DigiActive | Today and Tomorrow

Wikileaks, Transparency, Responsibility, and Constructive Action

J July 2010, at 13:53 pm DigiActive

We’ve been having a really great conversation about the recent WikiLeaks incident on an informal Fletcherite group list, and I wanted to get some of the thoughts up that have been spiraling about, as well as refine my own thoughts. For those I mention below, if they’ve got a blog, they’re well worth the follow so [...]

I’ll be on HubSpot TV on Friday, talking about digital activism

J November 2009, at 18:44 pm DigiActive

I’ll be the guest on this week’s HubSpot TV. You can live stream the event (see the site for details), or you can come down to the offices in Cambridge for some chit chat and good food from the Lansdowne Pub.

I’ll be talk about topics of digital activism and some of the work I do [...]

DigiActive Policy Memo to the US Helsinki Commission

J October 2009, at 13:42 pm DigiActive

Policy Memo for the US Helsinki Commission: In the digital age, where a “good” is a string of code that can be delivered anywhere in the world with the click of a mouse, even today’s smart sanctions are not smart enough. By preventing access to blogging platforms, social networks, and other types of new media, current embargo policies harm the very activists who are furthering our common goals of democracy promotion, while leaving authoritarian governments free to spread propaganda through a range of state-controlled media outlets. [...]

DigiActive Post: Iranian elections, Information Passing and Twitter

J June 2009, at 19:32 pm DigiActive

Iranian elections, Twitter, and information flow: We are all becoming a larger part of the information dissemination mechanisms that were once reserved for formal media channels. DigiActive has reported many instances of citizen journalism, on-the-ground reporting and information gathering, but now we’re talking about the addition of a process of broader dissemination. [...]

Documenting Kenya’s Election Using Crisis Mapping Techniques

J May 2009, at 20:10 pm DigiActive

I’m going to repost this research write up that has been over at the Other Side blog for several months. It was originally posted on 28 October 2008. Eventually I’ll be posting some of my better posts from OSG over here as well.

What are citizen journalists’ roles in documenting conflict [...]

DigiActive Post: Campaign – Homeless Nation offers a place to tell stories and interact

J December 2008, at 20:41 pm DigiActive

Description: Homeless Nation was started by Daniel Cross, a documentary filmmaker who has highlighted Canada’s homeless population in several of his films. While gathering thousands of stories given by the homeless, most of which wouldn’t fit into the films, Cross envisioned a space where these reports wouldn’t be lost……

Visit DigiActive for the [...]

DigiActive Post: Book Review – Activists and Innovation

J November 2008, at 20:53 pm DigiActive

Please visit the DigiActive blog for a book review of Market Rebels: How Activists Make or Break Radical Innovations, by [...]

Today and Tomorrow

Check out our book release:

Twittering

Obviously you were wondering what time it was....

Wikileaks, Transparency, Responsibility, and Constructive Action

I’ll be on HubSpot TV on Friday, talking about digital activism

DigiActive Policy Memo to the US Helsinki Commission

Documenting Kenya’s Election Using Crisis Mapping Techniques

DigiActive Post: Campaign – Homeless Nation offers a place to tell stories and interact

DigiActive Post: Book Review – Activists and Innovation

What I’ve been thinking lately…

My Company

Search me.

Digital Activism

International Relations

Marketing Strategy and New Media

Neat Stuff

Technology

Archives

Content by Topic