Citizen Will

Tag: Media

  • Madison Smoozefest: Aaron Nelson’s “Phone Call”

    Fred, one of the Madison attendees, over on OrangePolitics said he didn’t like my suggestion, given the organizer’s professed desire to “build relationships” – establish “synergies” amongst the group, that, for a few folks, there was a bit more to the Madison trip than simple learning or altruistic desire. Chamber of Commerce director and trip […]

  • Greenwashing?

    One curious reader asks “What is greenwashing?” From the Center for Media & Democracy’s Sourcewatch project, greenwashing is defined thusly: “Greenwashing is what corporations do when they try to make themselves look more environmentally friendly than they really are.” [1] (here) “Greenwash” is defined in the 10th edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary as […]

  • Licensed for the Lawn: We can dance if we want to…

    Ruby (of OrangePolitics fame) asked earlier today I have only one question: when are we holding the first dance-in on the lawn? Oh, and when are the owners and/or board or WSM going to take some leadership on this issue? Looks like soon, very soon.

  • Weaver St. Market: Licensed for the Lawn!

    Caught this young scofflaw just a short time after the private press conference announcing WSM’s new policy of “licensing” lawn performers. The, short notice, private press event, held by Ruffin Slater, general manager of the Weaver St. Market (WSM) co-op, and Nathan Milian, property manager of Carr Mill mall appears to have been short on […]

  • Welcome to CitizenWill

    Over the last year, I’ve written about 300 posts now split between campaign.willraymond.org and blog.willraymond.org Covering my 2005 Town Council campaign, I started with WillRaymond.org, a hopefully memorable Internet location for the local electorate to find both my platform and analysis of relevant issues. November 2005, I rebranded the site as Concerned Citizen, shifted the […]

  • What Price Downtown? The Mayor Responds.

    Last week, the Chapel Hill News published a column I wrote (What Price Downtown) on the Chapel Hill’s downtown development project. Today, Mayor Foy responds in a column titled Town prodeeds cautiously on downtown redevelopment. Prodeeds, interesting typo ;-). Before commenting on his response, I’d like to highlight an error in my column that the […]

  • Hot Spot U.S.A.

    With tomorrow’s temperatures forecasted to be above 100 degrees, Chapel Hill is going to be one very hot spot. As if centrally scripted, local news folks, punching up the drama of the weather story, have been issuing dire warnings not of the “real” heat but of the “felt” heat. “Think it’s going to be hot […]

  • Barcamp Bar None

    Saturday, July 22nd’s RDU Barcamp should be a yearly highpoint for the Triangle tech community. A “who’s who” of producers and consumers on ‘net-related tech will gather (@ 8 am as ibiblio’s Paul Jones notes) to thrash through some of today’s trendier tech topics. As local social justice activist (and newly minted groom) BrianR, over […]

  • Copyright Comic Book

    Local IndyWeek reporter Fiona Morgan covers the story of a “copyright comic” in the tech-oriented magazine Wired. Fair-use is an important tool for online activisim, as is copyright. Many online authors, for instance, use a Creative Commons content license to ensure widest dissemination of their message. To make the issue a bit more digestable, three […]

  • One nation controlled by the medium…

    Those who control the present control the past. Those who control the past control the future. – Orwell, author 1984 Those who control our modern means of communication are free to manipulate the past, recast the present and shape the future. Powerful, greedy, immoral – the masters of our converging media/medium empires already trample heavily […]

  • The N&O on Internet Time

    Acknowledging the futility of broadly (and blandly) reporting stock and bond closing prices, today the N&O announced: “Starting Tuesday, The News & Observer is changing the way it provides information on the stock market.” The good news? They plan to deepen and expand both local coverage and general analysis. I’ve been wondering how long the […]

  • NC Lottery: Powerball is powerless…

    11PM local news: WTVD 11 leads with today’s Powerball snafu problems. WRAL 5, after leading with nearly 4 minutes of ‘Canes news, covered the glitch. NBC17, bless their hearts, led with about 5 minutes of ‘Canes game review and didn’t make it to the State’s newest con-game until 6 stories in . NBC17 also deserves […]

  • 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. […]