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Re: SXSW PanelPicker®

mstem — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 04:21:51 -0000

This is one of the untold stories of amazing work that was done in 2016, that can still be applied today. Highly recommend.

Re: Go to Industry Conferences

mstem — Tue, 12 May 2015 12:50:17 -0000

Nice! Thanks for the links, Dan.

Re: [Op-Ed] Bill Gates's Database of Global Citizens Will Not Be "Moneyball" for Activism

mstem — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:27:15 -0000

Another great piece, Dave. "Community of fate" is a great phrase I've never seen before.

I actually do think that enabling people to travel somewhere, or otherwise intersecting their own lived experience with the experiences of people who live in another place, is a great way to build lasting empathy. What people do upon arrival can be the difference between tourism and meaningful connection, but personal travel does re-shape people's lifelong attitudes towards previously foreign geographies. That's why so much money gets invested into Birthright. And yes, hopefully there are cheaper, more environmentally-friendly ways to achieve the same effect (like compelling news and documentaries).

Re: Anti-workflow apps

mstem — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:29:23 -0000

I've talked lots with @sfslim about this same idea. They were building anti-workflow group software in Y Combinator. Looks like their most recent incarnation is https://threadable.com/.

Re: Anti-workflow apps

mstem — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:50:02 -0000

agreed! there's still so much potential around lightweight consumer-friendly contact tools!

Re: Sharing Data Is a Form of Corporate Philanthropy

mstem — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 14:55:33 -0000

Coincidentally, I spent the day at an entire event UN Global Pulse organized to consider the question of how to best share private data for public good. Check out the organizations here: http://unglobalpulse.org/rd...

Re: 2 Google Doodles Visualizing Employee Diversity

mstem — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:04:14 -0000

http://www.fastcoexist.com/...

Re: 2 Google Doodles Visualizing Employee Diversity

mstem — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:03:06 -0000

http://fusion.net/justice/s...

Re: Two Google Doodles Help Visualize Google’s Lack of Diversity

mstem — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 19:26:09 -0000

Good point. The reason that happens is that Hispanic ethnicity is asked as a separate question in these surveys, because it isn't necessarily tied to race.

Re: Why Gmail Contacts Are So Bad: Revealed

mstem — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:26:25 -0000

Well, that might be why Contacts started so poorly, but it remains poor because Google's strategy has been to build all of the potential Contacts improvements into Google Plus. They're prioritizing social contacts rather than address book contacts. The one silver lining of this is that contacts can update their information dynamically.

Re: On feeling comfortable in new places

mstem — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 00:08:12 -0000

I definitely left out the critical people piece. I've been spending my first week reaching out to friends and friends-of-friends for dinners and such, and it's made all the difference in terms of not feeling lonely. But I like how you phrase things here, about finding your way into new circles and fields (and places, as a byproduct). Thanks!

Re: ‘Women Should Be Submissive’, and Other Google Autocomplete Suggestions

mstem — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:29:22 -0000

Very interesting to compare around the world. Check out the male equivalents in the US: http://www.mattstempeck.com...

Re: Organized vs. Disciplined | Nick Grossman's Slow Hunch

mstem — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:35:40 -0000

Story of my digital life, Nick. Does blogging about the use of systems to evade focused work earn a triple word score? "Systems to cover up symptoms" is a great phrase, too.

Re: How Change.org Became the Google of Modern Politics

mstem — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 19:15:32 -0000

Trayvon Martin's parents didn't start this petition. Kevin Cunningham did - ownership was transferred over by Change.org employees after the petition gained traction. http://civic.mit.edu/blog/m...

Re: [Pictures] Hanging out with the NYC peers

mstem — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 00:09:45 -0000

What an awesome summer plan. Your capture of food porn in the making is perfect.

Re: Kickstopper: When crowdfunding pipes money to projects you abhor

mstem — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 21:37:29 -0000

Update: Kickstarter has apologized, accepted the blame, clarified their community guidelines to prevent the funding of future seduction guides, and donated $25,000 to an anti-sexual violence organization (http://www.kickstarter.com/....

They attribute their failure to cancel the project to the short window of time in which they were alerted to the problems with the campaign, but also confirmed my assumption in this post: they hesitate to cancel projects because it alienates creators.

A commenter took issue with the first excuse, noting that according to this CNN article (http://money.cnn.com/2013/0..., the company had previously canceled a campaign minutes before it reached its deadline. Coincidentally or not, that Kobe jerky campaign is one of the four projects Ken Hoinsky had funded prior to launching his own campaign.

Re: <DRUMROLL> Introducing my thesis: Peer economy as an emerging narrative of work

mstem — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:38:55 -0000

Congrats on publishing your first bit of thesis! I'm excited to follow along.

I'll be interested to see if people associate the emergence of peer economy companies with their causation of broader macro-economic trends that have moved us away from fulltime jobs + benefits.

re: Etsy, take a look at how AAA and the NRA leverage their huge memberships with very basic, helpful utilitarian services (towtrucks and safety trainings) into friendly policies (more highways, laxer gun regulations).

Re: 3D Printing Humanitarian Aid - Possible?

mstem — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:21:41 -0000

The ability for the affected population to (eventually) print needed goods themselves is particularly exciting, and strikes me as a very specific way to public could end up leading their own recovery.

Re: Thinking About the People Behind the Viral Videos

mstem — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:52:03 -0000

more on this topic: http://www.npr.org/blogs/co...

Re: What Baboon Notebooks, Monads, State Surveillance, and Network Diagrams Have in Common: Bruno Latour at CHI 2013

mstem — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:58:12 -0000

thanks for writing this up. must have been a doozy to do by yourself.

Re: Encouraging Flexibility from Social Media Giants: How We Get Private Platforms to Support Public Speech

mstem — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:30:07 -0000

Putting this here: http://www.newrepublic.com/...

Re: Encouraging Flexibility from Social Media Giants: How We Get Private Platforms to Support Public Speech

mstem — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:00:48 -0000

thanks so much for sharing, Sameer. What you meant to say is, you wrote a much better version of this post last July! I'm adding it to the main post now.

Re: Encouraging Flexibility from Social Media Giants: How We Get Private Platforms to Support Public Speech

mstem — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:56:31 -0000

haha, wow, that's what I get for blogging on the bus to the airport. thanks for catching that.

Re: MIT student raises funds for young Boston bomb victim's family

mstem — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:24:02 -0000

According to MIT, his family has requested that gifts be made to the Jimmy Fund in his name. The Jimmy Fund is a great local charity which "solely supports Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, raising funds for adult and pediatric cancer care and research to improve the chances of survival for cancer patients around the world."

Jimmy Fund's donate page: https://www.kintera.org/sit...

Re: The Boston Marathon, Social Media, and the News

mstem — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:37:31 -0000

Me too, Lance, and I'm writing my thesis here on exactly this topic: how the good can outweigh the bad, and how our ability to communicate can amplify that fact. Thanks for your post.