Waterbottle WiFi and Geekcorps Mali
Engadget was good enough to feature the Geekcorps Mali Wifi-via-water-bottle antenna designed by Ian Howard and crew… but they didn’t credit Ian or Geekcorps. As… Read More »Waterbottle WiFi and Geekcorps Mali
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
A bad day for the Bennetts
Roy Bennet was born in Zimbabwe when it was known as Southern Rhodesia. His family had lived in Rhodesia for decades, and Roy continued the… Read More »A bad day for the Bennetts
I NEED YOUR HUMBLE ASSISTANCE
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More on Kyrgyzstan and Zimbabwe
My comparative silence on “…my Heart’s in Accra” has been counterbalanced by a couple of long posts on the Global Voices website. Rebecca and I… Read More »More on Kyrgyzstan and Zimbabwe
Eric Osiakwan at Berkman
Eric Osiakwan visited the Berkman Center yesterday from Ghana, by way of Stanford University. He's an old friend from the Ghana ISP scene, one of… Read More »Eric Osiakwan at Berkman
Journalism, transparency and triangulation
A week back, at the Madrid Democracy summit, I had a dinner conversation with friends that centered on the complications of professional journalists maintaining blogs.… Read More »Journalism, transparency and triangulation