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amichel

  1. 1 in 5 people stopped by NYPD last year was teenager between 14-18 via @WNYC wny.cc/KSZ9Ws h/t @mattseaton
  2. @glichfield Congratulations! This means you'll be working around the corner from me... Lunch!
  3. The psychological cost of facing #foreclosure. @GuardianUS is looking to hear from homeowners: bit.ly/KUgGPT
  4. @juliemmoos Are you still getting a request for a WordPress login?
  5. Must-read: 'In race for better cell service, men who climb towers pay with their lives' bit.ly/KQBTdv
  6. Take a look, it's @n0tice: n0tice.org cc @niemanlab @poynter
  7. RT @jaredbkeller: "Facebook is not only on course to go bust, but will take the rest of the ad-supported Web with it." bit.ly/LxWlF9
  8. RT @karen_loasby: the Guardian is looking for a Head of User Experience bit.ly/MCMUnl
  9. "Viewers might even be beamed in as guests via Skype" - latest on HuffPo's video channel bit.ly/LfFCU0
  10. @magicandrew check out Latvia IR magazine's 'tweeting birds'
  11. Alright, this is really creative and fabulous: Latvia's IR magazine's 'birthday blowout' (literally) #rebaltica
  12. check it out: #rebaltica asked people living in Riga to send in heating bills, and mapped data points showing cost differences
  13. @IngaSpringe for sure. Chat Sunday?
  14. Rebaltica.com functions like @ProPublica, and published last investigation through several partners
  15. Mihkel Karmas (Estonia): 'in past there was possibility of being threatened, but now we hear from someone's attorney' #rebaltica
  16. Attending #rebaltica, listening to fascinating stories from investigative reporters in Estonia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia
  17. Very curious to see where Seattle Center next 50 Debate 2.0 efforts go: techpresident.com/news/22199/bac…
  18. @hblodget @svpr_sweetheart @ddarlin that looks like @WSJ story (smart money out, dumb money in), not NYT: blogs.wsj.com/overheard/2012…