Tag Archives: society

Couchsurfing.com: Crowdsourcing Hospitality

The first rule of Couchsurfing is to talk about Couchsurfing! Couchsurfing.com, or ‘CS’ as you’ll hear members referring to it, is an online social network ...
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The Not-So Inclusive Web and Network Failure [Part 1]

Dawn Douglass recently asked the question, “How can the Web truly be “open” when only young white male geeks get to decide what the Web ...
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The Wonderful African Oz

For the past few hundred years or so there’s been two dominant trends when it comes to Africa. The “I’m going to save Africa from ...
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Black Iraqis Look to Obama’s Example

CNN has an interesting article on the black-Iraqi experience… Their faces and darker skins make them look different. They are routinely called “slave” by the majority, ...
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Singularities of Globalization and Convergence

Increasingly, people the world over share the same cultural moments. The Presidential Inauguration of U.S.A. President Barrack Obama on Tuesday was among the top events ...
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Re-Hacking Your World

Next week it’s my great pleasure to be participating in the Re-Hacking Your World conference taking place physically in Germany, but globally via pre-recorded interviews, ...
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Spotlight on African Podcasts

What are some of the best Africa related podcasts? Well, we’re quite partial to our own Appfricast, but if our show isn’t your thing, here ...
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