On vacation
Light, if any, posting for the next ten days – Rachel and I are going to Argentina. Looking forward to posting photos, and to testing… Read More »On vacation
Lova Rakatomalala on Twitter and Madagascar. And the US State Department.
Lova Rakotamalala has been spending a lot of his time explaining the crisis in Madagascar to the global media. Embedded video from CNN Video In… Read More »Lova Rakatomalala on Twitter and Madagascar. And the US State Department.
Countries for rent, and the Malagasy crisis
Time Magazine offers a surprisingly good package of articles, titled “10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now.” The list is blissfully free of short-lived tech… Read More »Countries for rent, and the Malagasy crisis
Zimbabwe is – mostly – offline. Opposition – mostly – online.
Reports from friends in Zimbabwe suggest that the country is now largely disconnected from the internet. Utande Internet Service has a useful update dated March… Read More »Zimbabwe is – mostly – offline. Opposition – mostly – online.
Hip-hop and electoral politics: Democracy in Dakar
Apologies for lighter than usual blogging the past couple of weeks. I’ve been wrestling with recurring eye problems, and since the TED conference I’ve had… Read More »Hip-hop and electoral politics: Democracy in Dakar
China’s complicated internet culture
The Chinese internet is lots more complicated than you think. That’s the core message of Rebecca MacKinnon’s talk at the Berkman Center on the Chinese… Read More »China’s complicated internet culture