May 2008
28 posts
News site lets users pick stories & share in... →
There seems to be no doubt that citizen journalism is here to stay, but how it will reshape the news landscape is still being decided. Between Digg, Reddit, Newsvine and others, the race is on to decide what tomorrow’s newspaper will look like. Will Knewsroom take hold? Only time will tell. In the meantime, one to test out!
NameThis.com Rescues the Uncreative →
Earlier this afternoon, we spoke with wonderboy Ben Kaufman, the brains behind the community-focused company Kluster. He told us that the company will be launching NameThis.com, an idea he had four days ago, in roughly two weeks. “Whether it’s a band, a product or a company, people have trouble naming stuff,” he said. NameThis.com charges a $100 flat-fee ($80 of which is...
“I want to Invite some friend to Kluster”
– espreson :: twitter
“Thanks to Kluster.com for a very cool Mashable event at Webster Hall - very...”
– alan ruthazer :: twitter
Knewsroom: A Look at the Latest Social News Site →
The way we create, interact with, and share information on the web is continuously changing, and at a very rapid pace. The end goal, most would argue, is the create a medium that completely democratizes the entire process. This evolution has taken us through editorially driven community sites (Slashdot), socially driven bookmarking sites (del.icio.us), and socially driven news sites (Digg), but...
TV News 2.0 →
This is interesting in its own right. It somehow manages to mix news with the fun of game-play and investment — wanna be a micro day-trader in news, anyone? Yet it’s even more interesting to think about how this concept could play out in a TV environment. As with Google News above, substitute text for video, make it remote-friendly – and it really would mess with all conventional notions...
Crowd-Source Design Site Kluster Launches Digg... →
It’s all pretty crazy, and I don’t blame you if it’s hard to follow along. But what’s important is that you go there, because shit, someone’s got to start submitting those Gizmodo stories, and if it’s not you, then who, baby, who?
The Cluster Effect →
Originally called Kluster, the group was an avant-garde improvisational affair, incorporating a number of makeshift instruments—from alarm clocks to kitchen utensils—into its music. During Kluster’s brief incarnation, between 1969 and 1971, the group released three albums in small runs.
Knewsroom.com - Community Driven Newsroom →
Knewsroom™ is a community-directed news publication where not only do you have a voice—you get paid to use it. This is a simple but powerful concept that could eventually change the way people get their news and what they read. This newsroom community allows anyone to submit but only the best submissions will be rewarded as judged by their peers. This is without a doubt a unique idea that should...
“this is pretty funny. go here:
http://kluster.com/home/questions …
and...”
– terry heath :: twitter
Knewsroom Krocks →
I think the concept and idea behind Knewsroom is solid as camel poop in the snow and I hope it keeps churning along like Thomas the Train but honestly, lets hope that people don’t continue to take the safe road to glory. Lets use our Watts to get the goods out there.
Kluster's Knewsroom →
It’s kind of like a headline horse race, and you’re the one feeding the pony anabolic steroids. No, wait. It’s kind of like CNN meets American Idol. Well, it’s not quite that either.
Kluster Becomes A News Site →
Kluster launched 6 weeks ago at TED to tones of fanfare as community members crowdsourced a game in 72 hours. Its interesting to see such a huge change in only 6 weeks. The cluster platform can be used by different companies, where it can be used for to make crowdsource amongst employees, partners, and customers. Apparently for several company’s have already partnered with Kluster and will be...
kluster.com launches social news site as part of... →
Just a few months after it enjoyed a high-profile launch at the TED Conference, Kluster—a social site for project collaboration that allowed members to share in potential profits—has restructured. On Wednesday, the company launched Knewsroom, a social news site, as part of its new Kluster Labs strategy.
“Is Kluster.com now just Knewsroom or what?”
– Seoism
5 million reasons to kick myself
So I’m checking my news feed on facebook this morning, and I see that some friends have added a new app called FriendFeed. Curious, i click around the internets a bit to find out what it does. And to no surprise, it’s a social media aggregator that scrapes your content from around the web and dumps it all into one place for the world to view. And I’m thinking to myself, hmmm,...
“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.”
Why alcohol makes you loosen up and lash out →
The researchers found that booze completely changed the way the brain reacted to the images. Without alcohol, the amygdala - which is involved in processing emotional reactions - lit up in response to the frightened faces, but with alcohol, it was less active, reacting equally to neutral and fearful faces. This may help explain why drunkenness makes people both more outgoing and more aggressive:...
Alien Plants of Many Colors →
Plants use chlorophyll instead of some other pigment to drive photosynthesis because it is more efficient to absorb red and blue photons, based on the output of our sun and the light filtering attributes of our atmosphere. When they took these variables into account, the researchers found that planets around Class F and Class K stars, which are somewhat similar to our sun (Class G), would tend...