links for 2008-07-21
Ping – Inside Nairobi, the Next Palo Alto? – NYTimes.com An optimistic piece on tech startups in Nairobi from Pascal Zachary. “To be truly creative… Read More »links for 2008-07-21
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July 2008
Egypt: Lots of bloggers, fewer wikipedians
My friend Kevin Donovan has an interesting post today, wondering about the size of the Arabic-language wikipedia. As he observes, it’s smaller than the Esperanto… Read More »Egypt: Lots of bloggers, fewer wikipedians
Global Voices hires Ivan Sigal. I celebrate.
I’ve helped found three companies in the past fifteen years. All still survive in one fashion or another, but I stepped down from my role… Read More »Global Voices hires Ivan Sigal. I celebrate.
Sumo leads me to the dark side
In 2000, I spent a lot of time downloading music from Napster. I was working on Geekcorps and we had an office at MassMoCA, which… Read More »Sumo leads me to the dark side
The complexity of sharing scientific databases
Creative Commons is a clever use of the copyright system intended to make it easier for people who want to, to share their work with… Read More »The complexity of sharing scientific databases
Moldova, bridges and storytelling
Moldova is a place I only know through books. One of my favorite travel books is “Playing the Moldovans at Tennis” by Tony Hakws. It’s… Read More »Moldova, bridges and storytelling