If you can, please help us out
I realize that, at the end of a year when nearly everyone has faced economic hard times, all sorts of worthy organizations are asking for… Read More »If you can, please help us out
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
links for 2008-12-19
AIR TRAFFIC Utterly wonderful visualization of air traffic above Zurich using real-time transponder data, overlaid on a Google map. Wow (tags: maps web2.0 mashup airplane… Read More »links for 2008-12-19
Chris Salzberg on Global Voices, and the challenges and potential of community translation
The last two major projects I’ve worked on – Geekcorps and Global Voices – share an interesting trait. Both ended up becoming research projects for… Read More »Chris Salzberg on Global Voices, and the challenges and potential of community translation
Media Re:public – the future of news in a digital age
My friend Persephone Miel came to the Berkman Center more than a year ago to take on a challenging question: What’s the future of journalism… Read More »Media Re:public – the future of news in a digital age
Maura Marx, Open Knowledge Commons and the digital library
On Monday, my laptop and I set up shop in my local university library so I could escape the world of digital content and get… Read More »Maura Marx, Open Knowledge Commons and the digital library
Bengali bloggers debunk credulous AFP story about Taj Mahal “replica”
It’s a story too strange to be true: a wealthy Bangladeshi film-maker is building a life-sized replica of the Taj Mahal near Dhaka so that… Read More »Bengali bloggers debunk credulous AFP story about Taj Mahal “replica”