"Cowbird is a small community of storytellers, focused on a deeper, longer-lasting, more personal kind of storytelling than you’re likely to find anywhere else on the Web.... Our long-term goal is to build a public library of human experience."

"Once you overload the user, you train them not to pay attention." Seth Godin.

The mission of the Society for News Design is to enhance communication around the world through excellence in visual journalism.

"A national initiative led by 12 of America’s leading research universities with the support of two major foundations will advance the U.S. news business by helping revitalize schools of journalism."

Raindrop is a new exploration by the team responsible for Thunderbird to explore new ways to use open Web technologies to create useful, compelling messaging experiences. from mozilla labs.

An open collection of communication tools used in design processes that deal with complex systems.

Nowcasting is the first conference to apply contemporary design theory to emerging issues in the digital humanities. Showcasing digital humanities projects at every level from google mapping to supercomputing visualization, the Nowcasting seminar proposes that learning from communication design, interaction design, and industrial design will be vital to 21st century humanistic inquiry.

Tweetboard is True Twitter Conversation for your website.

equal parts conversation and document.

a new platform built around hosted conversations called waves.

user experience and human factors research.

We the Tweeple of the United States...

methods, challenges, content, and tips.