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In the summer of 1987, downtown Austin, Texas hosted the first South by  Southwest music festival celebrated indie music with nearly 700 registrants.  Since then, it has blown up.  The event’s website writes, “The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conferences & Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies.  Read More »

During last Spring’s gnovis ‘retreat’, Brad Weikel and Ashley Bowen shared their interest in reenacting the Lewis and Clark Expedition on twitter. After some initial skepticism, Brad and Ashley’s idea really began to fascinate me. What would a re-enactment on twitter look like? Could it be used to both teach something about history and rouse excitement in learning history?
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Do we have a problem of place in America?

As suburban sprawl expands its reach, commute times between work and home steadily increase, and big box retailers have replaced store fronts once owned and managed by the members of local communities, many scholars -- whether in sociology, urban planning or political science -- are concerning themselves with this question.
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It is a question as old as the fail whale itself: Why do we Twitter? Yesterday, the Valley Wag asked this question in a scathing critique of the usefulness of this service. Earlier this month, David Pogue of The New York Times in his for-the-masses review described it as a "time drain" and "one of those ego things." Yes, it is the season for critiquing Twitter.  Read More »

Politics used to be about who you know. Now it may be about how many you know. The emerging art of social networking friend requesting has become so prevalent in politics today that the GOP has recognized such sites as perhaps the biggest battleground lost in the 2008 Presidential Election. Their solution? More MySpace. More Facebook. More Twitter.  Read More »