Saturday, February 07, 2015
Using technology to mobilize a community - USATODAY - NextDoor calls itself "the Private Social Network for Neighborhoods," and acts as a replacement for the local posters on signposts. The site suggests being used to get the word out about break-ins, find a good reliable babysitter, ask for help finding a lost dog or simply ask for help recommending a good local house painter. It's Yelp for hyper-local services and events.
Anchors Aweigh - NYTimes.com - Maureen Dowd - NBC executives were warned a year ago that Brian Williams was constantly inflating his biography. They were flummoxed over why the leading network anchor felt that he needed Hemingwayesque, bullets-whizzing-by flourishes to puff himself up, sometimes to the point where it was a joke in the news division.
James Robertson, Dedicated $10-an-hour factory worker, who walks 21 miles to work EVERY DAY because he can't afford a car, breaks down as he's given a brand new Ford by well-wishers moved by his story | Daily Mail Online
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