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Grad school, etc.

December 1st, 2008 by Anthony | No Comments

Grad school, etc.

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted here. I have a final tomorrow I should be studying for, so of course I find myself doing everything possible to avoid thinking about it – like cleaning my room, organizing my RSS reader, and updating this blog. A lot has happened to me and the Bruin since my [...]


Project Populous

July 30th, 2008 by Anthony | No Comments

Project Populous

We finally have an official name for the “Community News Network” grant from the Knight Foundation. It’s called Populous, which is roughly Latin for people. The name is more symbolic than descriptive, but I like it that way… and if anyone asks it was my idea. In related news we finally have a launch date [...]


Back from Vegas

May 16th, 2008 by Anthony | No Comments

Back from Vegas

I was just in Vegas for the Interactive Media Conference, accepting an award from the Knight Foundation with my friend and colleague Dharmishta Rood. We recently won a $275,000 grant from the Knight News Challenge to develop an open source content management system for college newspapers. We’re calling the project the Community News Network, and [...]