On efforts to rebrand/rename/codify neighborhoods in major cities, and the effects thereof.

This is 100% true. “Because if your website is full of assholes, it's your fault. And if you have the power to fix it and don't do something about it, you're one of them.”

“In early January, President Barack Obama signed the Local Community Radio Act of 2010, which is expected to create hundreds, possibly thousands, of noncommercial FM stations.”

A good overview of LPFM and how the recent legislation happened.

As Paul Ford says, “The fundamental question of the web.” Discussions about examples thereof, with Paul Ford himself contributing.

"...would he be instituting the most open and participatory executive branch our nation has seen, directly following the most closed and secretive? ... Oh, the answers are: yes, sure, and of course."

"Scenius is like genius, only embedded in a scene rather than in genes. Brian Eno suggested the word to convey the extreme creativity that groups, places or 'scenes' can occasionally generate."

A few NYC friends are getting into this.

Just like it says.

Another Ze Frank project, this one centered on crowd-sourced advice. Write a letter to Ze asking for guidance, get it from everyone else. Intriguing!

A visualization of the feelings of the web. Beautiful and moving.

Augmented Social Network, explained.

Adobe's new color-scheme sharing app.

Creative assignments. "You can do any of the assignments, in any order."