links for 2009-10-02
Do social networks have a business model? : ::: Think Macro ::: Alternative models for social networks based on providing users with advanced features. Focuses… Read More »links for 2009-10-02
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Herkko Hietanen: The social future of television
Herkko Hietanen of the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology tells his audience at the Berkman Center that “television is really broken.” The medium isn’t rising… Read More »Herkko Hietanen: The social future of television
links for 2009-09-29
If you can bomb Africa to enforce good governance, why spare the US Ferocious response to Paul Collier's new book, which suggests that military intervention… Read More »links for 2009-09-29
Twitter.org? and building models for social media
My friend and former business partner, Bo Peabody, has an op-ed in today’s Washington Post titled “Twitter.org?” He argues that social media is extremely difficult… Read More »Twitter.org? and building models for social media
Protesters killed by coup government in Guinea
Not many Afrophiles shed tears when Lansana Conté, Guinea-Conakry’s long-time strongman, died. But the military coup that followed his demise promised to pile more hardship… Read More »Protesters killed by coup government in Guinea
“The Budget” and the Amish Internet
A fascinating story you might have missed. Noam Cohen of the New York Times looks at The Budget, a newspaper in Sugar Creek, Ohio that… Read More »“The Budget” and the Amish Internet