A version of this article was published on PsychologyToday.com in the blog “Positively Media.” Dexter is a Showtime series about a serial killer with a code. He only kills the bad guys who deserve it. We love Dexter precisely because he finds bad guys and kills them before they can... read more →
Mar
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Feb
18
I am always on the lookout for media technologies that are used in positive ways. Here are two examples coming from completely different angles. Information Radically Improves Economic Viability The Manobi foundation uses technology to provide rural farmers in Africa with current market prices. I have written about them before... read more →
Jan
16
Edward Tufte would be proud. This is an example of a brilliant use of social media and a cognitively effective display of the kind of data that social media can generate. Ushahidi are mapping crisis information from Haiti. They have integrated various data input sources, SMS, email, or web, and visually... read more →
Jan
15
This is an example of a brilliant use of social media. I learned about this from one of may favorites Beth's Blog: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Use Social Media to Power Social Networks for Change. Ushahidi are mapping crisis information from Haiti. They have integrated various data input sources, SMS,... read more →
Dec
01
If you had any doubts about the impact social networking tools and social media have on the world as we know it, watch this Advertising Age video of Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz talk about the changes they've made in their approach to reaching skiers and snow enthusiasts. While this... read more →
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