1. What do you propose to do? [20 words]
Truth Teller — a mobile and desktop news application that captures, analyzes and fact checks events and speeches as they happen.
2. Is anyone doing something like this now and how is your project different? [30 words]
Crowd-sourcing…
So here’s a nifty idea that I’m working on along with some other Post people. Be a friend, reblog this.
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Breaking down the stats and keywords of people who are uploading messages and photos to the “We Are The 99%” tumblr.
The emotional response to Steve Jobs’s death has caught me totally off guard. I don’t get it — a little worrying considering this is what I’m supposed to be good at.
Aside from big Apple announcements, we hardly knew him. It’s sad that he died at 56, but I’m confused by the emotional response to his death.
I said as much on my Facebook wall and I was surprised to see friends who disagreed. Some of their responses:
- “I think that it’s a response to how fiercely he lived his life and to the personal nature of his company’s signature creations, devices that smiled at us, spoke to us, enabled us to keep our friends, families and most treasured valuables (music, photos, videos) close.”
- “It seems to me that folks are more celebrating/reflecting on all the game-changing stuff Jobs churned out in his 56 years. Pretty damn impressive, no?”
- “I think the most simplistic way to state it is that your life (eveyone’s lives) would be completely different today had he not lived. So even though you and most everyone else didn’t know him, he touched everyone in some way shape or form.”
And then a few who agreed with me:
- “Seriously. I’m really utilizing the Facebook “unsubscribe” button for anyone who post his quotes…it’s a passive aggressive way to defriend.”
