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AMAZING

Best part of the Summit – Neha Viswanathan taught us Bollywood dance moves (ask me about the “screw-in-a-lighbulb-and-pet-the-dog”) this morning to the tune of this:

30.06.2008

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Supporting the Othersphere

The GV Summit is amazing for a number of reasons – the connections we make, the names put to faces, and of course, the sessions. Session 3 today, “When Biases Meet Biases,” China was the hot topic – namely, Tibet and the difference of opinion between the Western media and Chinese media of all forms, [...]

28.06.2008

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GV Summit: Day One: AWESOME!

That’s just a tiny modification to the title of my post on the GV Summit site. Day One was quite awesome, despite the fact that I, as per usual, lost the ability to pay attention near the end of the day. Unfortunately, I was right up front, so I couldn’t just potter off for a [...]

28.06.2008

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GV Summit featured on the European Journalism Centre

GV Summit is featured on the EJC’s front page! When I clicked the link, this photo from last night’s dinner showed up: That’s me with Nasser Wedaddy of HAMSA. He also randomly happens to live two blocks from me! Unfortunately, two other photos of me are also on there, with me making my usual ridiculous [...]

27.06.2008

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GV in The Economist

An article on the GV Summit has just been posted on The Economist’s website. The article focuses on GV Advocacy issues, Internet filtering, and politics.

27.06.2008

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Cross-posted from GV Summit: Day 1, Session 1 and Intros

27.06.2008

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Pop-pop-pop Popples!

I’d like to dedicate the following video to Georgia Popplewell, who did not believe that these little namesakes of hers existed:

26.06.2008

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To the GV Summit!

It’s finally here – tomorrow afternoon I head to BOS to fly to BUD via MAD (JFK on the way back). The Global Voices Summit begins on Friday, with all sessions being reviewed and live-blogged here. I’m really looking forward to it; I’ve been at Berkman for the past two days getting acclimated a bit, [...]

24.06.2008

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George Carlin dies at 71

A few months ago, I had the utmost privilege of getting to see George Carlin perform live.  In fact, I was working at the time, at Boston’s Wang Center, as an usher – so technically, someone paid me to see George Carlin.  And just as I’d expected, he was hilarious. Now, most of my co-workers [...]

23.06.2008

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Gas Prices Crises Don’t Bother Me

I have a car, sort of. I have a car that belongs to my father, but could belong to me the day I decide I want it to. I “borrow” the car when necessary, which is rarely, and I use it for the occasional drive to visit friends, or if I don’t want to take [...]

19.06.2008

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50 Cent in Morocco – WTF

This is disturbing. Rapper 50 Cent spent some time in Morocco, that much I was aware of.  And then this photo (below) surfaced, leading me to have perhaps an ounce of respect for the man – he’s clearly lunching in an average Moroccan home (if the Sidi Ali didn’t tip you off, I don’t know [...]

19.06.2008

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We Beat LA!

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention how incredibly awesome last night’s game was.  The Celtics beat the Lakers by THIRTY-NINE points, if you’re not keeping track. After taking some obligatory photographs near the Garden, we tried to get in to several bars along Canal Street.  When we realized that wouldn’t be happening (Mayor [...]

18.06.2008

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Vanity Fair’s Blogopticon

Although I balk at Michelle Malkin’s blog being referred to as earnest, I was thrilled to see Global Voices included in Vanity Fair’s blogopticon! Thanks, Jose Murilo Junior, for pointing it out!

13.06.2008

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Michelle Malkin should bite me.

Are you reading this?  ‘Cause I am.  First Michelle Malkin takes the kaffiyeh out of the Dunkin’ commercial, and now she’s calling our future First Lady a “baby mama?”  Give me a break! I don’t watch Fox anyway (except for Family Guy, which I suppose I will have to just start watching on DVD/TBS instead) [...]

12.06.2008

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New job!

I’ve been keeping a secret…not very well, I suppose, because I realize that I posted it on twitter (forgetting, of course, that I use friendfeed), but I’m ready for the secret to finally come out… I am leaving my job at a wonderful Boston non-profit to move on to something more my style (I’m currently [...]

11.06.2008

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In the Huffington Post

My first blog post for The Huffington Post’s Off The Bus section is now live.  You can find it here.  The impetus for this is HuffPost’s partership with Voices without Votes.

05.06.2008

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Down with Liz Trotta

This just sickens me. How can this woman even call herself a journalist? I know she’s already apologized, but talk about too little too late.

02.06.2008

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HeyMorocco.com!

A new site on the subject of Moroccan tourism, but catering specifically to North Americans, has launched! The site is fairly bare at the moment, but I’m sure it will soon be populated with wonderful articles. Check out the article on Meknes that I wrote. Perhaps you’ll see more of my work over there!

02.06.2008

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