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And the comedians lead the way …
As in the US, it seems that the comedians, in this case Rick Mercer, and not the pundits who have the greatest sway on voters, especially the youthful set. “In the back of my mind I was thinking perhaps some of them would write a nasty letter to the local paper,” Mr. Mercer said Sunday…
Happy Birthday iHub! (and love that Freire reference)
Though I have not been yet, there is a great buzz around the iHub in Nairobi, described as an “open Space for technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers in Nairobi.” (I have also been told they sell great coffee). They just clocked their first year in existance last week, and it is great to see…
Pradical Post: Places of Hope and Despair.
Slums are one of the fastest growing forms of human settlement in the world. They as well have one of the youngest demographics. We cannot move forward sustainably as a planet without engaging the people of these communities. They are our hope, and, if ignored, our despair. Here are a series of aerial shots of…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-30
Generation Green launches. Cash awards up to $12,500 for “young” ideas for greening Vancouver. http://ow.ly/3GOFs # Pradically All the Time is out! http://bit.ly/gAKp0r ▸ Top stories today by @andrewsimms_nef @virtualactivism # I ♥ the next web @TNW … awesome site. # Parking with the dead .. http://ow.ly/3INz1 # @samroddick good luck! will we be able…
Pradical Tweets for 2010-12-05
Pradical Tweets ‘Oceans of poverty, islands of wealth’ – Africa warned of ‘slum’ cities danger as its population passes 1bn: http://ow.ly/3glxc # Pradically All the Time is out – read this Twitter newspaper on http://bit.ly/cb0ShI (271 contributions today) # RT @DougSaunders: love it! The documents were burned onto a CD-RW disguised as a Lady Gaga…
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….
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…