http://www.saidia.org Yes, Tobias Eigen blogs. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:34:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ok, yes we all know this by now but I wanted to take this opportunity to take down the campaign banner from my blog as I also peel off the bumper stickers and throw out the yard signs. It's a great pleasure and source of pride to me that Obama ... http://www.saidia.org/2008/12/02/obama-wins/ Dear friends across America, As the barrage of negative ads intensifies, watch this new US election ad from Avaaz members calling for hope, tolerance and change. Watch the Ad now Amidst the non-stop barrage of negative and divisive advertisements that have defined this election campaign, Avaaz members from the US and across ... http://www.saidia.org/2008/10/30/avaaz-asks-americans-to-reenter-global-community-for-unity-harmony-and-change-in-pre-election-ad/ I thought this was an enjoyable Web 2.0 gimmick from MoveOn.org to motivate me (and presumably thousands of others) to vote. In it, a fake news program shows talking heads explaining that Tobias Eigen is the single voter responsible for Obama's defeat in the upcoming election. This reminded me of an ... http://www.saidia.org/2008/10/23/moveonorg-brings-on-the-web-20-fun-and-games-to-encourage-tobias-eigen-to-vote/  I would love to assume that Obama will win this election in a landslide - but I am uncertain enough of our political system to fear the worst. The MoveOn.org campaign has been pinging me daily to ask for volunteer support for Obama in Seattle and on the peninsula, and ... http://www.saidia.org/2008/10/21/a-landslide-victory-for-barack-obama/ It's been a while since I've written about OLPC computers. There is some news now though - which I thought was well worth sharing. See below and click the links to read the two articles from olpcnews.com about the new XO upgrade that makes the computers actually work properly and ... http://www.saidia.org/2008/10/20/olpc-update-new-upgrade-makes-computers-work-better-xos-available-on-amazon-in-nov/ Visitors to saidia.org may be wondering what is happening here - not much it seems. I set up this blog some time ago as an experiment, to learn about the ins and outs of blogging and to learn about the free and open source WordPress blogging tool that makes this ... http://www.saidia.org/2008/08/20/i-tobias-eigen-am-blogging-about-africa-at-kabissaorg/ We donated to Obama today, but we also donated to MoveOn.org, which provides excellent leadership in keeping Obama on our side. By our side I mean on the side of progressives who really do want to see real change in America, as promised by Obama himself.   February 20, 2008 Dear Tobias ... http://www.saidia.org/2008/02/20/keeping-obama-on-our-side-contribute-to-moveonorg/ Emily and I made our donation to Barack Obama today. Like the Obama endorsement I made a few weeks back, making political donations is not entirely our cup of tea but this year we feel strongly that it's important to jump on this particular poltical bandwagon - and the time ... http://www.saidia.org/2008/02/20/yes-we-can/ In September last year, I blogged about the very innovative nGOmobile competition - well, it seems it was a resounding success! I received an email today from Ken announcing that the winners have been chosen and profiled yesterday at the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona. (Sokari blogged ... http://www.saidia.org/2008/02/13/projects-in-kenya-and-uganda-among-winners-of-ngomobile-competition/ Dear friends and family, This isn't usually my thing, but I wanted to reach out to my friends and family to make sure you know that I think it's important that Obama be our next president. I want to see a new name and a new face representing the United ... http://www.saidia.org/2008/02/08/tobias-eigen-endorses-barack-obama/