Category Archives: News-tech

Doc Searls Weblog→ Pre-Labor Day

2026-09-06 Yesterday I was working in my home office when I suddenly remembered that the first IU football game of the season was on. So I went downstairs, turned on the TV, found the Indianapolis station carrying it (we still use an antenna here, 60 miles away), …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Free-Range Childhood

2026-09-06 Me, age 4, at Easter, in Maywood, New Jersey. I turned 5 in July, and in September I began walking to school alone. Legally. The year was 1952. Virginia Mom Gets 6-Month Suspended Jail Sentence for Letting 5-Year-Old Walk to the Pond is a story in …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Undeadlines

2026-09-05 If you’re in chair, in the sky, look out the damn window. Some of the stuff out there is amazing. Shot this three sunsets ago over Ohio with my iPhone 16 on a flight from Newark to Indianapolis. Here is some stuff I’ve noticed, thought …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Blame Canada?

2026-08-28 I shot this image of the great Leonard Cohen on the side of a building in Montréal in 2019 Canadian universities are poaching American academics who could use a more hospitable work and research environment. Here’s McGill’s brag on its …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ What next for Hugging Face?

2026-08-27 Nvidia just bought Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. That’s what Reuters says The Information says. The latter is behind an expensive paywall, so I’ll take Reuters’ word for it. In The Price Of Independence Was $5.9 Billion, AI …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Moneyday

2026-08-24 And loved them all Among Money Inc.'s wealthiest college towns, I've lived in numbers 2, 3, 4, 10, 13*, and 20. I've also had good hang times in 5, 9, and 15. Oddly, I've never been to #1, and I grew up in both North and South Jersey. * …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Umday

2026-08-23 Before robots took over, a flagger would be standing here with a stop sign and a walkie-talkie. It can happen where you are too. No data center required. Spotted and obeyed on West Bloomfield Road in Bloomington, Indiana: a robot traffic control flagge …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Utterday

2026-08-22 My life Do some stuffSleep like a dogDo some stuffSleep like a dog Or watch the play from a seat close to a door "Hell is other people."—Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopheasy explains, What makes another person’s gaze so powerful? According t …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Pryday

2026-08-20 Prophesy When MyTerms succeeds, CMP—Consent Management Platforms—will mean Contract Management Platforms. From the Annals of Enshittification Seth Godin on The Amazon Tax: "Amazon is stealing from the customers they said they were here to serv …›

Storybench→ The Power of Words: Trump on Twitter

2026-07-24 Social media is a powerful tool that can be used to bring people together, but it can also incite violence. Public figures wield social media as a weapon to influence people’s behaviors and beliefs. Twitter is particularly effective in inciting viole …›

NYT Open - Medium→ Building the Crossplay Board

2026-06-08 How We Made a 15X15 Game Surface Feel at Home on AndriodIllustration by Lehel KovácsBy Shafik QuoraisheeWhat Is Crossplay?The New York Times Games team has been building daily puzzles for quite a while: Wordle, Spelling Bee, Connections, The Mini. T …›

NYT Open - Medium→ Designing a Digital New York Times Museum

2025-10-15 How five product design interns created an award-winning virtual museum experience for employeesIllustration by Lucas BurtinBy Nuoran Chen, Mina Chung, Frannie Ello, Christina Su, and Bella RinneA key element of The New York Times Product Design Inte …›

INN Labs→ Do’s and Don’ts of WordPress Security

2019-10-04 With a great WordPress site comes great responsibility. WordPress offers journalists a distinguished platform to publish and distribute their content, but keeping your site safe and secure can seem like an overwhelming and daunting task. Luckily, …›

INN Labs→ NewsMatch Pop Up Best Practices

2019-08-30 There have been some changes since our last blog post around Pop Up best practices for NewsMatch and other special campaigns, so we're releasing an updated guide. Here are some general recommendations and best practices for using popups as part of …›

INN Labs→ Announcing Largo 0.6.4

2019-07-19 This week's release of updates to the Largo WordPress theme is all about improvements for images, pull quotes, and media. It also brings improved compatibility and editorial functions for the WordPress Block Editor. This release includes: An exa …›

INN Labs→ SRCCON 2019 – A first-timer’s recap

2019-07-15 Miranda with Jonathan Kealing (INN’s Chief Network Officer) and INN Members Candice Forman from Outlier Media and Asraa Mustufa from Chicago Reporter. We had a blast meeting and chatting in person! I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect going in …›