photo © 2009 webtreats | more info (via: Wyli I ran across a link (in my Twitter stream where else) to a post by David Jakes. 140 Characters and Beyond: Extend Your Use of Twitter. I haven’t had time to more than scratch the surface of it, though I did play with a Twitter Fountain. […]
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Some links and signs of spring
On the way to work this morning I heard an NPR piece about Ramy Essam, the musician who was “arrested” and tortured by the army last week. I wondered if any of the 23 year olds I know are capable of saying as Ramy does now that he “still believes that there are honest people […]
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Let’s see… In Egypt, protestors surrounded and occupied various branches of the State Security – finding many documents and files as well as torture equipment. Hossam Arabwy, a blogger and union activist I’ve been following saw the very cell where he’d been confined and tortured, spent the day sobbing off and on and then published […]
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I don’t think that online communication – Facebook, Twitter – made these revolutions happen. I am aware that many people have been working for these for years. Wael Ghonim’s talk at TED is worth watching though. And if you haven’t heard of TED – Ideas Worth Spreading, check it out [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWvJxasiSZ8[/youtube]
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In a small state like Vermont, that means you. I’ve been thinking about this for a while and at Town Meeting I asked about being on the Planning Commission. I know they’ve got three people leaving for one reason or another and they need people badly. I’m used to thinking of myself as a good […]
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