So I'm in this class called mobile journalism, and we're doing a lot of cool stuff. Liveblogging Arianna Huffington was only the beginning—we've Skype'd with people in Africa and Japan on the same day about how they use their phones, Skype'd with Kevin Thau, a VP of Twitter about (what else?) the future of Twitter, … Continue reading Mobile tech + democracy = awesomeness
Columbia College Chicago
iPad commentary
Ello, love! My article on the iPad for the Columbia Chronicle was just released. Take a look! My audience? Students at my arts and media college in metro Chicago. I also wrote a completely different version for a much older demographic, published in the Wilmington (Ohio) News Journal. See here
Open letter to ‘Cedars’
Once upon a time, I was News Editor for Cedars, the bi-weekly student newspaper of Cedarville University. Times were fun, I learned how to manage people (and how not to manage them). I published a few grating opinions that didn't receive much response because there wasn't much participation in the newspaper. But now I'm at … Continue reading Open letter to ‘Cedars’
Green campaign at my former school
A prefab modular home with LEED Platinum certification. Chicago should have its first Platinum-certified prefab residence in 2011. (Flickr photo from Heather Lucille. CC.) Here are some links to my 2009 project to reduce Cedarville University's environmental impact. I was collaborating with school administration to implement the project when I moved to Chicago to attend … Continue reading Green campaign at my former school
Developments: Arianna and iPad
Arianna Huffington, right, has some mobile fun with a Columbia College Chicago student following her student-only conversation with us Wednesday, prior to her official speech. Huffington is the proprietor of Huffington Post, one of the biggest media brands on the Internet. (The photo's by Columbia's PR staff, but if they sue a student for the … Continue reading Developments: Arianna and iPad
Speaking of Columbia College…
A screenshot from "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," the most complex and realistic modern battle video game to date. (Creative Commons photo from the Flikr account of bigdigo) Have you heard about the $1.6 million the Pentagon is giving us to develop, essentially, a video game to train infantry? Two media outlets have reported … Continue reading Speaking of Columbia College…
Merry Christmas!
Take extra time and expend extra effort to hug your family or friends this fine day. Loving other people is, supposedly, what today is about. I think the Jesus who does simply that (but not weakly, that) gets lost in the shuffle. Here's a poem by Russel Jaffe, who got a Poetry MFA from Columbia … Continue reading Merry Christmas!
Jeffrey Hollender, you rock my socks
Jeffrey Hollender, CEO of Seventh Generation (Creative Commons photo from the Flickr account of dreamymo) Note: This post is continued from Thursday's post. I suggest you start there. Hollender attended a conference by Business for Social Responsibility and blatantly asked the question, "Will this conference make business more responsible?" It's a good question to ask … Continue reading Jeffrey Hollender, you rock my socks
Consumerism as conspiracy (and I believe it!)
Here's an article written by a professor in my academic department, Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin. I haven't yet had her in class; she's on sabbatical this semester. In this she's written the most complete, historically accurate magazine-format depiction of planned obsolescence I've ever read. And I've read several great ones. Planned obsolescence is, in my own words, … Continue reading Consumerism as conspiracy (and I believe it!)
Bobby Kennedy, Jr. liveblog transcript
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke at my school this morning, at an environmental conference. Had to post a stock photo because I don't yet have a camera... I ate breakfast with him before his speech, basically a preview of the kinds of things he was gonna say, then live-blogged the speech itself on twitter.com/greenletters. The … Continue reading Bobby Kennedy, Jr. liveblog transcript
Brandon Smith 