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C-SPAN: National broadband discussion
This morning's http://c-span.org/Series/Washington-Journal.aspxC-SPAN Washington Journal featured Washington Post technology reporter Cecilia Kang on Congressional hearings on the recently released FCC National Broadband Plan.
Making FOIA documents like booking tickets online
The Sunlight Foundation has the goods on a long-anticipated follow up to the landmark 1966 Freedom of Information Act to disclose government information and documents with certain privacy exemptions.
Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds
Colorado State University animal science expert Temple Grandin discusses alternative cognitive processes, public education and its applications to science, technology and agriculture.
State of the Internet: 81% of email is spam
Here's a nice companion piece to our Daily Digit feature on Internet usage in the Rocky Mountain West. The global numbers on email, video viewing and social media content are staggering. What could this mean for civic engagement and journalism? How can community organizers cut through the Can this poodle wearing a tinfoil hat get more fans than Glenn Beck? Facebook page diversions and Viagra spam?
Hard Times: Profiteering by phone pole
Drive through most any city in America and the offers will leap out at you: "Repair Your Credit!" "Modify Your Loan!" "Sell Your House Quick!" The creators of these signs -- Hard Times Profiteers, as we at the Huffington Post Investigative Fund have dubbed them -- are moving to capitalize on the financial troubles of others. They are posting advertisements on walls, street lamps and bus shelters. The ads range from handwritten cardboard cutouts to printed plastic signs.
NASA gets jiggy with it
I guess you’ve got to give NASA and the National Science Foundation credit for trying to shed their nerdiness for…
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