The most important part of last week's episode of On The Media was probably the segment on how the Restorative Justice process can serve as an alternative to the broken prison system in the U.S. I highly recommend it. But…
A month ago in a tweet related to my post about bringing people back to the open web, I casually proposed a resource that would score tools, services and other websites on their commitment to being a part of the open…
Five years ago this month I launched the community improvement website RichmondBrainstorm.com. The site allowed users to submit ideas for ways to make Richmond, Indiana a better place, allowed other users to discuss and vote on those ideas, and shared…
I'm intrigued by websites powered by wikis, where the content can be added, modified and deleted by the users of the site. When the people who are affected by the quality and structure of the content presented have some control…
Idea: What if Facebook shut down once per day, every year? Turn it all the way off. No one could get to it. No walls, timelines, profiles, friends, games, apps or messages. They could call it Facebook Appreciation Day. Some…
Every time I go on vacation or get a little bit of time to step back and think, I end up making long "to do" lists for myself. The lists are about projects I want to start, books to read,…