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Rising Voices Seeks Micro-grant Proposals for Blog Outreach


h1 Posted 1 year, 4 months ago in the early evening by oso

Application Deadline: June 15, 2007
Rising Voices, the outreach arm of Global Voices, is now accepting project proposals for the first round of microgrant funding of up to $5,000 for new media outreach projects. Ideal applicants will present innovative and detailed proposals to teach citizen media techniques to communities that are poorly positioned to discover and [...]

Netsquared Live Broadcast


h1 Posted 1 year, 4 months ago in the early morning by oso

I’m at Netsquared right now and will post my thoughts about it soon, but for now, Beth Kanter is taking care of coverage both on Twitter and at Ustream.tv:

Right now Bradley Horowitz is talking about Yahoo’s social impact. (But don’t forget …)

Mostly Random Thoughts From the 2007 Conference of the International Communications Association


h1 Posted 1 year, 4 months ago in the late afternoon by oso

On Removing Sphericules
Similar to Ethan’s reaction at the Interactive Media Conference this week in Miami, it was a little surreal for me to be in the midst of two thousand academics all entirely focused/obsessed on exactly what I’ve been involved with for the past three years: online communication and participatory media. I had to suppress [...]

Checking In


h1 Posted 1 year, 4 months ago just before lunchtime by oso

Sigh.
That’s how I start out my work day. Then a slight wince. And then I open up my to-do list.
It’s a long, long … long list. It’s what I should be doing right now, not this. But then, this blog is starting to feel more like a repository of stuff from elsewhere than the actual [...]

Rising Voices, Helping the Global Population Take Part in the Global Conversation


h1 Posted 1 year, 4 months ago late at night by oso

Cross-posted at Global Voices.
Thanks to the generous support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Global Voices is now starting a new outreach project, Rising Voices, which aims to spread the benefits of citizen media to regions, languages, and communities that are currently underrepresented on the conversational web.
Rising Voices will serve as the [...]

Language and the Internet


h1 Posted 1 year, 4 months ago mid-afternoon by oso

Babel is one of those pre-historic, mythic, biblical references which has been transformed into the title of a movie, countless software programs, and quite a few companies. Still, most of us remain fuzzy about the actual origin. From Wikipedia:
According to the narrative in Genesis Chapter 11 of the Bible, the Tower of Babel was a [...]

Porque los bloggers alguna vez fuimos niños


h1 Posted 1 year, 4 months ago around lunchtime by oso

It doesn’t seem like too long ago that Hipocratico, Moi, Candy, Rolando, and I were all sitting around drinking beers and sharing stories in Monterrey. But now, looking back at the picture, we all look a few years younger than nowadays. I’m sure that Monterrey has changed a lot since I was last there. I [...]

San Pablo


h1 Posted 1 year, 4 months ago around lunchtime by oso

It’s sandal weather again, hallelujah.
Dropping off Mari at City Hall, coasting down San Pablo while Keith Jarrett’s 1970’s piano chops flow out of public jazz radio like a flirtatious girl on a first date.
The stretch of San Pablo from 20th to 40th is one of Oakland’s most blighted thoroughfares. Every block is bookended with a [...]

Querida CAD, Mis Condolencias


h1 Posted 1 year, 5 months ago in the wee hours by oso

Mari says, after a two year break, she was inspired to start blogging again after tonight’s game … so … keep your eyes out.

Economics of Social Media


h1 Posted 1 year, 5 months ago mid-afternoon by oso

Arrives at LAX
Looking around the room I saw nothing but trendy pinstripe suits, Banana Republic blue shirts, and $200 haircuts. It looked like Wall Street auditioning for an Apple commercial. I was invited to the first Economics of Social Media conference (EconSM) because of a post I wrote examining how serious online media sites (like [...]