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May 15th, 2008

Notes From Berkman@10 Conference

Renata Avila · 22:06

lingua → pt

At the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, attendees and special guests discussed “The Future of the Internet,” and its political dimensions and its affect on the global community. In addition, during the opening remarks there was an announcement that the Berkman Center will become a university-wide research center. GV author Renata Avila is attending the celebration and provides these notes. 7 comments · »»

Macedonia: Bloggers Emphasize Need for Open Communication with Greece

Filip Stojanovski · 14:20

lingua → bn · mk

Amid the internal turmoil caused by Greek actions to block Macedonia's accession to NATO and the EU, and due to an increasing number of reports of attacks over Macedonian truck drivers by nationalist mobs in Greece, many Macedonian bloggers are attempting to bridge the gap of ignorance existing between the two nations. 19 comments · »»

May 14th, 2008

Myanmar: Twittering the cyclone disaster

Mong Palatino · 03:22

Burmese bloggers have been using Twitter to give updates and reports about the situation in Myanmar. Twitter provides useful links to recent news articles and blog posts about the relief efforts, donation information details and other eyewitness accounts of the continuing tragedy in Myanmar. 14 comments · »»

May 11th, 2008

Blogger of the Week: Claire Ulrich

Juan Arellano · 21:56

Today's Blogger of the Week may not be known by her blog, but she is widely known by her labour at Global Voices Online in French. Until recently, she has been the only translator for that Lingua site, which owes its existence much to Claire Ulrich's drive and desire to see the project on track. Juan Arellano catches up with Claire in this interview, who kindly shares with us her views on a number of issues. 2 comments · »»

May 8th, 2008

Brazil and Orkut: made for each other?

Daniel Duende · 16:14

Orkut, Google's experiment on Social Networking Services, is extremely popular in Brazil. More than 53% of Orkut users is Brazilian -- even more, if you take into account the Brazilian's profiles that don't show their country information and the profiles of Brazilians living abroad -- and more than 70% percent of Brazil's Internet users are actually profiled and active in the network. Daniel Duende takes a look on what are all these Brazilians doing there. 0 comments · »»

May 6th, 2008

Zimbabwe: Using New Technologies to Fight for Democracy

Ndesanjo Macha · 18:02

lingua → pt

In countries such as Zimbabwe where media freedom is extremely restricted, new technologies have become powerful tools for political campaigning, communication, advocacy and mobilisation. Since Robert Mugabe turned the country into a dictatorship, bloggers and civic organisations have resorted to using new tools and applications such as blogs, Flickr, Facebook, SMS, YouTube and mashups to fight for democracy, media freedom and good governance. 6 comments · »»

May 1st, 2008

Ecuador: A Weekend of Free Software Throughout the Country

Milton Ramirez · 08:24

lingua → mk · pt · sq · jp

Throughout Latin America, Free Software festivals were held where the general public could bring in their computers and receive installations of free software. In Ecuador, this event received special attention since the government has moved towards the installation of this software in computers of the public adminitration. Fourteen events were held throughout the country and bloggers were on hand to write about the organization, participation and results. 3 comments · »»

Arabeyes: A Closer Look at Readers

Amira Al Hussaini · 00:30

lingua → hi

Over the past month, several Arab bloggers have been taking a closer look at who follows their blogs and what keywords bring readers. Here's a review of what bloggers from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Egypt had to say. 3 comments · »»

Links

May 17th, 2008

GT!Blog explores 30 years of history to answer the question: Why didn't Japan create the iPod?

May 16th, 2008

Social Science in the Caucasus posts more details, including a video, on Creative Commons and comments on the importance of introducing the licensing concept to the South Caucasus. My Caucasus Knot also weighs in on the significance of promoting Creative Commons in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

May 14th, 2008

“Suso” is a well-known person in the community of La Loma in Medellín, Colombia thanks to the documentation by the Hiperbarrio project. Catalina Restrepo of Cosas del Alma [es] provides an update on the work that has been done to help improve the living conditions of Suso. Gabriel Vanegas of Esas Voces que Nos Llegan [es] also writes about a documentary being filmed about Suso's life.

May 13th, 2008

Nazly's Blog emphasizes the alternatives to piracy, reflecting on the news of raids against 'software pirates'.

May 12th, 2008

Belgrade 2.0 writes on the Serbian main character of a video game: “killer, thug, wifebeater, childhater, beerdrinker weapons and trafficking expert and drugdealer.”

Fernando da Rosa was in Guichón, Uruguay where the community assembled to discuss the Ceibal Project [es], and which will be one of the sites to receive the OLPC laptops. The meeting was to exchange information and to answer any questions from the excited public.