Understanding #amina
On Monday, June 6th, a post appeared on the blog “A Gay Girl in Damascus” announcing that Amina Abdallah Araf al Omari, the “girl” in… Read More »Understanding #amina
Who freed Eynulla Fatullayev? And what does his release mean for Twitter activism?
Azerbaijan is far from an easy place to be an independent journalist – the nation ranks 152nd in Reporters Without Borders 2010 survey on press… Read More »Who freed Eynulla Fatullayev? And what does his release mean for Twitter activism?
Jonathan Coulton: I’m replicable, dammit!
NPR’s Planet Money team – one of the best reporting teams in radio, responsible for the seminal, field-shaping “Giant Pool of Money” episode of This… Read More »Jonathan Coulton: I’m replicable, dammit!
CHI keynote: Desperately Seeking Serendipity
I’m giving the closing keynote at CHI 2011 this afternoon. I’m thrilled to have the chance to share some thoughts with some of the smartest… Read More »CHI keynote: Desperately Seeking Serendipity
Civic Disobedience and the Arab Spring
I spent the past two days in Cambridge, primarily around MIT, and almost exclusively talking about the “Arab Spring” and what we’ve learned about social… Read More »Civic Disobedience and the Arab Spring
Shirley Hung on control of the Chinese Internet
I spent part of Wednesday at MIT’s Communications Futures Program, where the topic at hand was internet openness. Political scientist Shirley Hung opened the afternoon… Read More »Shirley Hung on control of the Chinese Internet