Festival au Desert 2008 | Music | guardian.co.uk
Excellent video about a UK journalist’s experience of a Malian music festival. I hope to attend Festival au Desert in 2009
(tags: video music world Africa events culture travel)
Yahoo implementing OpenID
This is pretty cool. I hate having separate logins for so many services. maybe this’ll give Open ID the momentum it needs.
(tags: privacy security usability identity)
Why Congress Needs a Version Control System
Best point on Tim O’Reilly’s radar this year. However, it also applies to regulations, state legislatures, and even muni govt.
(tags: government law [...]
The State of the Free Press Project | NewAssignment.Net
Great overview of a hyperlocal citizen journalism project with a longer track record than most. “Part news, part opinion, part theatre, Anderson Free Press is journalism as conversation in action.”
(tags: hyperlocal citizen+journalism analysis tidbits+fodder)
Conversational Media Marketing: Reading Twitter links more than feed reader links
“In Twitter, I can [...]
Susan Mernit’s Blog: Modern Love meets Web 2.0
“Yesterday, 2 well-known west coast tech folks, Tara Hunt and Chris Messina, shared on their blogs and on twitter that they’ve ended their romantic relationship. May be the first for the 2.0 crowd–definitely, it’s one of the most publically graceful.”
(tags: relationship+building transparency social+media personal+expression emotions)
odd time signatures » [...]
The Unofficial macworld Expo survival kit (The Joy of Tech comic)
If you’re going, here’s what you need to bring….
(tags: fun events Mac)
Big Think - About
I gotta admit, this sounds pretty intriguing: “You can access hundreds of hours of direct, unfiltered interviews with todays leading thinkers, movers and shakers. You can search them by question or [...]
Talk Talk Talk Talk Talk Myself to Death: Those Deadlines Are Killers
“If you don’t have all the information, print what you can and promise to provide a full story as soon as possible. One issue that may make this hard to address could be that newspaper editors and publishers don’t want to acknowledge their limitations.”
(tags: [...]
And the Winner of Best Hot Safer Sex Scene Is…
Where are the safer sex practices in erotic & porn videos? Might be fun to do a “close, but no cigar” video with clips of hot scenes from popular porn flicks with snarky MST3K-style silhouetted critique of obvious & abundant safer-sex no-nos….
(tags: sex video humor education [...]
I, Reporter: Planning for User Content
“Choosing the Right Content Management System for Your Web Site(s)” is our comprehensive 67-page analysis of content management systems, products and solutions, as well as best practices and common pitfalls.”
(tags: content+management tools resources)
Save the Internet Blog » Blog Archive » Roadblocks to the Mobile Web
“Unlike the wired Internet, which [...]
Payoneer uses MasterCard prepaid cards to enable payouts from websites to individuals worldwide.
Wow, think of what this could do for the international remittance business — currently what’s keeping Western Union afloat…
(tags: money services business)
Yesterday’s news, today’s mistake? - Tech and Gadget Features | Columns – MSN Tech and Gadgets UK
“We are much less tolerant of [...]
Ushahidi is tracking post-election violence in Kenya.
Ushahidi.com - Kenya’s Post Election
Google map mashup to report incidents of post-election violence in Kenya. Very cool. Thanks, Georgia Poppelwell! (tags: Africa conflict news maps mashup)
allAfrica.com: Africa: Talking About “Tribe” (Page 1 of
“Paper from the Africa Policy Information Center, written ten years ago, called “Talking about ‘Tribe.’ [...]
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