In a post last month, we told you about a new website called CommunityCam, which planned to use crowd-sourcing techniques to document and map all the security cameras in public areas throughout Denver and other nearby areas. The site’s founder mainly portrayed such surveillance devices as good things — no…
Footage from local TV news broadcasts seldom goes viral unless somebody drops an f-bomb. But a 9News video featuring anchor Kyle Clark managed to inspire a Buzzfeed feature and make a splash on Reddit simply by offering an “editorial” begging viewers to stop sending in photos of their snowy patios…
Are you disturbed at the prevalence of video cameras that seem to be recording your every move? Or do you see such devices as enhancing safety, because they may dissuade predators from committing crimes in areas where they’re present or help bring them to justice if they do so? The…
Last week, the Denver Post announced six layoffs — the sort of downsizing that’s all too common at daily newspapers. But many online news outlets are struggling, too, thanks to funding difficulties and more. Against this backdrop, the education website EdNews Colorado is not only growing its small staff, but…
Last week, following a Twitter debate about plagiarism with members of the media, the Denver Police Department took part in its first-ever Reddit AMA, meaning “Ask Me Anything.” The online conversation featured a large number of questions about marijuana — so many that the department has scheduled another Reddit AMA…
Yesterday, in a post about a Twitter debate about plagiarism and social media between the Denver Police Department and media members, we noted that DPD chief of staff Lieutenant Matt Murray would be taking part last night in a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) session. The chat went off as…
Earlier this week, the Denver Police Department and members of the news media engaged in a very public Twitter conversation about plagiarism. It was a spirited debate, as well as one so unusual that at least one person initially thought the DPD account had been hacked. “We certainly struck a…
Some among us spend so many waking hours on Facebook that they know every feature of their page as well as the alphabet. Others (like yours truly) understand the basic functions but not the idiosyncrasies. This post is for the latter. Do you regularly check the “Other” tab? If not,…
We’ve cataloged the weirdest posts on Denver Craigslist a number of times over the years, so we’ve got a pretty good sense of the oddities that can be found on the site. But even we were caught off guard by the ad “IT Girl Needed ASAP.” It’s been flagged for…
Like most TV news operations, 9News aspires to be a family-friendly operation from top to bottom. So how did those who like the station’s Facebook page react when its overseers shared a photo gallery depicting a moose attempting to have carnal relations with a moose statue in Grand Lake? Not…
Earlier this year, we told you about Craig Brittain, a Colorado Spring entrepreneur behind a website that published nude photos typically submitted by the subjects’ ex-lovers — a phenomenon known as revenge porn. Brittain said he was proud of the site, despite the humiliation it caused those featured on it…
How often do social-media users in Colorado feature hate speech in their tweets? The Geography of Hate, overseen by Humboldt State University’s Dr. Monica Stephens, puts the answer in graphic terms via heat maps that show the best and worst areas of the country when it comes to tweets sporting…
Most people don’t happen to have thousands of LED lights lying around a workshop. And most people don’t have two 3-D printers and other tools needed to create an interactive light display controlled by cellphones and containing more than 3,000 bulbs. But for Boulder’s Silicon Junkies, all these pieces add…
A Colorado ban against texting while driving went into effect in 2009 — not that Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle thought it would make a huge difference. At the time, he shrugged off the measure as a “feel-good law” that would be tough to enforce. More than three years later,…
Yesterday, a newly released document revealed that James Holmes is willing to plead guilty to killing twelve people and injuring seventy others in the Aurora theater shooting if prosecutors agree not to pursue the death penalty. What’s the reaction of online Holmes fans? Well, there appear to be a lot…
Given the accessibility of Facebook pages and photos, it’s surprising we don’t hear more stories like this one: Some young dipshits in Fort Collins created a series of pages with names like “Nasty Chicks of Foco” whose main purpose was apparently to attack and demean assorted high school girls as…
The photo seen here is not a mug shot, even though the woman seen in it is definitely mugging. No, it’s a self-portrait of the person who apparently found and snagged an iPad left on a plane traveling from Phoenix to Denver. Finders, keepers. Why are we seeing this snap?…
All of us with Facebook pages have grappled with the dilemma of what to do about the so-called “friend” who posts crap way too often. But before you choose to unfriend someone, think twice — because cutting the cord online can, and often does, end friendships in the real world,…
Today, Westword is welcoming the latest addition to its family: the new, improved and ready-to-use Westword mobile app. Like the previous version of our Westword app, you can use it as a handy, thumb-friendly guide to Denver arts, entertainment and dining. Hungry for Asian? We’ve got you covered. Bored with…
After a soft launch in October during Denver Startup Week, Galvanize has lured some of the areas best startup tech companies from their garages and basements with its “ecosystem” and coffee. Officially opened on February 1, Galvanize, the startup tech common workspace, has created an “ecosystem” centered around entrepreneurial minds…
Earlier this week, we told you about a Colorado Springs website that specializes in so-called revenge porn — explicit photos shared by ex-lovers and the like, apparently in an effort to humiliate their former partners; see our previous coverage below. Now, we’ve got video of the man behind the site…
The passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, led to a social media explosion, with notables such as Lady Gaga and Big Boi weighing in via Twitter. But lotsa lesser-knowns (plus more ringers) got their tweet on, too. We’ve collected our fifteen faves — some serious, some…
