If you’re following me on Twitter or Tumblr, you know that I’ve been heavily preoccupied with the situation in Wisconsin. So much is at stake for Wisconsin and the country, and the labor movement legacy runs deep in my veins. But I’d like everyone to take their eyes off Wisconsin for long enough to take [...]
We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Support for Wisconsin Because Detroit is Burning
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 21. Feb, 2011 in breaking news, children, civil rights, class and poverty, economic policy, education, family, human rights, labor movement, race and racism
Only in Hawaii: Tsunami 2010
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 28. Feb, 2010 in breaking news, civil rights movement, friends, guest post, katrina, marsha joyner, social media
By Marsha Joyner Isn’t technology wonderful! You can see our TV 6,000 miles away. And Facebook brings everyone within a keystroke. Just before the late evening news in Hawaii, my husband Kenneth said, “a tremendous 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile.” “That’s awful,” I responded and went to bed thinking no more of it. Until 5:20am my cell phone rang [...]
Twitter in Plain English
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 05. Mar, 2008 in tech
You’ve seen me mention twitter on this blog, or you’ve noticed twitter updates in my sidebar. Still wondering what it is? Lee LeFever can explain. This is actually only part of what’s cool about flickr. @lenedgerly points out that the video “misses power of links- Twitter as news & idea source.” You might have to [...]
Check Out Beth’s Blog
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 24. Jan, 2008 in boston, tech, Weblogs
Yesterday, I mentioned on Twitter that I gave a presentation at work about using an internal blog for sharing news and announcements. Before I knew it, non-profit tech consultant Beth Kanter was interviewing me via IM about the presentation and the launch of the internal blog. I gave Beth my slides from my presentation and [...]
Video Blogging
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 25. Dec, 2007 in tech
I didn’t know much about video blogging except for zefrank’s The Show, so I found this overview of the history by Steve Garfield quite interesting. It’s also interesting, if you’ve been wondering what seesmic is all about (it seems to be all the rage on twitter). Some may have noticed that I’ve been bitten by [...]
Happy 80th to My Dad
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 22. Dec, 2007 in family
I was up late getting a few things done and hanging out on twitter when … I was feeling sad that way you do when loss catches you by surprise. Then I figured out what I’d do. The older poems are all in the archives, along with a few others. Now I’m trying to decide [...]
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Folks I've got them hungry blues
And nothin' in this to lose
People tellin' me to choose
Between dyin' and lyin' and
keep on cryin'
Tired of them hungry blues
Listen ain't you heard the news
There's another thing to choose
A brand new world
clean and fine
Where nobody's hungry
And there's no color line
A thing like that's worth
anybody dyin'
I ain't got a thing to lose
But them doggone hungry blues
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