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Follow the NPR Backstory
Update 6/29/09: Thanks for all the coverage! NPRbackstory is an experimental web mashup that I created to dig through the NPR archives and unearth the Public Radio backstory on currently trending...
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Finding Twitterstars
[Note: I've posted a Twitterstars update]Finding and connecting with local social media 'superstars' can be a valuable short-cut for anyone trying to ramp up quickly in online social environments....
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Last week I posted a mini-app that helps find popular twitter users near you. Simply enter a location, and Twitterstars will search regional tweets and return the top five most-followed Twitter users....
View ArticleIntroducing the VRM ListenLog
The following is a basic description for a proposed approach to integrating VRM into an existing software application. I welcome your input on this emerging idea in the comments section here or follow...
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Open Business Cards
I recently launched a fun project as a bit of a small-scale experiment at the clever site kickstarter.com.Kickstarter is a new way to fund creative ideas and endeavors through online collective...
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Defining The New Awesome
Every day brings an avalanche of new ideas and novel creations to the web, from witty t-shirts and viral videos to innovative methods of collaboration and powerful new software. The creation of unique...
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The Awesome Foundation
The Awesome Foundation is a simple idea. We support people doing awesome things in the world. Every month we give out a $1,000 of our money to an idea we think is awesome and should be released upon...
View ArticleHow-to Video on Creating a Twitter Bot
Check out this cool how-to video on creating a twitterbot without any programming. It was put together by frinkey.com and I'm proud to say, inspired in part by my code-less NPRbackstory hack.If you're...
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Using Prediction Markets to Follow Election News
There are scores of news sources covering the elections, but which provide us with a clear picture of how things are progressing, especially when so many sources these days rely on sensationalism or...
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26 Miles of Awesome
Dear Fellow Bostonians,At its core, The Awesome Foundation is about community. And for Boston, the marathon represents our city's community at its best. It'd be a real shame if violence is all anyone...
View ArticleHow Our Non-organization is Slowly Taking Over the World
In my lead-in talk for the Tufts Symposium on Innovation, I attempted to wake up the audience with a shocking tale of world domination.Well, sort of. We at the Awesome Foundation were surprised four...
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