Matt Mullenweg on the state of WordPress from JD Lasica on Vimeo. At WordCamp San Francisco a few weeks ago, I managed to get a few minutes alone with Matt Mullwenweg, co-founder, chief coder and “Head of Bug Creation” for WordPress. (I self-host Socialbrite and Socialmedia.biz with code from WordPress.org; others use WordPress.com to host […]
Archives for September 2009
10 new ways to take social actions
Nathan Freitas, Jacob Colker and Ben Rigby of the Extraordinaries at NetSquared 2009. The Bay Area-based Extraordinaires are among the social causes highlighted in the current issue of Time magazine in an article titled New Ways to Make a Difference. Time identified three new trends in doing good: Put your time to work 1The Extraordinaries: […]
Socialbrite’s night at NetTuesday
Last night was the coming-out party for Socialbrite at the monthly NetTuesday gathering in San Francisco. About 40 people turned out for the event at PariSoMa, the coworking space at Howard and Tenth. Here are a half-dozen shots snapped by organizer Sarah Kennon and me. And here is what the NetTuesday Meetup members had to […]
eduFire: Real-time Web learning
Guest post by Katrina Heppler envisionGood.tv Want to learn a foreign language from the comfort of your home? Want to meet up with fellow students around the world? Or are you a teacher or trainer who wants to share your knowledge for a fee in an online setting with live interaction? In this 4:50 video […]
How the government can help spur social innovation
White House push for social innovation from JD Lasica on Vimeo. By JD Lasica At the Social Capital Markets conference this week, one highlight came in the opening keynote and panel discussion with Sonal Shah, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, who spoke about the […]