Kate Crawford of the Journalism and Media Research Centre at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, is two years into conducting a massive… Read More »Kate Crawford: mobile media and the art of noise
My friend Onnik Krikorian has become a Facebook evangelist. Onnik, a Brit of Armenian descent, living in Armenia, is the Global Voices editor for the… Read More »Counting International Connections on Facebook
Greg's Cable Map Excellent, fascinating undersea cable map with ability to report faults (tags: cable cables connectivity maps infrastructure internet)
I’ve just spent two weeks giving lectures and workshops in five cities and three countries. Some were ones I’d planned for months, like the TED… Read More »“Either you make films or make excuses” – ICT and the Nigerian film industry
The past two days, I’ve been participating in the first day of a two-day event on information technology and government transparency in Nigeria. It’s a… Read More »Highlights of our workshop on ICT and Elections in Nigeria
Our surprise guest on our final day is Julian Assange, founder and editor in chief of Wikileaks. (Okay, not a surprise to me – I… Read More »TEDGlobal: Surprises, community spirit, and a goodbye