finally recovered from my trip to MIT. Lots of opportunity and ideas are stirring. #futurecivic
Great dinner last Weds at #futurecivic with Dan Gillmor, Jay Rosen, Guy Berger, with discussion around Rob Curley leaving Wash Post...
#futurecivic Thanks all for such a great conference. If you're new to following me on Twitter my regular ID is @agahran, follow me there.
We have the URLS! #futurecivic Bug tracking on the local level!
The 2 sessions I put on with @digidave and @agahran on citizen media went very well. We could've easily gone several more hours #futurecivic
#futurecivic Talk at the MIT Future of Civic Media event shows how the idea of "citizen journalism" has taken hold, despite all the abuse.
#futurecivic Can do tagclouds eg. of Great Gatsby, which show how often characters are mentioned. Can highlight preconceptions.
#futurecivic Emily Lin getting beyond the "oh this is cool" effect in data visualization
#futurecivic Many Eyes has really cool text visualization that shows Alberto Gonzales testimony with lines he began with "I don't recall..."
#futurecivic ManyEyes: Alberto Gonzales Word tree of "I don't" - based on that query of the transcript of his testimony. Can do other qtns.
#futurecivic Some 15000 visualisations, growing, at http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/home
#futurecivic "Many Eyes" site at IBM lets people upload datasets, create visualizations and share them with others. Lots of charts, graphs.
#futurecivic Talk about iCue.com, which turns NBC archives into self-contained learning environment, connecting people through gaming.
#futurecivic Digidave Orato.com is a first-person perspective citizen journalism site.
#futurecivic Amy: accept transparency rather than objectivity, in regard to Citizen Journalism being published.
#futurecivic Usability http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability - this is lacking in ireport http://www.ireport.com - youtube makes CJ easy
#futurecivic session participant claims CNN paid $750K to buy the domain ireport.com
#futurecivic session participant claims CNN paid $750K to buy the domain ireport.com
#futurecivic Rosen: reason for off-t-bus is: Club depends on not burning sources, whereas unauthorised ppl don't have to keep relationship
#futurecivic Practice of OTR is not about getting info out, but about officials not taking responsibility for agenda-setting.
#futurecivic Rosen: privacy is different to off-the-record, don't wipe out the zone of privacy! It's essential to freedom. OTR different.
#futurecivic JD - what of Jeff J view that club should be broken up, end of "off the record" briefings, etc.?
#futurecivic Journalists forget they are citizens too, and this is in public interest
#futurecivic Rosen: pro journos should celebrate ppl digging info out of govt; instead they react as competitors: "Not playing rules!"
#futurecivic Rosen: Mayhill Fowler under fire cos a citizen not playing by mainstream rules "on the bus", but got scoop on Clinton V-Fair
#futurecivic JD Lasica: standards of journ in new era - what happens when ppl not accredited as journalists and don't abide by conventions?
#futurecivic a dozen people discussing citizen/amateur journalism 25 opinions
#futurecivic People assuming that Public exists only on macro-level - therefore Public Interest is oldstyle mainstream media focus
#futurecivic JD: paradigm shift - doesn't have to be public interest, can be personal interest or small groups.
#futurecivic Amateur journalism is not necessarily CITIZEN journalism
#futurecivic People missing CITIZEN component, which has a political and rights resonance. Not all participation is Citizen-significant.
#futurecivic Digidave: Rockstars would never discourage amateurs from playing guitar or call them "citizen musicians".
#futurecivic Digidave: in future, media isn't called media, it's called living (in a public fashion)
' #futurecivic Amy: Checking documents as in Rather"gate happened in a crowd somewhere: product was not story at the time, but conversation.
#futurecivic Amy Gahran: journ = series of tasks, can be distributed, not necessarily done by journalists
#futurecivic DigiDave: Everyone is famous to 15 people - Dave Weinberger
George Patton (not that George Patton) on the real killer app of citizen sites: "Now trumps me, in my opinion." #futurecivic
Dave Cohn on the silliness of the citizen journalism tag. "I play guitar. You don't call me a citizen musician." #futurecivic
Retweeting @guyberger: #futurecivic High on Paulding is conversation, "now" trumps "me" - I love this quote.