There seems to be a lot of interest in the tech/touch matrix, so I thought I would update it from my previous post of October 4th. The Tech/Touch Matrix (above) was put together after my twitter attendance of the International Conference on Crisismapping 2010 and as part of my response to a great summary of…
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Growing up in Cities (Canada)
A few years back I was honored to be able to participate in a Growing up in Cities (Canada) project focused on engaging youth in cities. GUIC (Canada) was based on the very successful international GUIC projects that have been run globally for over 2 decades. These projects, based on the initial GUIC project undertaken…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-14
Some stories of hope … by @practicalrad http://t.co/Yni2fhk # Wonder if Ford will attend events like this? Bloomberg, Miller&C40 mayors on sustainable cities- http://huff.to/b2tjYU @richard_florida # George “Sulu” Takei speaks out against Anti-Gay School Board Member. I respect Star Trek, a show ahead of its time. http://ow.ly/33y5Z # facebook .. she be down, down, down….
Exploring DigiActive
This was one of my first and favorite blogs on digital activism. They haven’t been active in a while, but they just posted an archive of their best content, which I would encourage you to read. Doug Exploring DigiActive Written by Tamara on October 24, 2010 – 8:32 pm – Though DigiActive is not currently…
Digital Access for all (2): For Africa, the Time is NOW
This post is a follow-up to my Digital Access for All post in August where i commented on an article out of Tanzania by Declan McCormack on the impact of mobile technologies in East Africa. McCormack reported that in Africa, mobile phone use has increased by 550% in the past 5 years and subscriptions have…
Part III: Whose Tweet Counts Anyways? Egyptian blogger demonstrates the power of Social Media
So, I meant to send this last week, but in changing over my blog it got lost in the move. Yet, in light of the missive by Gladwell, what happened here is a case study in the value of social media. The Egyptian government is notorious for its heavy handed, anti-democratic actions. Yet, through the…
Youtube and the Infinite Monkeys
I blame the monkeys. For what? Well, I’ve noticed something very interesting in the last year or so, something which a year ago I would have been shocked but very happy about. My kids are watching less TV. A cultural revolution I cry! Our kids finally are getting the message – be like your grandparents,…
The Tech/Touch Matrix
FOR AN UPDATE ON THIS POST GO HERE: Tech/Touch Matrix II– See it, feel it, touch it The Tech/Touch Matrix (see below) was put together after my twitter attendance of the International Conference on Crisismapping 2010 and as part of my response to a great summary of the conference by Kim Stephens. The conference was…
Whose Tweet Counts Anyways? A response to Malcolm Gladwell.
Recently the twitter/facebooker/bloggers sphere has all been a-twitter about Malcolm Gladwell of Tipping Point fame’s slam of social media as a tool for advocacy. Seems Gladwell does not believe that social media creates very strong “links”, which especially effects those who would wish to use twitter as an advocacy tool. He states that the twitter…
Mobile Phones Improve Health Services in Africa
Having worked with youth to establish One Stop Youth Centres in Kampala, Uganda, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Nairobi, Kenya, and Kigali, Rwanda, I have seen the power of mobile phones both to convene people as well as disseminate important information. What I find really exciting is to see how quickly and to what success mobile…