms were rechristened “information centers,” and instead […]

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  November 4, 2006

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  Adam Smith Problem, change, Chris Messina, citizen media, CrowdSourcing, Gannett, Jay Rosen, journalism, NewAssignment, News and Record, NORG

• Goodbye Austin and SXSW2006

  Well, it took me until today to be able to write my goodbye to Austin. Man, that town and conference kicks some serious ass. Some of my favorite moments from this past week: Bruce Sterling‘s closing remarks on the state of the world. I’ve never been moved to tears by a public speaker before… I’ve […]

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  March 16, 2006

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  Adam Greenfield, Alan Berliner, Bruce Sterling, Chris Messina, conference, Dan Saffer, Doc Searls, film, internet, Jerry Michalski, Kirby Dick, Mark Canter, Media Matters, music, Nancy White, Peter Merholz, Peter Morville, SXSW2006, Tara Hunt, Thomas Vander Wal, Tish Grier, Will Giese

• SXSW2006 Day 4: Microformats – Evolving The Web

  Moderated and kicked-off by Tantek Çelik. Microformats Process: Pick a simple problem and define it. No frameworks. Document what existing web pages are doing and find patterns for a specific microformat Trying not to create standards or formats. Brainstorm a set of fields to define microformats Post findings, get feedback and iterate. A Microformats Exercise […]

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  March 13, 2006

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  Chris Messina, information architecture, internet, microformats, Tantek Çelik, user experience design, Yahoo!