Liveblog from the Global Voices Summit (#gv2012) here in Nairobi. Diasporic communities can now take virtually full part in national political and civic life in their countries of origin, thanks to new media. From the academic and activist perspectives, what are the consequences? Left to right: Gershom Ndhlovu (Zambia), Elaine […]
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Sara Critchfield and Adam Mordecai‘s talk at Netroots Nation (#nnupFTW) was less-than-standing-room only, so I’ve combined the parts of his talk we were able to catch with a similar talk by their colleague Peter Koechley at the Conversational Marketing Summit. Thanks to Deepa Kunapuli for her notes. Upworthy’s goal is to […]
This is a writeup of Hrishikesh Aradhye, Ph.D.’s talk at the Media Lab last month, with my own commentary sprinkled throughout. Power to the people, at last! It’s a new hourNow we all ain’t gon’ be American IdolsBut you can ‘least grab a camera, shoot a viral Kanye West, Power […]
Richard Gingras (@richardgingras), head of News Products at Google, spoke at the Nieman Foundation at Harvard today. I liveblogged it, so let me know where the errors are and I’ll fix them. Ann Marie Lipinski introduces Richard’s impressive and varied background, which is directly relevant to the future of the […]
liveblogged by @mstem, @natematias, @schock, and @beckyhurwitz. How do we empower citizens as equal partners in urban planning with data and analytical tools? If new tech can enable planners, tool makers and community groups to create meaningful change, how do we get there? Frank Hebbert (@fkh) works at OpenPlans, building […]