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Geek Heresy

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As a geek who is trying to apply tech for good, it is instructive to hear the critiques. Toyama on that issue: If a private company is failing to make a profit, no one expects that state-of-the-art data centers, better productivity software, and new laptops for all of the employees will turn things around.

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Learnings and Reflections from BlogHer about Mobile Phones for Video Blogging and Beyond

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you were creating some instructional materials about mobile video blogging in a developing country, like say Cambodia, what are the most important points to cover? When I got home, I remembered the work of colleague Joitske Hulsebosch who has taught video blogging in Ghana. This lead me to a little experiment with Blip.TV

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