I’m ashamed to say I did miserably on the BlogAfrica 2005 quiz. Hope you can do better on this last day of 2005. Technorati Tags: blogafrica, quiz, africa, blogging, currentevents

This is C*POP and me back in November 2003. Note our fresh faces, our easygoing demeanors, and all the other things which belie the fact that the photo was taken at 1am. Oso said we “look like the epitome of modernity. . . . All you’re missing is the Prius parked outside.” (For the record: [...]

BC: I mean no disrespect but I feel I have a duty to my readers to ask: if you were living as a man today, would you use condoms? JC: [With big smile] You already know the answer. And everyone will come to understand what’s right, no matter what their starting position. It takes longer [...]

Are you a writer who has never been published within the United States? Are you a good writer who’s never been published? If so, you may wish to take a look at Indigo Leaf Magazine, a new online venture started by Karen Walrond (who blogs at Chookooloonks). Artists are also welcome to submit their work. [...]

Checked in this morning at Caribbean Free Photo and realised I had not posted anything since World AIDS Day! This is beyond disgraceful, of course, so I rifled through my stash of photos and came up with the above. You’ll have to visit the blog itself to discover why my posting this image probably means [...]

Here’s Paul Theroux, writing about Africa in the New York Times: “After centuries of wishing themselves onto other countries, the Irish found that education, rational government, people staying put, and simple diligence could turn Ireland from an economic basket case into a prosperous nation.” Substitute “Caribbean people” for “the Irish”, “the Caribbean” for “Ireland”, and [...]

As you can probably tell by the dead silence on CFR these past few days, I’m still in London. It’s been a hectic one: my Travelcard is almost fried from too many passes through those electronic turnstiles in the Underground. Today is also my birthday. From London I got blue skies (this morning, at least) [...]

During lunch I was interviewed by Brendan Greeley from OpenSource Radio (one of my favourite podcasts)! Tom Steinberg is now presenting a fascinating web site called PledgeBank.

Just gave my bit of official “input” – apologies to the journalistic community for calling you lazy. Lisa Goldman from Israel talking now. We’re in a beautiful room here at Reuters. The wi-fi was a bit spotty at first but has settled down. Naturally, lots of folks around me are typing madly. Technorati Tags: global [...]

Please note that the link to the webcast of the Global Voices 2005 Summit has been changed to http://canstream.co.uk/globalvoices.mp3. The link can be opened in iTunes, or in most mp3 players that support streaming. This link and all other details about the conference can also be found here. Technorati Tags: blogging, global voices, global voices [...]