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Alternative Media Critical to Malaysian...
En ZapBoom hace 3 años
Malaysiakini.com, one of the biggest alternative news blogs in the country. According to USINFO, a publication of the Department of State, alternative media played a key role in the March 8 parliamentary elections in Malaysia. The ruling Barisan National (BN) party received a surprising blow when it lost 58 ... Leer más
Thoughts on Joining Twitter
En ZapBoom hace 3 años
Today I joined Twitter,a service that lets you follow the public SMS dispatches of people you find interesting. I am equally willing to believe that it will be a fabulously useful new social networking medium or a sparkly excuse to distract myself with increasingly hummingbird-like multitasking. Guess I'll see. You ... Leer más
FrontlineSMS is a Finalist in the...
En ZapBoom hace 3 años
I'm really pleased that my friend Ken Banks' text-messaging hub for grassroots NGOs, FrontlineSMS, has been selected as a finalist for the Stockholm Challenge, a prestigious competition that rewards the best in ICT for development. Read more on the Stockholm Challenge site.
Technology Adoption Now Happening...
En ZapBoom hace 3 años
According to a recent article in The Economist, "technology is spreading to emerging markets faster than it has ever done anywhere." The World Bank studied how long it took after the initial invention of a new technology for 80% of surveyed countries to report use. The result are that adoption ... Leer más
Awesome Digital Activism in Kenya!
En ZapBoom hace 4 años
Ushahidi is a visual map of human rights abuses reported by SMS (text message). The site was created by the bloggers behind KenyanPundit.com, WhiteAfrican.com, MentalAcrobatics.com, AfroMusing.com, and Skunkworks and was built by Kobia Interactive. "Ushahidi" means "witnessing" is Kiswahili and the site allows people to send an SMS ... Leer más
nGOmobile Competition Ends December 14
En ZapBoom hace 4 años
A little reminder from my friend Ken Banks that the nGOmobile Competition closes December 14 (next Friday). Consider applying!
FrontlineSMS Facebook Group
En ZapBoom hace 4 años
For those who are interested in using cell phones for political organizing, try the FrontlineSMS Facebook Group and say Mary sent you.
Activists Protect Themselves with...
En ZapBoom hace 4 años
Twitter is a multi-platform service that allows users to send "updates" (text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) via SMS (text message), instant messaging, and email. In its most common application, people send Twitter messages via SMS telling what they are doing at that very moment ("eating breakfast," "lots of ... Leer más
nGOmobile Competition
En ZapBoom hace 4 años
I've sung the praises of Ken Banks before. He's Mr. Cell Phone, dedicated to helping activists use mobile phones to organize for social change, mostly in the developing world. His newest project is nGOmobile, a project dedicated specifically to helping NGOs use mobile phones in their work. nGOmobile is launching ... Leer más
An Awesome Gift
En ZapBoom hace 4 años
A few months ago I did an e-mail interview with a Belgian graphic journalists named Ben Heine. As compensation for doing the interview (which was for a project related to his journalism degree) Ben offered to create a portrait of me. Seemed like a fair deal. This is the result ... Leer más
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