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Interning in Guatemala on the Archive Project

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

After returning to Palo Alto, I continued to process and clean the data drawn in our latest sample of documents, which will be used to fortify our analysis for the trial. On my first day in Guatemala, a freak hard-drive meltdown relegated my work laptop to a paperweight.

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Great reads from around the web on May 14th

Amy Sample Ward

New ‘WSJ’ Conduct Rules Target Twitter, Facebook - The Wall Street Journal circulated a newly compiled list of "professional conduct" covering social media, social networking, and so on. They’ll take for granted that their voices can be heard and that a social movement can be launched from their laptop.

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

Tech Soup

Amy Sample Ward, NTEN's fearless leader, has a different view. In just the field of journalism we now have The Intercept , Global Investigative Journalism Network , ProPublica , New America Media , Internews … need I go on? Image 5: Amy Sample Ward. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I rest my case.

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NpTech Tag: Change.org To Launch White-Label Social Network for Nonprofits, GeekToys that Give Geekbumps, and Blog Readability

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication October issue is devoted to scholarly research on social networks. Marnie Webb (who appears to be blogging a bit more these days since she switched to a MAC ) tagged an interesting article from the Wall Journal that asks " Is there a numerical cap on how many friends we can have?

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NTEN and TechSoup Webinar: Share Your Story - ROI and Social Media - Slides and Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This had a double value - I was more efficient because I was tracking my time (sort of like keeping a diet journal) and I was to find ways to save time and use a more systemmatic approach. They wanted to implement a laptop program for the 40 attornies on staff - they knew it would be more efficient for those who working outside of the office.

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Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation

Amy Sample Ward

Whether it’s social media platforms or content that has captured the interest of the community – from citizen journalism to video storytelling. I only have my laptop and my notebook with me, so all I need is an outlet and the wifi password to get to work. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Libraries + Media.

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The Last Blogpotomac: A New Community Rises from the Ashes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The venue, a historic theater with small table seating, made it feel more like a cafe except everyone in the audience had a laptop or hand held device for blogging, taking notes, and tweeting. This is just a sampling. It reminded more of a saloon than a conference. There are only select people using it now which make it less helpful.