unconference n.— «There’s also something called a “barcamp” or “unconference” in which participants gather in an open, unstructured environment to hash out new ideas. Then they share them with others via web...
hoss election n.— «When they read the column here pondering the origin of the term “Hoss Elections,” a Hawai’i phrase used to describe those senior class hall-of-fame awards in high school, the Valdez’s were the only ones to...
show-ga n.— «We are always experimenting with our show. I think we were just having fun naturally playing off each other on stage one day and did backbends facing each other and someone took a picture. (See photo above.) It really became...
I-reporter n.— «A steam pipe explosion during Midtown Manhattan’s rush hour Wednesday shattered New Yorkers’ nerves. Moments after the blast, I-Reporters sent photos and video showing a huge steam plume rising into the air...
ground-truthing n.— «They use the photos to plot GPS coordinates of questionable places and then hit the water for a closer look. The process is called “ground-truthing.” “The more groundtruthing we do, the better the map’s going to be,”...
pap v.— «Schoolgirl millionairess Charlotte Church got her first real taste of being “papped” when photos of her and her “bit of rough” boyfriend were splashed all over The Sun.» —“Sun not shining on...