Tag: Social Networking
-
NYC's Chief Digital Officer, Rachel Haot on the work of Jane Jacobs
The Verge interviewed NYC's Chief Digital Officer, Rachel Haot. She makes an interesting connection between urban design and social networking.
-
Today, the One-Billionth Tourist Will Arrives Somewhere in the World, And Better Buy Local! (Infographic)
One billion tourists have travelled the world in 2012, marking a new record for international tourism. By buying local, saving energy and transportation, protecting heritage and respecting the local culture, 1 billion tourists are 1 billion opportunities.
-
Steampunk Ticker-Tape Twittertape Machine Lets You Tweet Like it's 1899
Come one, come all, witness The Twittertape Machine that prints a feed of your tweets and mentions on Twitter.
-
Donate Your Social Media Voice for World Water Week
Help amplify the message of the global water crisis by lending your social media updates to World Water Day 2012
-
Protesters Confront Apple Over Foxconn Conditions
On the same day that protesters delivered petitions for better working conditions at Apple suppliers to Apple stores, hackers breached Foxconn security.
-
World First: Environmental Law Appeal To Be Argued Over Twitter
A "moot court" will be held over Twitter for the first time ever, and students from 5 major Canadian law schools will argue an environmental law.
-
Solar Charging Meets Social Networking With Changers
Charge electronic gadgets from the sun, share with the world, ... and earn credits
-
Foursquare Gets Peed On: App Combines Biological and Digital Territorial Marking
Most animals pee on things to mark their territory. Humans use Foursquared. Now we can do both.
-
Proof of Global Domination By a Few Corporations
Image: The network of global corporate control, Vitali, et. al. A Few Companies Have Power Over Most of the Real Economy The idea that the few dominate the many will not come as news to those gathered either to occupy wall street or to occupy
-
Facebook Launching "Social Energy" App for Improving Energy Efficiency
Can Facebook do for energy monitoring what Google and Microsoft couldn't?
-
Wacky-Named "Pirate" Party Gains Power in Germany, Calls for Free Public Transportation
As the rest of the world was celebrating talk like a pirate day, the Pirate Party won its first seats in the Berlin state elections.
-
Abandoned House Becomes 'Before I Die' Wall of Dreams (Photos)
This wall asks a question. What's important to you? What do you want to do before you die? What's on your bucket list? In New Orleans, an abandoned house has been converted into a community art project,
-
Permaculturalists Get Social: Worldwide Permaculture Network Launches
Image: Worldwide Permaculture Network Interactive Networking Site Gets Off the Ground Permaculturalists of the world, take note: if you've ever wished there was an easier way to connect, share ideas or find other permaculture projects all over the world
-
Jay Walljasper's Field Guide to the Commons (Podcast)
You know the word, but do you really know what the commons is? Hint: you're a stakeholder. The commons is the internet, the atmosphere, the airwaves, and the oceans. It's the stuff that belongs to everybody and nobody. After being editor of the Utne
-
An Ambitious Project Looks to Fix Urban America through Crowd Sourcing
Over the last few weeks, Chicagoans have been asked a simple question: "What would encourage you to walk, bike and take CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) more often?" Ads posing the question in
-
Any ideas for a more sustainable mobile telecom industry? (Video)
Here's a challenge for the new year: Help co-design solutions for mobile phones to improve sustainability. Imagine a phone that does not need to be charged, one that measures the drinking water quality in remote areas,
-
Jared Duval on Open Source Democracy (Podcast)
Can government be like a smartphone? An open platform, waiting for citizens to plug in their "apps" to its operating system? The rise of the millennial generation, along with the spread of the open source software movement, has opened up a whole new
-
Teleworkers Can Get More ... Satisfaction
Sorry for the play on The Rolling Stones. I'm just tired of hearing all the hoopla about The Beatles on iTunes. Which brings me to the point: A new study says teleworkers (like TreeHugger writers) are more
