Patrick Thornton

I'm an Internet wanderer -- using and studying technology, information and the intersection of the two. I'm also a social media researcher, journalist, technologist, podcaster, thinker, trouble maker and community and social media manager.

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Episode 12: Our Steve Note

This post originated on the Interchange Project.

We celebrate the career and genius of Steve Jobs this week.

This podcast would not have happened without Steve Jobs and Apple. No other tech company celebrates the humanities and liberal arts like Apple does.

We also discuss life at Apple beyond Steve Jobs. Is Tim Cook up to it? What will Steve’s role be at Apple moving forward?

What will Steve be most proud of about his time at Apple?

Listen to this week's show.

The Interchange Project provides meaningful news and discussion around the intersection of technology, media, information, usability, design and the social sciences.

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The Man Who Knew Too Much: John O’Neill, the FBI’s expert on Al Qaeda, warned of its threat. But his maverick style doomed his career. When he left the FBI, he took on a new role as the head of security for the World Trade Center. On September 11, 2001, O’Neill was among 3,025 killed in the worst terrorist attack on American soil, perpetrated by the very group he had warned the government about. [PBS Frontline]

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Wow.

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Love what I find while hiking.

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Education is going from being about the acquisition of information to being about the application of information.

The case against college - The Washington Post

Among other good nuggets

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Discuss.

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Episode 11: The glory days

Sorry for the delay with posting this episode. Hurricane Irene knocked out my power and then my vacation knocked out my will to edit this episode. But here it is, and it’s one of our best. I promise.

Onto the show.

Twitter exploded after the earthquake in Virginia.  Twitter had more traffic from the earthquake than it did when Bin Laden was killed. People in NYC found out about the earthquake from Twitter before the earthquake made it to NYC.

Think about that for a second.

My first impulse was to check twitter after the earthquake happened. At first, we weren’t sure what happened at my work. Many of us wondered if nearby construction was the the cause of the shaking, but Twitter quickly educated me to the fact that people all over were feeling the same thing.

We discuss how it’s time for a disruption in textbooks. And why are ebooks just like print textbooks? Ebooks, by definition, are electronic. The good news is that there are some people innovating in the textbook space by incorporating video and other multimedia content.

And don’t get us started on the new law banning Missouri educators from interacting with students on social media. OK, get us started.

Listen to the show.

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Journalists think in discrete stories. As in, “I’m finished with this story. Onto the next.” We often aim to produce these polished gems of Aristotelian narrative, bearing arresting ledes, explosive kickers and genuine catharsis somewhere in the midst. In science, the continued journey toward greater knowledge is an unending quest. Scientists spend entire careers advancing the state of knowledge in their field, not whizzing from discovery to discovery, but gradually pursuing an ever-greater understanding. The ability to turn the process of reporting into a compelling, unending story of its own is becoming an increasingly vital journalistic skill.

What journalists can learn from scientists and the scientific method | Poynter. (via greglinch)