A great example of twitter reporting in journalism.<\/p>"},{"id":"631980603","url":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/631980603","url-with-slug":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/631980603\/we-are-natural-villagers-for-most-of-mankinds","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2010-05-25 19:17:47 GMT","date":"Tue, 25 May 2010 15:17:47","bookmarklet":"1","mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1274815067,"format":"html","reblog-key":"ha9wT3zl","slug":"we-are-natural-villagers-for-most-of-mankinds","quote-text":"We are natural villagers. For most of mankind\u2019s history we have lived in very small communities in which we knew everybody and everybody knew us. But gradually there grew to be far too many of us, and our communities became too large and disparate for us to be able to feel a part of them, and our technologies were unequal to the task of drawing us together. But that is changing.","quote-source":"DNA\/How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet<\/a>"},{"id":"622564474","url":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/622564474","url-with-slug":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/622564474\/never-before-has-a-social-media-website-played-the","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2010-05-22 17:44:20 GMT","date":"Sat, 22 May 2010 13:44:20","bookmarklet":"1","mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1274550260,"format":"html","reblog-key":"rgWiOlgi","slug":"never-before-has-a-social-media-website-played-the","quote-text":"Never before has a social media website played the kind of role in a conflict that Twitter has played in Thailand’s nine-week-old anti-government uprising, keeping people informed even as it amplified the hate on both sides of the country\u2019s divide. Some say Twitter \u2013 or rather its users \u2013 may have even saved lives as fighting consumed the streets of Bangkok.","quote-source":"Twitter\u2019s role in Bangkok conflict unprecedented - The Globe and Mail<\/a>"},{"id":"610884819","url":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/610884819","url-with-slug":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/610884819\/a-belated-update-on-last-months-changemedium-san","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2010-05-18 20:20:00 GMT","date":"Tue, 18 May 2010 16:20:00","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1274214000,"format":"html","reblog-key":"eRTzdj7I","slug":"a-belated-update-on-last-months-changemedium-san","regular-title":"A (belated) update on last month's ChangeMedium San Francisco","regular-body":" A few weeks ago we had our first ChangeMedium event out on the West Coast in San Francisco, CA. Entitled “Open Technology & The Medium of Change<\/a>” the evening was themed on looking how open technologies are playing a part in defining this medium of change. While sites like Twitter may have given the medium it’s initial push, it’s the open technologies that are emerging to extend its capabilities and reach.<\/p>\n A couple of conflicting events (the curse of remote organization) unfortunately meant for a slightly more ‘intimate’ group than we’d hoped for, but the people we did have there were certainly the right kind of people to have out and they made for some interesting conversation.\u00a0<\/p>\n After I delivered a quick introduction to ChangeMedium,\u00a0Evan Prodromou<\/a>\u00a0of Status.net<\/a> outlined their technology - a tool that allows any organization to implement their own micro-messaging service.<\/p>\n He also delved into oStatus<\/a>, an emerging standard which they are actively developing & pushing that allows micro-publishing services, and other applications, to pass messages between each other (i.e. a decentralized Twitter).<\/p>\n Following a few questions, Evan stepped aside and\u00a0Jean Russell, Co-founder of Thrivable.org<\/a> & Inspired Legacies, took over to share her story of how she used a combination of social and open publishing technologies to create the book “Thrivability: A Collaborative Sketch<\/a>” a book that was co-created by herself and 60 other contributors from around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n The evening concluded with about an hour’s worth of discussion that ranged from the technical to conceptual and back again. All in all it was an insightful evening with an interesting mix of people.<\/span><\/p>\n We were glad to be able to kick off the ChangeMedium conversation in San Francisco and anticipate watching it evolve going forward. <\/span>In the time since the event we’ve even heard from one of the attendees letting us know they have implemented Status.net within their organization as a result of this meetup.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n - Ryan<\/span><\/p>","tags":["changemedium","san francisco","status.net","ostatus","twitter","thirvability"]},{"id":"511570538","url":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/511570538","url-with-slug":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/511570538\/ostatus-lets-people-on-different-social-networks","type":"quote","date-gmt":"2010-04-10 22:32:09 GMT","date":"Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:32:09","bookmarklet":"1","mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1270938729,"format":"html","reblog-key":"kBKaUE73","slug":"ostatus-lets-people-on-different-social-networks","quote-text":"OStatus lets people on different social networks follow each other. OStatus is an open standard for distributed status updates. Our goal is a specification that allows different messaging hubs to route status updates between users in near-real-time","quote-source":"If you use or work with #twitter and you don’t know about OStatus yet… check it out! About | OStatus<\/a>"},{"id":"508828671","url":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/508828671","url-with-slug":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/508828671\/changemedium-sf-next-week-speaker-updates","type":"link","date-gmt":"2010-04-09 19:28:19 GMT","date":"Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:28:19","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1270841299,"format":"html","reblog-key":"j0aQaKdl","slug":"changemedium-sf-next-week-speaker-updates","link-text":"ChangeMedium SF: Next Week! Speaker Updates!","link-url":"http:\/\/guestlistapp.com\/events\/18777","link-description":" Just a reminder, ChangeMedium: “Open Technology and the Medium of Change” is next Tuesday in San Francisco.<\/p>\n I’m glad to say I can also update you on the format\/content of the evening now:<\/p>\n First off, in addition to an introduction to Change Medium we’ll have\u00a0Evan Prodromou, Founder of Status.net<\/strong>, and Jean R<\/strong>ussell, Co-founder, Thrivable.org & Inspired Legacies<\/strong> presenting. Evan will be presenting “Joining the Conversation” and will be talking about oStatus, open source business and other related topics while Jean will b sharing with us an example of the Medium in Change in action as she shares her process and insights gathered from rallying 70 collaborators from around the world to co-create an eBook “Thrivability”.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Following the presentations we’ll have a facilitated conversation\/exercise about Open Technology & The Medium of Change - how we see it changing our mindset, our culture and how we come together.<\/span><\/p>\n I hope you’ll join us - you can RSVP through the link above or by clicking here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>"},{"id":"500718470","url":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/500718470","url-with-slug":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/500718470\/want-to-speak-at-changemedium-sf-next-week","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2010-04-06 14:04:19 GMT","date":"Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:04:19","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1270562659,"format":"html","reblog-key":"2kFvZ3h5","slug":"want-to-speak-at-changemedium-sf-next-week","regular-title":"Want to speak at ChangeMedium SF next Week?","regular-body":" We’ve had a speaking slot open up for our ChangeMedium event “Open Technology and the Medium of Change<\/a>” in San Francisco next week…<\/p>\n If you’ve got something\u00a0interesting\u00a0to share about how the social web has been, could be, or is being used for positive social change then drop us a line.<\/p>\n We’ve got a 30-minute slot to fill and would love to include your content if it’s jives with the rest of the evening. Ping Ryan<\/a> if you’re interested.<\/p>\n Event is on April 13 at Citizen Space in downtown San Francisco at 6:30pm. It’s free and everyone is welcome. RSVP here<\/a>.<\/p>\n —-<\/p>\n Please Retweet\/Reblog if you think people in your network might be interested!<\/p>"},{"id":"489412982","url":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/489412982","url-with-slug":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/489412982\/reminder-changemedium-san-francisco-on-april-13th","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2010-04-01 17:39:40 GMT","date":"Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:39:40","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1270143580,"format":"html","reblog-key":"vu46F2vF","slug":"reminder-changemedium-san-francisco-on-april-13th","regular-title":"Reminder: ChangeMedium San Francisco on April 13th!","regular-body":" Quick reminder, it’s less than two weeks until\u00a0ChangeMedium’s first event out in San Francisco. Entitled \u201cOpen Technology and the Medium of Change\u201d we\u2019ll have a slate of speakers taking on the topic of how open technologies, protocols and systems are shaping the medium of change and well as looking forward to where they could take us.\u00a0<\/p>\n Timed to coincide with Twitter\u2019s inaugural developer conference \u201cChirp\u201d we\u2019re hoping that we\u2019ll be able to assemble a diverse crowd and maybe even provoke change oriented development during their 24 hacklab.\u00a0<\/p>\n If you\u2019re in San Francisco, or plan on being there for Chirp, please save the date and watch this blog for details as the date approaches and speakers are confirmed.<\/p>\n We have a couple of speaker slots available! If you would be interested in speaking at this event please\u00a0get in touch<\/a>\u00a0or tweet\u00a0@changemedium<\/a>.<\/p>","tags":["changemedium","san francisco","chirp","twitter"]},{"id":"474842794","url":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/474842794","url-with-slug":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/474842794\/change-medium-open-technology-and-the-medium-of-change","type":"link","date-gmt":"2010-03-26 14:38:57 GMT","date":"Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:38:57","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1269614337,"format":"html","reblog-key":"otb2WbQd","slug":"change-medium-open-technology-and-the-medium-of-change","link-text":"Change Medium: Open Technology and the Medium of Change","link-url":"http:\/\/guestlistapp.com\/events\/18777","link-description":" Registration is now open for the Change Medium event in San Francisco on April 13, 2010!<\/p>"},{"id":"459352547","url":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/459352547","url-with-slug":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/459352547\/save-the-date-changemedium-in-san-francisco-april-13th","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2010-03-19 19:45:00 GMT","date":"Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:45:00","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1269027900,"format":"html","reblog-key":"VZ7SVoWj","slug":"save-the-date-changemedium-in-san-francisco-april-13th","regular-title":"Save The Date: ChangeMedium in San Francisco April 13th","regular-body":" ***UPDATED: Venue now confirmed & Registration Opened ***<\/p>\n On April 13th, ChangeMedium will be hosting an event in San Francisco - Entitled “Open Technology and the Medium of Change” we’ll have a slate of speakers taking on the topic of how open technologies, protocols and systems are shaping the medium of change and well as looking forward to where they could take us.\u00a0<\/p>\n Timed to coincide with Twitter’s inaugural developer conference “Chirp” we’re hoping that we’ll be able to assemble a diverse crowd and maybe even provoke change oriented development during their 24 hacklab.\u00a0<\/p>\n If you’re in San Francisco, or plan on being there for Chirp, please save the date and watch this blog for details as the date approaches and speakers are confirmed.<\/p>\n If you would be interested in supporting or speaking at this event please\u00a0get in touch<\/a>\u00a0or tweet\u00a0@changemedium<\/a>.<\/p>"},{"id":"457145430","url":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/457145430","url-with-slug":"http:\/\/blog.changemedium.org\/post\/457145430\/jane-mcgonigal-gaming-can-make-a-better-world","type":"video","date-gmt":"2010-03-18 19:38:57 GMT","date":"Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:38:57","bookmarklet":"1","mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1268941137,"format":"html","reblog-key":"IjTfyNLT","slug":"jane-mcgonigal-gaming-can-make-a-better-world","video-caption":" Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world | Video on TED.com<\/a><\/p>","video-source":"WHAT: ChangeMedium: Open Technology and the Medium of Change
RSVP:\u00a0Here<\/a><\/blockquote>\n
WHAT: ChangeMedium: Open Technology and the Medium of Change
RSVP: Here<\/a><\/blockquote>\n