Now that we’ve gone over the basics of open source software and open content, let’s take a closer look at what brought all of the participants together in Croatia: translation.
I normally flinch at the word ‘movement’, but I’ll make an exception here: the open source software and open content movements are incredibly international. Ubuntu, the [...]

In May I spoke on a small panel at the annual conference of the International Communications Association. Organized by Seeta Peña Gangadharan and chaired by Benjamin de Cleen, the idea was to have the researchers and academics hear directly from those involved in “alternative content production” (alternative to what? I ask.).
The panel went well and [...]

So, what exactly are you doing now for Global Voices?
This is the question that keeps coming up. The one I’ve been meaning to write about since May and have somehow never gotten around to. It is a story that starts in the spring of 2005 while riding my bicycle up San Diego’s coast highway. My [...]