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May Day reflections on Mailman, Facebook and the Future of Social Media for Activism

It’s May Day, a day of political demonstrations and celebrations organised by communists, anarchists, socialists, and activist groups. But today is not just May Day. It’s also the first day of a new month, which means that Mailman mailing list … Continue reading

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Speed geeking to the masses at the Vision Summit

By far my favorite session at the Vision Summit 2011 Conference in Potsdam last week was Session 4 on Saturday, in which 13 social entrepreneurs were given 2 minutes each to present their projects. This was a really fun and … Continue reading

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My nefarious plan to cherry pick the coolest sessions at the re:publica conference in Berlin this week

My friends at New Thinking have once again organized a terrific lineup of sessions for this year’s re:publica, which is taking place later this week in Berlin. re:publica is the conference for blogs, social media and the digital society. Unfortunately, … Continue reading

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Hello world!

Welcome to saidia.org, where I will be blogging about topics I care about including activism, Africa, innovation, open source software, social networking… I will also share the occasional photo. Enjoy! Why a new blog? Setting up this new blog is … Continue reading

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