RConversation: Silicon Valley’s benevolent dictatorship Sobering, clear-eyed assessment by Rebecca MacKinnon of the values and world view of the global information and communications system, and why those things may not favour users. (tags: internet telecommunications internetgovernance technology business capitalism)
IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A CARIBBEAN IDENTITY? : Kaieteur News Guyana’s Kaieteur News runs an extract from Nikipedia’s 2006 Arts Journal article. (tags: caribbean guyana culture)
iCommons.org – Translating the Commons: Negotiating Openness and Difference Chris Salzberg takes open culture to task. (tags: openculture opensource translation commons)
Moving Back to Jamaica: Being Connected Thoughtful post by Francis Wade on the value of living in a small island where interconnectedness, in all its varied forms, is a given. (tags: caribbean jamaica)
Rising Voices » One Blogger’s Determination to Help Baby Kamba in Madagascar Ultra-inspiring story about key role played by a blogger from Malagasy Rising Voices project FOKO in getting a baby a life-saving operation. (tags: risingvoices globalvoices madagascar blogging citizenmedia africa) Global Voices Offline Alternative blog begun by a group of Global Voices editors and [...]
Ping – Inside Nairobi, the Next Palo Alto? – NYTimes.com IN the republic of innovation, life is unfair. A relatively small number of places — all in wealthy countries or in China and India — create nearly every important technological advance. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Google has mapped Nai (tags: africa kenya [...]
Caribbean Hurricane Network – stormCARIB.com – Local Reports on Tropical Systems threatening the Caribbean Islands (tags: caribbean weather)
Far Eastern Economic Review | China’s Guerrilla War for the Web “By some estimates, these commentary teams now comprise as many as 280,000 members nationwide, and they show just how serious China’s leaders are about the political challenges posed by the Web…” (via Isaac Mao) (tags: china internet censorship)
In the Diaspora : Stabroek News “Homophobia and the Caribbean state” “Caribbean people could take this to mean that one of their ethical obligations to a global community is a commitment to supporting the quests for full human citizenship from all marginalized groups…” (Via Nikipedia) (tags: caribbean homosexuality homophobia)
El Oso » Archive » [Challenge] Hackers for Cuba “The question for hackers around the world is: Is there anything we can do to help get our Cuban friends online before [2010]?” (tags: cuba caribbean technology internet)
solanasaurus » Blog Archive » Dreams of Global Voices From Solana, yet another thoughtful set of reflections on the Global Voices Summit ’08. (tags: gvsummit08 globalvoices citizenmedia)
Google Public Policy Blog: Global Voices speak to the opportunities and risks of online speech (tags: globalvoices google)
MediaShift Idea Lab . Three Obstacles to a Truly Global Conversation | PBS El Oso reports on the Global Voices Summit: “Imagine your own blogging community for just a second. Go ahead and put yourself at the center of your personal blogosphere – those you read and those who read you on a regular basis. [...]
Members of the Club Ponte dei Sartori practice their rowing skills yesterday on Venice’s Grand Canal I’ve been in Venice, Italy, since July 2, recovering from Global Voices Summit-planning and generally trying to have a real vacation. So this is probably about as much blogging as is going to happen for the next week or [...]
Tech Leader » Heather Ford » Citizen media: Global, independent and rising “The Global Voices Summit ended two days ago, and I still have such a palpable sense of this great emerging, truly global community that is discovering for itself just what a special role it plays in the world…” (tags: globalvoices)