I work on digital product strategy for National Public Radio (NPR) - specifically as part of the Public Interactive division. Most recently, I created the news trend/archive mash-up NPRBackstory and was involved in helping conceive and launch the Public Radio Tuner and Public Radio Player iPhone applications. In 2006, I launched the online community engagement software Public Action that's been deployed in over 20 U.S. public broadcasting markets and for the nationally syndicated shows Car Talk and PRI's The World.
I also help champion VRM at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, where I participate on the Project VRM Steering Committee, led by Doc Searls.
I am a contributing author for the book Collective Intelligence: Creating a Prosperous World at Peace following the creation of the Collective Problem Solving Wiki. I have also published articles on innovation and strategy.
A recent fascination with DIY electronics is difficult to explain, especially to my wife, but I've been playing with mobile, hackable communications platforms while trying to encourage software developers to embrace them as an alternative to the PC or the proprietary cell phone.
I also nurse a few wacky beliefs, like that we create the most value when we're having fun, and the best source of innovation comes from technologies and environments that encourage and inspire and not through linear problem solving.
Surprisingly, this is all related. Some day I'll draw a picture to prove it.
Various Projects & Teams
- Trustee, The Awesome Foundation
- Crowd-funded Creative Commons Project, Open Business Cards
- Two Twitter mash-up projects, NPRBackstory and Twitterstars
- Public Radio iPhone collaboration initiative
- VRM & Public Media and VRM as Disruptive Innovation sessions for VRM Workshop 2008
- Mapping the Money Panelist for 2008 Beyond Broadcast Conference
- Boston Dorkbot
- Intro to Physical Computing Workshop at Barcamp Boston (2008)
- Project VRM at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society
- Social Media Track Steering Committee - 2008 Public Media Conference
- Public ActionTM (blog)
- Boston Social Technology Society
- Community Wiki
- Collective Problem Solving Wiki
- Collective Intelligence: Creating a Prosperous World at Peace (book, 2008)
