Today, as Occupy Wall Street occupied Times Square, I bumped into several folks from abroad (Europe and South America) and got their opinions.
First, I saw the sign “French frogs are with you,” but I couldn’t make it across the crowd to find out more. I had closer conversations after that.
At this morning’s Occupy Wall Street rally, after the stay of (possible) eviction, I found myself next to Carl Davidson – a storied union organizer who told me that the Pittsburg Occupation will kick off October 15.
As in New York, the Pittsburg occupation began planning in a general assembly of about 100 students.
[Fast Company]
Can a leaderless, agenda-less movement also survive without a home base? With the specter of eviction looming, Occupy Wall Street tested their “organized chaos” approach to protesting and wound up on Wall Street proper.
[Read the rest of Wall Street Actually Occupied]
[Fast Company]
A New York City translation tech venture, Smartling, today released a host of new features and services to help users translate their websites, mobile, and other digital content into many languages, quickly, affordably, and accurately.
[Read the rest on Fast Company]
Fortunately, the protestors have employed a variety of chants. Using the same couple over and over again could be maddening. The unfortunate “Hey, Hey. Ho, Ho.” does appear from time to time, but it’s mercifully rare.
Here are the ditties I have caught so far… Continue reading
On August 3rd, it was possible to know everyone in the New York General Assembly by name. Two months later, it’s hard to even know how many thousands are attending.
See photos from then, and now.
[Fast Company]
Frustration, doubt, chaos, and failures dominated the early days of Occupy Wall Street. So how has it lasted so long, grown, and spread around the country? Fast Company reporter Sean Captain was at the occupation from day one and looks back on a series of moments that made the movement feel different than any other action he’d covered or participated in before.
[Read: The Inside Story Of Occupy Wall Street]
As it’s a purportedly leaderless movement, it’s hard to say exactly who Occupy Wall Street is.
But now the organizers are struggling with the challenge of saying who they are not.
Apple has an unimpeachable reputation as an innovator. But nothing is created in a vacuum. From the famous adaptation of the by-then well-established (among techies) “windows” concept to its late entry to the MP3 and smartphone market, Apple has judiciously built off other people’s ideas – as others have richly done with Apple’s.
[Fast Company]
For most of the 16.4 million Americans with an iPhone 4 or iPhone 3Gs, according to ComScore, as well as iPads and recent iPods, the real news from Cupertino today is what they’ll get for free by downloading the new iOS 5 software.
[Read What To Expect From iOS 5]
