Silicon Valley’s second-term wish list

The Washington Post – Silicon Valley contributed more to President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign than Wall Street and Hollywood. Now that he has won, the Valley expects him to keep his end of the bargain.

Kevin Systrom: 800,000 #sandy Instagram photos bring data into focus

Forbes – “Sandy was probably the single largest event taking place that was captured on Instagram,” Systrom said at the GigaOm Roadmap conference Monday in San Francisco.

What’s next for Tumblr and Instagram

The New York Times – David Karp, the chief executive of Tumblr, and Kevin Systrom, the chief executive of Instagram, gave some hints Monday about where their services were headed or not headed during interviews on the stage of the GigaOm Roadmap conference in San Francisco.

New GigaOM Pro Sector RoadMap report examines evolution of crowd labor platforms

GigaOM’s new Sector RoadMap report, Crowd Labor Platforms in 2012, assesses the continuing evolution and competitive market of crowd labor platforms, and examines some of the more well known platforms, such as Amazon Mechanical Turk, CrowdFlower and CrowdComputing Systems.

GigaOM RoadMap 2012 examines the innovations humanizing technology

Connectedness has created both opportunity and complexity in daily life. As connected technology evolves, design is becoming a force of innovation by enabling simpler, more meaningful connected experiences. GigaOM has gathered the biggest names in consumer technology for one-on-one, on-stage interviews.

GigaOM RoadMap 2012 reveals how design will humanize technology

For all the benefits of connectedness, always-on technology has created a world of increasing complexity. But the rise of design as a force of innovation brings a more human-centered perspective to technology. Thought leaders of technology and design will take the stage at RoadMap to examine how great design can humanize technology and streamline the connected experience.