Archive for the 'Digital Divide' Category



(Really) Breaking Outside of the Echo Chamber


h1 Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago around lunchtime by oso

The most difficult challenge I’ve encountered so far with Rising Voices hasn’t been training new communities with little online experience how to effectively use new media tools like blogs, podcasts and video- and photo-sharing sites. Nope … that has turned out to be surprisingly easy. In fact, many of the Rising Voices participants like Taslima [...]

Netsquared Live Broadcast


h1 Posted 11 months, 3 weeks 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 …)

Contextually Searching the Global Blogosphere


h1 Posted 2 years, 8 months ago in the wee hours by oso

Honestly, I usually try to stay away from these things. Nothing seems more redundant to me than blogging about blogging - especially since 50% of the blogosphere has that covered anyway - but these are some thoughts that have been mulling around in my head for a while now and it’s time for me to [...]