Conversation by Ai We smile at each other and I lean back against the wicker couch. How does it feel to be dead? I say. You touch my knees with your blue fingers. And when you open your mouth, a ball of yellow light falls to the floor and burns a hole through it. Don’t… Continue Reading

Just wanted to let you know about this exciting event tonight in San Francisco.  Hope you can make it or help spread the word!   In less than a decade, a new breed of networked progressive media has engaged millions, harnessing a participatory online environment that has allowed our voices to influence political campaigns, public… Continue Reading

News! Oakland Local was called out in a paragraph in The State of the News Media 2010 which was just released by Journalism.org—see the link in this huge report at  http://bit.ly/aTxEzF “Some new sites like stlbeacon.org and voiceofsandiego.org, often launched with the help of foundation grants, show promise, providing critical community news and information.  And… Continue Reading

“My hope is that giving up blogging and the rest of it will be the equivalent of making a cross-eyed kid wear an eye patch on his good eye for a while: The weaker eye will grow stronger. My company needs to get better at what every other company already knows — how to promote… Continue Reading