Living in Washington, D.C., when meeting a person for the first time the conversation often goes like this: X: Hi, I’m X. Sam: Hi, I’m Sam. X: So, what do you do? Sam: I work at National Geographic. X: No way! What do you do there? The truth is, it’s hard to answer that question: “What do you do there?” In the simplest sense, the … Continue reading What it’s like to work at National Geographic
This week National Geographic News launched a special series, Digital Places, that looks at the “digital tools and trends that are changing the way we explore our world.” In the series: “Global Positioning Tech Inspires Do-It-Yourself Mapping Project” “Disaster Prediction, Social Networking Boosted by Geo-Data Feeds” “Mobile Games Superimpose Virtual Fun on the Real World” “‘Second Life,’ Other Virtual Worlds Reshaping Human Interaction”Check out the … Continue reading Digital Tools and Trends in the News
