http://delicious.com/mattmcalister bookmarks posted by mattmcalister 2009-11-19T09:44:28Z http://www.observer.com/2009/media/dash-dc-tech-guru-will-head-govt-incubator-digitize-democracy mattmcalister “The current administration is comprised in great part of digital natives. The government is already using technology to talk to citizens, but we’re going to make technology that helps government listen to them.” government technology startups politics barackobama socialmedia 2009-11-17T15:42:48Z http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/11/apis-in-the-late-afternoon.html mattmcalister the best way to monetize apis is to send money with the api. Paul Forster, CEO of Indeed: "We tried charging for our API without much success. Then we paid developers to use it and it took off." apis strategy fredwilson 2009-11-16T11:57:50Z http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/2009/11/16/advertising-in-reverse/ mattmcalister Any of us should be able to broadcast, in a secure and selective way that protects our privacies, specified goods we’re shopping for. advertising 2009-11-14T13:59:18Z http://scobleizer.com/2009/11/13/twitter-lists-lifechangin/ mattmcalister Click through these lists and you’ll see a different world than you would have thought possible on Twitter. This is the order I visit the lists in the morning twitter lists socialmedia news media aggregation scoble 2009-11-14T13:50:59Z http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/11/twitter-list-iphone-apps.html mattmcalister The Twitter iPhone app companies could simply create packaged versions of their apps with lists in them. Imagine the Tweetie NBA Player app. You download it, it comes preloaded with the TNT NBA list twitter iphone apps aggregation socialmedia 2009-11-14T13:33:59Z http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/11/i-want-more-information-not-less.html mattmcalister I love things that suck, because that creates huge opportunities for innovation. data information socialsoftware 2009-11-13T13:50:47Z http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Jon_Stewart_continues_to_break_stories_the_real_media_cant.html mattmcalister Jon Stewart and his outstanding team of "Daily Show" producers and writers not only "get" the importance of media manipulation and propaganda, but they can take it a step farther because they also have something that most bloggers do not --resources. You know who else has those kinds of resources? Mainstream, big media newsrooms. journalism media dailyshow jonstewart 2009-11-12T15:11:32Z http://www.revolutionmagazine.com/news/947967/open-source-answer/ mattmcalister tesco apis guardian openplatform opensource 2009-11-12T15:08:36Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/11/official-data-postcode-newspaper mattmcalister building a relevant newspaper on local data for anywhere in the country may take a little while – but good progress is being made behind the scenes. newspapers print local apis government data openplatform 2009-11-09T16:51:02Z http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/11/kimberly-abbott-working-together-ngos-and-journalists-can-create-stronger-international-reporting/ mattmcalister Rating wars and budgets do not exonerate journalists from the responsibility — and privilege — to inform. If the fourth estate is to maintain its relevance as a watchdog, it must fulfill its obligation to cover foreign news. journalism media ngo 2009-11-08T05:19:32Z http://blog.programmableweb.com/2009/11/06/factual-launches-open-data-platform-including-api/ mattmcalister Structured data has an open platform, thanks to a new startup aptly named Factual. At first glance, it seems like Excel on the web. However, Factual is more database-oriented, with joining and filtering built-in. Plus, sharing and discussing the data is an integral part of the experience. Most functions on the site, including both reading and writing data, can also happen via the Factual API. data apis 2009-11-08T05:17:36Z http://www.factual.com/ mattmcalister data apis collaboration 2009-11-06T15:48:33Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/nov/04/digital-media-radio-zimbabwe-african-radio mattmcalister The aim was to come up with a range of solutions, which will help the radio station to increase its reach and output. Can you help from outside and far away? Yes, you can. activism activate09 zimbabwe media technology journalism guardian 2009-10-30T14:03:53Z http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/10/blurry-picture-of-open-apis-standards.html mattmcalister some companies are playing fast and loose with terms that should be better understood. there are essentially three major ways to bucket "open" APIs apis openness 2009-10-30T13:32:30Z http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/10/30/outlook2010-a-flipbook-design-for-newspapers/ mattmcalister newspapers innovation print paper