Tag: humanity
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How Mister Rodgers Won Over Washington
The backstory: In 1969, Mister Rogers appeared before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Communications. His goal was to support funding for PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in response to significant proposed cuts. In about five minutes of testimony, Rogers spoke of the need for social and emotional education that public television provided. […]
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Remembering MLK Jr And His Ministry
From the handling of Katrina to the Sean Bell shooting, it’s a safe bet to say that if Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he’d still be a busy man. Now, what if he were here and once again dipped into the part of his ministry that really scared the FBI and US government […]
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Humanity In A Moment Of Desperation
Salon What They Went Through by Garrison Keillor It was painful to hear the woman in anguish on the 83rd floor of the World Trade Center, crying, “I’m going to die, aren’t I? I’m going to die.” Melissa Doi was 32, beautiful, with laughing eyes and black hair. She was lying on the floor of […]
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SXSW2006: Bruce Sterling – The State of the World
*Note* Live blogging will miss nuance and won’t be an exact representation of the speaker’s intent. Bruce Sterling isn’t throwing a party this year, but he’s loving the bubble echo of this 2.0 SXSW2006 get together. He says “enjoy it while you can.” He’s loving flickr and Wikipedia; companies that are completely unlike anything else, […]
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SXSW2006 Day Three: Everyware – The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing
Adam Greenfield is dealing with Godly AI interfaces. What is ubiquitous computing? Well, what happens when computers get cheaper, faster, better? They become invisible, but all around us. The possibilities to crunch concepts, data, information explode. We move into a post-graphical user interface, from gesture to voice. Multiple users, multiple spaces. Moving away from the […]
You Are Standing In An Open Field 