January 2011
“When you go in search of honey, you must expect to be stung by bees.”
– Kenneth Kaunda,first president of Zambia
“If two speeches and a social-media site was all we needed to spread democracy,...”
– Jon Stewart, host of “The Daily Show,” wades into the debate about what some people see as undue credit being given to Twitter, Facebook and social media amid the uprisings in the Middle East. (See Technology as tools: on Twitter and Tunisia…) Nobody seems to know exactly who coined the term...
“We are on the threshold of eliminating polio once and for all.”
– Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates
“Expect the worst and you won’t be disappointed.”
– Helen Macinnes
Will Syria's Revolution Be Organized... on... →
Tunisia has been overthrown. Egypt is tottering. Now Facebook pages are calling for protests to begin in Syria later this week.
China is blocking coverage of Egypt protests on... →
China appears to be trying to limit public knowledge of the unrest in Egypt. Over the weekend, Chinese Twitter-like services run by Sina, Tencent and Sohu blocked the word “Egypt” from being used in microblogging messages passed around by users.
Egypt’s internet shutdown sparks a communications... →
Freedom of expression and internet access go hand in hand. By shutting down the internet, the Egyptian government has sparked a wider battle about communications, technology, and free speech that goes beyond issues of concern among the country’s protesters.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-30) →
Dan Gibson (23)
Epic Score (16)
Kineya Katsusuji, Kineya Kunitaro, Sumida Matasaji, Sanji Umeya, Rokugo Shinnojo (9)
Pro Musica Nipponia Ensemble (8)
Daniel May & Marianne…
RT @TDefren: RT @RWW Twitter Speaks Up for Free Speech: “The Tweets Must Flow” http://rww.to/hWaypH
> @iA: RT @HuffingtonPost: BREAKING: #Syria reportedly suspends all Internet services http://huff.to/humgfe
> @iA: Picture of the Day: Protesters in #egypt being hosed down by water cannon during prayer http://twitpic.com/3u6gvc #jan25 via @moeed
Mobile Evolution: Nesting Cell Phones by Kyle Bean →
“Sentimentality — that’s what we call the sentiment we don’t...”
– Graham Greene
“China is going to leave all of us in the dust. They’re committed to...”
– Christiana Figueres, Head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Google's Easter Eggs, Gags, and Hoaxes: 2011... →
“Whenever people say we mustn’t be sentimental, you can take it they are...”
– Brigid Brophy
Infographics to Enrich Your Knowledge →
Infographic pr0n via noupe.com
RT @amnesty: Egyptian authorities urged to rein in security forces to prevent further deaths of protesters http://ow.ly/3LU0p #Egypt #Jan25
There is a *coughs* Tenth Doctor/Luke Smith community on Livejournal that needs to be goonrushed. Like now.
“We become moral when we are unhappy.”
– Marcel Proust
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“A while ago, the NFL did some post about there not being enough meetings — that...”
– George Atallah, assistant executive director for the NFL players union, in a New York Times article about how the National Football League and the players, which are fighting a labor dispute that could lead to a lockout, are using Twitter, Facebook and dedicated websites to state their cases and...
Social Media Revolution Hits Saudi Arabia →
“It’s one of the big questions ahead for Saudi Arabia. How this authoritarian regime will live with the freedom and chaos that the Internet represents.”
Robert Lacey, author of “The Kingdom,” about the Saudi royal family
(via @npr)
“I continue to call on the regime to understand that they better listen and...”
– Mohamed ElBaradei, Nobel laureate and Egyptian opposition leader #egypt #elbaradei
“Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it.”
– Lewis Carroll
I can’t fjord.
States’ Lawmakers Turn Attention to the Dangers of... →
“I think it’s an infringement on personal rights. At some point, we need to take responsibility for our own stupidity.”
Marie Wickham of New York on distracted pedestrians (via @nytimes)
“The international community must do all it can to protect civilians and increase...”
– Daniel Bekele, Africa Director, Human Rights Watch
Massive Egyptian Protests Powered by YouTube,... →
Egyptian pro-democracy protesters are embracing Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Twitpic. The pictures and video making it to the internet are, in a word, stunning.
(via @fastcompany)
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WatchVan Jones lays out a case against plastic pollution from the perspective of social justice. Because plastic trash, he shows us, hits poor people and poor countries “first and worst,” with consequences we all share no matter where we live and what we earn. At TEDxGPGP, he offers a few powerful ideas to help us reclaim our throwaway planet.
(via @TEDtalks)
It’s President Obama, much like it is President Bush, President Clinton, President Bush, President Regan…see a pattern?
“I don’t think HP should be a place where unemployed executives are dumped.”
– Trip Chowdhry, Global Equities Research analyst, on the revamping of Hewlett-Packard’s board, which was announced last week. Three of the five new board members at the Silicon Valley tech giant are former eBay CEO Meg Whitman — whose failed California gubernatorial campaign was recently explored by...
“Women’s strength, women’s industry, women’s wisdom are...”
– Michelle Bachelet, executive director of UN Women
Cake and Portal 2: http://is.gd/pTTWV2
*eagletear* Never forget. > @JoshMalina: Today is a sad day for carpetbagging.
“When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the...”
– Sun Tzu,ancient Chinese military general and philosopher