Ideas

Will Sullivan, 2010-2011 Fellow

"The device that started a movement..."

As far as hybrid chargers goes, this is probably my favorite - for several reasons. First of all, it comes with a bunch of adapter plugs and pins so that you can charge virtually any mobile device. According to their website, it is compatible with over 3,200+ devices.

Will Sullivan, 2010-2011 Fellow

Catch Notes is a simple application that allows you to type out notes, add pictures and hashtags to keep yourself organized. The hashtags allow you to search for specific notes on a certain topic.

Brian Steffens, Director of Communications

Economist offers free apps for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch

60 Minutes offers exclusive content for paid iPad app

News Corp tablet newspaper may beta by Christmas

Tablet apps: five monetization strategies

Content sharing site Meebo raises $25 million

Will Sullivan, 2010-2011 Fellow

I was not a fan of this microphone. It’s a couple inches long so really it doesn’t help pick up sound. It doesn’t capture any more audio than your camera’s built-in microphone does.

Joy Mayer, 2010-2011 Fellow

My conversation last week with James Janega at the Chicago Tribune surprised the heck out of me. After spending several weeks interviewing folks at small community operations, I expected my interviews with with large organizations like the Tribune to be more like the one I had with the Associated Press, whose focus is on social media strategies.

Nope. The Chicago Tribune is all about face-to-face interactions.

James is the manager of Trib Nation, which is the paper's blog and the umbrella for outreach efforts. He says his job is to build bridges between the newsroom and its communities. For James, that means being in constant conversation with readers — with an emphasis on listening — and doing that primarily in person.