Embark’s new Facebook application College Planner lets you research colleges and apply to them without ever having to leave Facebook. From CNet News:
Online applications, I suppose, have been thoroughly destigmatized (back in my day, there was still the concern that an electronic application wouldn’t be taken as seriously as a paper one), but it’s still a bit [...]
Douglas McGill has been teaching a basic journalism community education classes in Minneapolis for three years. He’s ended up learning a few things himself :
1. Citizens are an untapped source of expertise and positive civic energy that journalists can help unlock.
2. There is no substitute for a strong, independent, institutional journalism.
3. Citizens can help journalists [...]
Jim Hoeft and Brian Kirwin over at Bearing Drift shared their thoughts last week about the relevance of political blogging in this year’s General Assembly elections. While their points about the state of the blogosphere are true (not for lack of trying, competition, partisanship and vitriol creating a turn-off), I think trying to compare the impact [...]