Archive for Category: "Citizen Media"

The world according to Twitter

The world according to Twitter

Every place has its unique sounds. And not unlike a scar, these sounds become part of the fibre of that place. They’re the sounds without which a Place would be just another place with meandering, no-name streets. On Monday I was reminded of Israel’s sounds and how hard they are to drown out once heard. [...]

The Oprah-Ashton playground … enter at own risk

The Oprah-Ashton playground … enter at own risk

“Oprah, of course … without a doubt,” she said. And for a while I sat in amused silence. In mild shock. And processed this. I had given my friend two options : Oprah or the school girl from Afghanistan maimed with acid for wanting an education. “Whose daily musings would you be most interested in?” [...]

What we can learn from Moldova

What we can learn from Moldova

I could never claim to be a twitter-box (a twitter chatterbox) or twitter-lebratory. I don’t have hoards of followers who hang on my every word, retweeting as they see fit. And I doubt any of my carefully crafted 140-character tweets have been turned into mantras. No, I’m certainly not one of those A list twitter-users [...]