With the recent explosion of extrasolar planet discoveries, some relatively nearby, astronomers and space enthusiasts wonder how habitable some of these planets would be for humans. Just don’t forget about gravity… […]
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Traditional journalism is dying, wah! We know! So how can we foster new ideas with journalistic, technological and business vision?
Lock up grad students from these fields in a room for 9 days, and see what happens.
That’s where I’ve been with 17 other USC students from journalism, engineering and MBA programs, collaborating on mobile tech for news outlets.
A charming engineering student and two brilliant MBA grads were on my team to develop a new mobile app concept for KCRW. The station told us they wanted new ways to engage listeners, so we proposed a technology that allows users to select and share just a snippet of a program. Courtesy of Ben Moskowitz, we learned this is already being prototyped with Mozilla’s new open-source language, Popcorn.js. Demo audio-snippet sharing here.
And here’s our concept video (turned around in a 48-hr timeframe):
Now that we’ve been released from the 9-day boot camp and are decompressing from the collaborative buzz, I look forward to what develops. Perhaps we’ll continue to engage with KCRW over this concept, and I’m excited to delve into popcorn.js and learn more about the beautiful things they’re making. WordPress says it best… Code is poetry.
Documentary provocateur Morgan Spurlock took a break from his JetBlue commercials and POM Wonderful 100% pomegranate juice promos to chat about his latest film, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold. It’s safe to say that this was the greatest interview I’ve ever had!
Annenberg Radio journalist Emily Frost and I, an accordion n00b, test out altruism at the Trader Joe’s in Silver Lake, Calif., as part of an experiment that uses the lens of game theory to study what makes people give. Here’s a silly snippet from our outing.
Stay tuned for the results via a new podcast, called Detours.
If you have a pulse, you know that green is in. Concrete is so out.
Concrete-laden cities like Los Angeles proudly boast how green they’re getting. Eco-friendly this, energy-reducing that, gardens planted there. It’s lovely.
Green trends spread quickly in hip areas like Silver Lake, where even the local elementary school has been ambushed by plant-loving volunteers. Griffith Park Neighborhood Council member Tomas O’Grady took a few moments one sunny January afternoon to break down exactly why and how community members convinced LAUSD to rip out the parking lot at Micheltorena Elementary School and replace it with a garden.
Tomas O’Grady is running for Los Angeles City Council. Elections to be held in March.
(All footage was shot at Micheltorena Elementary School on January 17, 2011. Video story featuring the project itself coming soon.)
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