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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-29
Very much looking forward to the #rightscon framing sesssion tomorrow morning with @solomonbrett @mcandrew @rmack http://t.co/W67nFBWI # Great to hear from Alaa RT @MoNajem: RT @krmaher: Latest blog post from @alaa's mini-keynote: http://t.co/PBTUmG4k #rightscon # glad to see you too! … Continue reading
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The Human Rights Imperative for Grassroots Empowerment through ICT
I just spent two days at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference. Over 500 people came together to “examine and explore how the human rights and high tech sectors can better plan for and manage the human rights implications of … Continue reading
Posted in Information and Communication Technology, Mobile, Social Media
Tagged Capacity Building, CHANGE, Human Rights, kabissa, Time To Get Online, Tor
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ICT peer learning as it actually happens (confessions of an eavesdropper)
Today I had the remarkable experience of eavesdropping on ICT peer learning as it actually happens – from person to person. Usually I don’t eavesdrop and it’s not really something I should be blogging about, but in this case I … Continue reading
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Tagged ebooks, email, facebook, iphone, kindle, skype
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419 and Google Translate
I was more than mildly amused to receive this 419 advance fee fraud scam message the other day, helpfully translated into German for me using (presumably) Google Translate. The language is so jumbled and ridiculous it makes me laugh! What … Continue reading
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-22
Have you heard @amazee changemaker community site is going offline on Dec 23rd? They should archive, not delete! http://t.co/DwiXv3ry # I'm off to @rightscon next week – Silicon Valley Human Rights Conf. Great lineup of speakers with twitter handles http://t.co/OQCDVLYC … Continue reading
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Despair ye not, my feckless grasshoppah: Obsolete Appliance Parts Forum Example to Amazee – archive, don’t delete!
I love this notice which I came across at http://www.applianceguru.com today while looking up an old dishwasher that I need help repairing. It immediately reminded me of Amazee‘s announcement last week that it is shutting down its online community platform … Continue reading
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-15
Some valuable lessons for @kabissa – would also be interesting to see how @wiserearth and @nabuur match up. http://t.co/88g27KpK # Wow – strange feeling of relief and freedom entering my fingertips, my limbs, my body. Facebook is down! #fb #fail … Continue reading
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Strange sensation of freedom (Facebook is down) and new discovery (downrightnow.com crowdsources monitoring of web services)
I sat down at my desk this morning and felt a sudden sensation of freedom entering by body from my fingertips and toes, through my limbs.. and then I realized: it isn’t my own router that is down this time … Continue reading
On my Radar: Why Private Social Communities Fail & How to Avoid It
Following up on my post about Amazee’s decision to close its doors and the importance of online networking platforms by and for civil society organizations, I want to turn my attention to Joshua Paul, who has written an extraordinary laundry list … Continue reading
