Photo of Max Ogden. Courtesy of the Aspen Institute. Imagine two government agencies that have the same data set on potholes. Right now, those agencies could have different versions of the data and might update them separately, with no way to easily compare or analyze the two sets of information. Knight Prototype Fund winner Max […]
Article · March 26, 2015 by Vignesh Ramachandran
Photo of Francis Tseng courtesy of Liya Safina. In November, Reuters was among the largest news organizations to announce that it will close online user comments on news stories. It wasn’t a huge surprise in our contemporary digital environment where the comments section can often disintegrate into the depths of politically misguided, racially insensitive and […]
Article · February 16, 2015 by Vignesh Ramachandran
CTO Eric Lukoff and CEO Rey Faustino. Photo by Vignesh Ramachandran. Rey Faustino wishes there had been something like One Degree when he was a kid. The San Francisco Bay Area-based founder of One Degree – a nonprofit working to help low-income families access nonprofit and social services – grew up as a low-income undocumented […]
Article · February 12, 2015 by Vignesh Ramachandran
Gimlet Media co-founders Alex Blumberg (left) and Matthew Lieber (right). Photo courtesy of Gimlet Media. Ten episodes in and Gimlet Media has already revealed a lot about the highs and lows of starting a podcasting company – in one of its own podcasts, “StartUp.” A podcast about podcasts is “meta,” as Gimlet co-founder Alex Blumberg […]
Article · December 29, 2014 by Vignesh Ramachandran
Related Link “10 Crowdfunding Lessons From The Radiotopia Kickstarter Campaign” by Josh Stearns on Medium.com This post has been updated. The “Radiotopia” collective set a record of more than $600,000 when it closed its Kickstarter campaign Friday, Nov. 14, ranking as the most-funded Kickstarter project in the publishing and radio and podcast categories. A project of […]
Article · November 14, 2014 by Vignesh Ramachandran
Above: The Matter Two class listens and provides feedback to each other, during a practice pitch session on Feb. 13. Photo credit: Vignesh Ramachandran for Knight Foundation. On a busy street in the heart of San Francisco’s “SoMa” neighborhood, there is an information revolution underway in a bright converted garage. On Thursday, the startup community […]
Article · February 20, 2014 by Vignesh Ramachandran
The Tech Awards 2013 laureate: Globaloria: Invent. Build. Share Knight Foundation grantee World Wide Workshop received a top honor in Silicon Valley at the Nov. 14 international Tech Awards, which honor global innovators who use technology to benefit humanity. Globaloria, a project of the New York-based World Wide Workshop, is a blended-learning platform with courses that […]
Article · November 18, 2013 by Vignesh Ramachandran
Photo credit: Vignesh Ramachandran The technology industry that sprawls across Silicon Valley often defines the region to the world. But community leaders want to make something else clear: Silicon Valley is also home to a vibrant arts and culture scene. Silicon Valley Creates – a new venture created by the merger of the Arts Council […]
Article · November 8, 2013 by Vignesh Ramachandran
San Benito County resident John W. Eade registers an account with BenitoLink during the recent county fair. (Photo credit: Bob Reid/BenitoLink) The best products and services are often the ones demanded and designed by consumers themselves. Residents of San Benito County, Calif., about 60 miles south of the high-tech epicenter of Silicon Valley, are benefitting […]
Article · October 18, 2013 by Vignesh Ramachandran