So just how big is the oil spill? Well, if it were centered on Lawrence, it would look something like this: http://worldonline.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2010/Jun/03/Screen_shot_2010-06-03_at_9.22.46_PM.png With the IfItWasMyHome.com visualizer, you can move the ...

Facebook has rolled out yet another version of privacy settings for users with personal profiles. This simplified version of settings makes it "easier to share exactly how you want" on the overwhelmingly large social network. You now pick who sees what based on the type of content and if ...

The traditional news cycle is dead. Take a moment of silence. ... OK, now let's move on. My friend Ellyn Angelotti, Interactivity Editor at the Poynter Institute (@ellynangelotti), developed this diagram of the "new" news cycle. It integrates social technology tools like blogs, ...

http://worldonline.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2010/May/24/Screen_shot_2010-05-24_at_3.13.08_PM.png That's not a star map. It's a chart published by Information Architects displaying Twitter's 140 most influential users. Called the Cosmic 140, it uses some kind of data ...

To mobile users, Foursquare is more than a childhood playground game. It's one of many new social networks that integrate location-based mobile technology into their everyday routine. Add Gowalla, Yelp, Whrrl, My Town and SCVNGR to the list and you have a few of the players in a new ...

May is National Bike Month, and Friday May 21, is National Bike-to-Work Day. Lots of our friends here in Lawrence are avid cyclists. We see plenty of our colleagues here at the Journal-World arrive by bike each day. We want to celebrate that and encourage a strong participation on May ...