Waxy Links reminds me today about Spot.us, an attempt at crowdfunded journalism. Citizens propose topics they’d like to see journalists cover and donate to make the story happen. A really interesting project, a vote of confidence in journalistic professionalism, and an acknowledgement of the limits of crowdsourcing alone.
Several months ago I actually came up with [...]
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Google presents: urban spam and misdirection
Recently wrote about urban spam + corporate responsibility and called out the NYC MTA for its hellacious new advertiser offering - total subway train domination. And as pictured here - Google just bought some.
Visual offense aside, the execution (on behalf of Google Maps) strikes me as both uninteresting and a bit off-brand for a company [...]