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Excellent overview of different websites in and focused on Uzbekistan
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Phillip Gara’s documentary on the Berkman Center, featuring conversations with Zittrain, Nesson, Chris Lydon and Radio Open Source, Jake Shapiro and PRX, and RMack and me on Global Voices
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Unlike Mechanical Turk, which rewards you with tiny payments for your efforts, Google Image Labeler tries to harness human filtering by turning image labeling into a game. Interesting
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Cambodian bloggers rally 400 attendees to a workshop on blogging
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Great discussion on a BBC website about Wikipedia and the preservation of African languages
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One of the most striking images I’ve seen in a good long while, from an installation called “Head On” by Cai guo Qiang. Wow.
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Bruno’s review of the Long Tail, which is so comprehensive I wonder whether I need to bother reviewing it myself…
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A diplomatic and humanitarian disaster has been unfolding re: Darfur. This looks like the final straw. Sudan has refused a UN force, has demanded the AU force either commit to staying or leave immediately. Now they’ve ordered the AU out and are marching 1
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A guestblog post on Weichegud takes a “ferengi” (foreign) blogger in Ethiopia to task for encouraging Ethiopians to celebrate small political victories, ala the US left. Provocative stuff – does it make sense to play “small ball” in a country where the go