African digerati interviews
“Hash” at White African has been doing a series of interviews with “African Digerati”, including Emeka Okafor of Timbuktu Chronicles and the mysterious “M” of… Read More »African digerati interviews
The rise of the African aggregator
My friend Boris Anthony – the information architect for Global Voices and all-around super-smart web 2.0 guy – said something about 18 months ago that… Read More »The rise of the African aggregator
Lessig: “Help us in the US to remember these ideals. Help us by living them yourselves.”
Professor Lawrence Lessig is stalking me. I realize this sounds a bit paranoid, but the facts support my case. As he checked into the hotel… Read More »Lessig: “Help us in the US to remember these ideals. Help us by living them yourselves.”
A new era? Al Jazeera’s cautious embrace of citizen media
One of the themes of this year’s Al Jazeera Forum is “New Era”, an effort to make AlJ a “media” company and not just a… Read More »A new era? Al Jazeera’s cautious embrace of citizen media
Hacked websites, trojan horses, Russian/Panamanian blackhat hackers – just another day at the Berkman Center
About a week ago, I was writing a blog post and wanted to link to a friend’s personal site. I wanted to make sure I… Read More »Hacked websites, trojan horses, Russian/Panamanian blackhat hackers – just another day at the Berkman Center
SXSW: Blogging where speech isn’t free
My friend Jon Lebkowsky put together a really excellent group for our panel at SXSW. The panel focused on the challenges of blogging in countries… Read More »SXSW: Blogging where speech isn’t free