Washington Post, New York Times and Mozilla team up for new web site comment system

There have been many worthy attempts to curb the proliferation of nasty discourse online. Some news outlets try to enforce using real names by requiring a Facebook account, others have deployed innovative moderation techniques, while some like Popular Science have given up entirely. What else can be done to keep online discussions from deteriorating into … Continue reading Washington Post, New York Times and Mozilla team up for new web site comment system

Poplus is coming: what does civic tech look like as a global federation?

By Jacob Caggiano There’s a lot of civic technology efforts out there building great things, but for the most part, the solutions are focused on a certain jurisdiction. In April 2014, coders, journalists and activists met in Santiago Chile for PoplusCon to change this. Poplus is now underway with a set of components that are … Continue reading Poplus is coming: what does civic tech look like as a global federation?

San Francisco Public Press aims to “Hack the Housing Crisis”

By Jacob Caggiano UPDATE: Read the event summary and Storify page to see what transpired. DATE — Friday, June 13, 2014 TIME — 8:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. LOCATION — The Impact Hub, 901 Mission St., San Francisco QUESTIONS? — housinghack {at} sfpublicpress {dot} org News organizations are used to covering hackathons, but how about organizing … Continue reading San Francisco Public Press aims to “Hack the Housing Crisis”

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