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The haves and have-nots of San Francisco's mid-Market district

Ben Trefny and R. J. Sloan — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:34:15 +0000

The mid-Market district of San Francisco is undergoing tremendous change. Construction cranes literally cast shadows over the businesses and charities serving long-time residents of the neighborhood. This is an area filled with supported housing and Single Room Occupancy hotels. Homeless people and panhandlers traverse the wide sidewalks. One of the food pantries that serves them is run by The Quaker Meeting House. It’s on 9th Street, just south of Market, and has been around for nearly 20 years. To date, Twitter has run its global operations around the corner for about half-a-year. Which means these two entities with similar sounding names and strikingly different purposes are unlikely neighbors.

Today on Your Call: How much technology can one city take?

Malihe Razazan — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:57:11 +0000

On today's Your Call, we’ll speak with journalist David Talbot about San Francisco ’s digital gold rush, which he says is causing the city to struggle for its soul. His latest piece has caused quite a stir. He reports that the new tech boom has added $6 billion to the city’s tax roll over the past year, but rents are soaring and people are being squeezed out of town. Do you like what technology is doing to your city? Join us at 10 am PST or leave a comment here.

Today on Your Call: How much technology can one city take?

Malihe Razazan — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Digital Queers

David Latulippe — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 21:48:40 +0000

Thursday at 7pm, Marilyn Pittman visits with digital pioneer Karen Wickre, who is currently the Editorial Director for Twitter and a former Google content strategist. She co-founded "Digital Queers" in the early 1990s, helping connect gay rights groups with technology and each other, and was a site manager for the world's largest LGBT site, planetout.com.

[After broadcast date, you can listen here to a soundfile of the program.]

Your Legal Rights 72512 Social Media in the Workplace

Chuck Finney — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:15:54 +0000

Social media in the workplace.