Fire Eagle and the Future of Citizen Media

Fire Eagle and the Future of Citizen Media

Originally published on Idea Lab. Buenos Aires Leads the Way Two months ago I was back in my old stomping grounds, Encinitas, California. It had been several years since I last coasted along Highway 101 as it sucks in its asphalt belly between San Elijo Lagoon and the...

[Work] An Update

More than a few of my friends have told me that they have no idea what I do for work anymore. “Wait, so you don’t translate things from Spanish to English anymore?” is how most of them put it. So, I think I need to be more clear and more repetitive....
[Local] EveryBlock

[Local] EveryBlock

I’ve got a billion things to do before giving a workshop on digital photography and Flickr this evening at the Biblioteca Publica Piloto (come by if you’re around!), but this is way too cool to not comment on. So, Dunstan Orchard, an avid Faceballer...
[Document] An Introductory Guide to Global Citizen Media

[Document] An Introductory Guide to Global Citizen Media

Rising Voices proudly announces the first in a series of outreach guides meant to explain the fundamentals of citizen media to a non-technical readership. The first guide, An Introduction to Citizen Media, offers context and case studies which show how everyday citizens across the world are increasingly using blogs, podcasts, online video, and digital photography to engage in an unmediated conversation which transcends borders, cultures, and differing languages.