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Author Archives: Peter Luyckx
Mobile Giving Campaigns For Chile Earthquake Relief
To support disaster relief efforts after this morning’s magnitude-8.8 earthquake in Chile, the Mobile Giving Foundation has announced the following text donation campaigns: Text the word “CHILE” to 25383 to donate $10 (Habitat for Humanity) Text the word “CHILE” to … Continue reading
Startup City: Mobile Giving Foundation
In December 2007, Jim Manis founded the Bellevue-based Mobile Giving Foundation to establish an infrastructure for mobile charitable giving. After the earthquake in Haiti, the Mobile Giving Foundation worked to support more than 20 nonprofit organizations and helped set up … Continue reading
The Digital Media Revolution and the Middle East
Tonight at 7:30 pm at Town Hall and online at http://www.livestream.com/mcdm: The second installment of Town Hall’s new series with University of Washington Department of Communication, The Revolution is Here: How Digital Media and Awakened Citizens Are Changing the World, … Continue reading
2009 Editors’ Picks: Top 9 Posts
These nine posts, chosen by the editors of Flip the Media, demonstrate the impressive depth and breadth of knowledge and insight of students in the MCDM program. Note: We didn’t include posts by current Flip the Media editorial board members … Continue reading
Startup City: Imikimi
From such viral hits as I Can Has Cheezburger to helpful tools like Walk Score, hundreds of startup companies have their roots in Seattle’s thriving entrepreneurial community. This Q&A is the third in a series of interviews with Seattle-area startups. … Continue reading
Writing the Book on Twitter at MCDM
Last night, MCDM launched Beyond the Fail Whale: How Twitter is Changing Organizations, “what may be the first university-level class dedicated to Twitter in the country.” The class, taught by @kegill, “explores the impact of Twitter on how organizations communicate … Continue reading
#swineflu or #swinefail?
CNN has been reporting somewhat gleefully on Twitter’s role in hyping swine flu and spreading misinformation. Around 5pm this evening @JSmith_CNN posted this tweet: “Is Twitter over-hyping the swine flu scare? Watch CNN‘s American Morning tomorrow to find out #swineflu” … Continue reading
The Unconscious Wisdom of the Sick Crowd
Google released Google Flu Trends today, which harnesses the geographical distribution of flu-related searches to come up with a real-time picture of flu activity a good two weeks earlier than systems relying on CDC surveillance data. Hitherto, by the time … Continue reading
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