A video produced by the Center for Social Media – which I just blogged about on Global Voices – about efforts to involve blogging and… Read More »Some interesting critiques of Global Voices… and one flat-out offensive one
It’s rare that a global event happens linking West Africa and Mongolia, two of my favorite places in the world. We got two this week:… Read More »Dictators detained and darkness at noon
Hao Wu’s sister, Wu Na, has begun blogging about her brother’s detention. It’s clear how difficult this is for her, reading a translation of her… Read More »Wu Na writes about her brother, Hao Wu
I guess they noticed. A good friend in China – who signs his emails “my mouth is blocked in China” – tells me that the… Read More »Censorship is the sincerest form of flattery
For the last several days, rumors have been circulating in the Belarus blogosphere that the unprecedented protests in October Square in Minsk wouldn’t be allowed… Read More »Protests in Minsk: Nice while it lasted
I’m giving a talk in a couple of months at Netsquared, a conference about technology and the nonprofit sector. As a recent refugee from the… Read More »From representing to pointing: some thoughts on the future of advocacy