Citizen Will

Category: Media

  • Next Exit: UNC

    The construction of a special I-40 interchange for Carolina North has been a persistent rumor. Over the last 5 years, I heard UNC officially deny any such plan more than a dozen times. The last time for me, I believe, was when UNC’s liason to the Horace Williams Citizen’s Committee (HWCC) said she hadn’t heard […]

  • Can you hear me now, NSA?

    I like to keep it local on Concerned Citizen, but this report does have a local angle.

  • SxSW 2006 – ae represents!

    The ratings for the 2006 South By Southwest Interactive panels are out. Local ‘blogger ae, of arsepoetica fame, led the blogHer sponsored panel Increasing Women’s Visibility on the Web: Whose Butt Should We Be Kicking? Score? 5.0 of 5.0! Local ‘blogger ruby, of OrangePolitics and LotusMedia fame, kicked some butt with a highly respectable 4.32. […]

  • Practical Technology Activism

    AudioActivism’s Brian Russell has taken the best practical step to advancing work on the “digital divide” I’ve seen in awhile. What has one of our great local technology activists done? Created Chapel Hill Wireless, a site whose goals are: …to help you find good wireless access points (aka WiFi) in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, North […]

  • Catch the NextBus II

    From today’s DTH editorial board: Coming this August, Chapel Hill, in cooperation with the federal government, will have found a new way to waste your money.

  • SxSW Day 1.2 – Craigslist Newmark’s Austin Upgrade

    Craigslist’s Craig Newmark’s conversation with Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales is highly informative, entertaining, insightful (Newspapers are community services, for instance). [UPDATE: Newmark’s remarks.] Ruby S. had an opportunity to ask Newmark about a comment from today’s NPR discussion of the Knight/Ridder-McClatchey media merger. A guest claimed Newmark’s Craig’s List was responsible. Newmark laughed and said it […]

  • Life, the universe, everything…

    Wikipedia is an open source encyclopedia that represents a “public works” project of the first-order. Jimmy Wales, the founder of the effort, realized there’s a lot of smarts in the world community – all he needed to do was to tap into that creativity and talent and then step out of the way. In a […]