Monthly Archives: November 2008
Reporting on #Mumbai
Stephen Collins has an excellent post up about the role of social media in reporting the tragic events in Mumbai. The commentary on the thread is also excellent. I think the events in DC last week also illustrate this point, … Continue reading
links for 2008-11-24
PvPonline » Archive » Trek On Funny because it's true. (tags: startrek comics) Clive Thompson on Real-World Social Networks vs. Facebook 'Friends' (tags: work social news research realitymining networking datamining)
links for 2008-11-23
SMS peacenet kenya – Google Scholar (tags: CIVIC social_media SMS africa Kenya) Ushahidi :: Crowdsourcing Crisis Information (FOSS) This application is going to be important for monitoring human rights violations, crisis situations, and for NGOs looking to build human rights … Continue reading
links for 2008-11-22
Political Punch (tags: NGO Mobile research wireless nptech pdf CIVIC) USAID Development 2.0 Challenge: Only 2 Weeks Left! | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoup.org (tags: USAID Web2.0 CIVIC)
links for 2008-11-21
End of the beginning? — Crooked Timber The US and World Economies are far from being out of the woods. (tags: finance politics nationalization economy)
Mukasey Alive; Collapse Tweeted Before EMTs Arrive at Scene
The AP is reporting Mukasey is alive, may have talked to medics, and was taken to George Washington University Hospital. Good. What really interests me is that we, the twittering public, knew what was going on before the medics had … Continue reading
links for 2008-11-20
Working Girl | Culture11 Great article on how brilliantly subversive the television show 30 Rock is. (tags: culture11 TV 30rock)
links for 2008-11-19
SIMILE | Timeplot (tags: web2.0 web design data visualization) SIMILE | Exhibit 2.0 (tags: web2.0 visualization design data web Software)
links for 2008-11-18
STOP THE TRAFFIK (tags: activism social justice humanrights trafficking slavery CIVIC)
When You Ride Alone You Ride With Global Warming!
My friend Ian writes: Eventually, the American public reached a point where gas prices were at “crisis” levels. At this point people did something they tried to avoid for as long as possible. Changed their habits. People started driving less. … Continue reading
