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Digital Journal releases Power User list featuring top 20 in crowdsourcing project in January

Chris Hogg — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:05:40 +0000

Tweet Digital Journal today published a list of the 20 most active contributors on its network. The Top 20 list is published each month to report how Digital Journalists, bloggers and citizen journalists interact in an online media network. In Q4 of 2011, Digital Journal launched a massive gamification project that tracks and reports activity [...]

Clay Shirky on why SOPA is a bad idea

Chris Hogg — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:16:25 +0000

Tweet As someone who runs a user-generated website, I think SOPA is a very bad idea. But I think it’s bad not just because it would inhibit my business, but because it would stifle innovation across the Internet as a whole. For those of you who may not be familiar with SOPA, I’m providing a [...]

Digital Journal releases December Power User list featuring top 20 in crowdsourcing project

Chris Hogg — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:18:12 +0000

Tweet Another press release from my company today… Digital Journal, a global digital media network, today published a list of the 20 most active contributors on its network for December 2011. The Top 20 list is published each month to report how Digital Journalists, bloggers and citizen journalists interact in an online media network. [...]

Digital Journal showcases power of user-generated media with global coverage of top stories in 2011

Chris Hogg — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:47:06 +0000

Tweet A press release from my company this morning announcing some great momentum going into 2012… Digital Journal is winning praise for its role in covering major international stories throughout 2011. Leveraging both technology and a global base of contributors, the company played a big role in covering 2011′s top stories. Boasting a network of [...]

Digital Journal November ‘Power User’ list features top contributors in monthly crowdsourcing project

Chris Hogg — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:15:55 +0000

Tweet Today my company issued a press release that provides more info on how our gamification project has been working out. Details below… — Digital Journal, a global digital media network, today published a comprehensive list of the 20 most active contributors for November. The Top 20 list is published each month to report how [...]

Digital Journal ‘Power User’ list features top contributors in crowdsourcing project

Chris Hogg — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:17:15 +0000

Tweet Today we released the following press release. I’m reprinting here for those who are following user-generated content and gamification projects like the one we launched at Digital Journal: Digital Journal, a global digital media network, today published a comprehensive list of the 20 most active contributors for the month of October. The data [...]

Microsoft video offers stunning vision for future of mobile

Chris Hogg — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:15:35 +0000

Tweet With smartphones becoming as commonplace as wrist watches, it’s only a matter of time before they also start to take control of other gadgets in our lives. In this video, Microsoft offers a stunning view of what is possible. Today when we talk about smartphones and the various things we wish they could do for us, [...]

52% of kids under 8 using iPods, iPads and mobile devices

Chris Hogg — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:10:50 +0000

Tweet Need a babysitter? There’s an app for that. A study published this week says a huge percentage of children under the age of eight are consuming media on iPods, iPads and other devices at growing rates. A study published by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group that studies children’s use of technology, says digital [...]

Steve Jobs: Fox News is a ‘destructive force’ in society

Chris Hogg — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:10:06 +0000

Tweet Walter Isaacson’s biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was released this week and details are emerging about what Jobs thought about his industry and others. The media was a particular area of interest for Jobs, but not always in a good way. Steve Jobs is all over the media these days, with the official release of [...]

Amazing videos show ‘Quantum Levitation’ at work

Chris Hogg — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:22:29 +0000

Tweet The geek in me couldn’t resist sharing this. These videos come from the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) and they are, simply put, remarkable. This demonstration from Tel-Aviv University shows quantum superconductors locked in a magnetic field. What does that mean in plain English? Basically, they are floating discs that levitate off the ground like a [...]