David Holmes

David Holmes is the head of social media and experimental journalism for PandoDaily. He is also the co-founder of Explainer Music, a production company specializing in journalistic music videos. His work has appeared at FastCompany.com, ProPublica, the Guardian, the Daily Dot, NewYorker.com, and Grist.

You can follow David on Twitter @holmesdm

Gamedesk’s “Classroom of the Future.” Why is it so hard to reinvent K-12 education?

By David Holmes April 29, 2013

If we’ve learned anything from this month’s series on ed-tech it’s that changing centuries-old education traditions takes more than a touchscreen and good intentions. For all the exciting innovations put forth by the ed-tech movement, there remain fundamental challenges, including how to properly motivate students, how to navigate the internal politics of school districts, and what to do...

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Are LA investors afraid of risk?

By David Holmes April 27, 2013

Yesterday, Michael Carney wrote a post dissecting the findings of Built in LA’s Digital Startup Report. The big takeaways? 220 startups launched out of LA last year and the ecosystem as a whole raised $847 million. These are positive signs, but Carney writes that he’d like to see more local players making big investments beyond Series A rounds: Look...

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What is a social media editor?

By David Holmes April 23, 2013

Last week, as the social media frenzy surrounding the events in Boston reached a fever pitch, The Awl’s Choire Sicha posed the question, “Is Your Social Media Editor Destroying Your News Organization Today?” If you haven’t read it, it goes something like this: “Journalists who sit on a computer all day Tweeting everything they see on Reddit and Twitter and...

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Watch last week’s PandoMonthly with Lewis DVorkin in 90 seconds

By David Holmes April 23, 2013

We know you love our PandoMonthly event series, but we also know it’s a challenge to set aside anywhere from one to three hours to watch the full video. So in addition to making the audio available on iTunes to listen to on your commute, today we’re launching yet another way to make it easier to enjoy...

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Let’s talk about the cloud: Our readers weigh in

By David Holmes April 21, 2013

On Monday, we asked our readers what they thought about a number of issues related to cloud computing. As incentive, we offered tickets to NetSuite’s SuiteWorld event on cloud computing and a number of upcoming PandoMonthly events. Once again, our readers didn’t disappoint. Just like when you we asked you to weigh in on enterprise...

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Vinod Khosla, please don’t feed the Twitter trolls

By David Holmes April 19, 2013

We wanted to highlight a bit of Twitter drama that unfolded a few minutes ago. It all started when investor Vinod Khosla Tweeted this: Now in case you didn’t know, Khosla Ventures is an investor in Storify. Whether or not this constitutes a breach of ethics, or at least a breach of good taste, is up for debate. I...

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EXPLAINER: Everything you need to know about MOOCs

By David Holmes April 19, 2013

What is a MOOC? There are many barriers that might prevent you from taking a class. Maybe your application to school was rejected. Maybe you can’t afford it. Or maybe you attend school, but are always waitlisted for the best classes taught by the smartest, best-looking professors with the coolest accents. But MOOCs, which stands for Massive Open Online Colleges,...

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The script to “The Newsroom” episode on CNN’s Boston marathon debacle

By David Holmes April 17, 2013

Earlier today, a number of major news organizations including CNN, Fox News, and ABC mistakenly reported that an arrest had been made in connection to Monday’s horrific Boston marathon bombing. As many on Twitter were quick to point out, this is precisely the kind of mainstream media debacle that the HBO Show “The Newsroom” loves to recreate and...

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Boston marathon: Has social media coverage finally matured?

By David Holmes April 15, 2013

Maybe. But we’re not there yet. We all know social media and the Internet have changed how we report the news. But it’s when tragedy strikes that we see these changes most clearly. These are the rare moments when people’s demand for information outweighs the supply. When there’s no way for the average person to help, at least knowing what’s...

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Let’s talk about the cloud: Share your thoughts for a chance to win tickets

By David Holmes April 15, 2013

Last week we asked our readers some questions about enterprise startups. Your response? A collection of smart, strong opinions that give hope to comment threads the world over. Today we have some new prizes and some new questions for you. Netsuite is giving away tickets to its massive cloud computing event SuiteWorld 2013 in San Jose...

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