Editorial Calendar search tool
This looks useful: http://us.cision.com/edcals/edcals.asp
(though all the links appear to be output with the ':' following the http, as of 1/6/2012)
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The Terrible Trivium and other matters
I admit it - I enjoy children's books. My excuse is reading them to my kids. When they all grow up I'll have to rent kids so I can read to them. Compare picture books for kids to power point presentations designed for executives: both assume
quiet thoughts
so many things that cannot be said...at least the good thing about voice is it doesn't leave a record
Writing anonymously and what's wrong with Google Plus
Second things first: Google Plus is too all-encompassing and controlling. I can't get a feed to publish elsewhere, or hack at, or stream, or store as text. Anything I write there lives ONLY in Google Plus, it seems, and can be taken out only manually.
And I'
Creative Commons Case studies
Ah - I've been looking for this: ways people are sharing documents to make structures outside corporations. Creative Commons is building up some case studies of how CC licenses spread good ideas through the world.
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Case_Studies
Global Voices Online is a good one,
American History Quiz: Which founding father leaked documents that triggered the start of the American Revolution?
From 1773 to 2011, leaking incriminating documents into the public eye has been a powerful mechanism to galvanize revolutions.
Nothing quite like reading in black and white the recommendation for "abridgement of what are called English liberties".
Benjamin Franklin leaked Royal Governor Hutchinson's letters to the
idea for writers...
Most content sites and could use more serious, thoughtful writers. Brave activists in democracy movements around the world could use more financial support.
What if, content sites hire democracy activists who need to make a living, to research best practices in established democracies, in community building and local governance? They
Benefit Corporations spreading - not in Arizona yet
Most companies are legally required to be selfish. That is, to put shareholder value over all other considerations including worker health, dangers to consumers, damage to the environment, or anything else.
Enter the "B Corp" - a kind of company that can legally pay attention to what most
what makes a website useful?
google does presentation and display pretty well - but if the website adds structure and tools and clues
Huppenthal barefaced lie?
2011-06-20 The Huffington Post ran a hard-hitting article Jun 17:Did Arizona Education Chief Huppenthal Commit a Felony in Growing Ethnic Studies Scandal?
Read it for yourself - the Tucson Weekly has posted a full PDF of the ethnic studies audit online
The audit appears to be a thorough review