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December 28th, 2004
Emergency Action Blog initiative
After the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia, bloggers from India quickly set up The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami blog for news and information about resources, aid, donations and volunteer efforts. This blog's an invaluable coordination effort, and it pointed to the need for a more robust and permanent site ...
December 27th, 2004
GV Covenant: Spanish version
The Global Voices covenant in Spanish, thanks to Ricardo Bello:
Creemos en la libertad de expresión: en proteger el derecho a hablar – y el derecho a escuchar. Creemos en el acceso universal a las herramientas de expresión.
Con ese fin, queremos empoderar a todos los que deseen expresarse para que tengas ...
December 24th, 2004
Making Podcasting Accessible for All
Hi everyone... I've just posted my first podcast. The topic of this five-minute audio is the growth of podcasting and the subsequent accessibility challenges faced by the hearing impaired. I'm hoping it's the first in a series of podcasts from me on a variety of issues related to the Internet, the media and the digital divide, among other topics.
If you have a good Internet connection you can download the podcast; it's just over five megabytes in size. Otherwise, a transcript of the podcast can be found on my blog.
For those of you who want to subscribe to my future podcasts using software like iPodderX, please use my blog's RSS feed.
December 23rd, 2004
Global Voices Covenant 0.2
SJ has posted a frozen version of the Global Voices Manifesto, renamed the Global Voices Covenant (version 0.2). The current version:
We believe in free speech: in protecting the right to speak -- and the right to listen. We believe in universal access to the tools of speech.
To that ...
December 21st, 2004
Whither BloggerCorps?
BloggerCorps has had its first success story in Kentucky: Bob Cornett reports that his education-focused grassroots group has found a local blogger to help them build a blogging strategy, thanks to our site. Unfortunately the other two organizations - in England and the Middle East - have not been so ...
Conference Raw Audio Posted
Below is the raw audio for all Global Voices sessions. Please note that not everybody spoke clearly into the mike, so some people are more audible than others. For the most complete experience you may want to follow along with SJ's transcripts (session 2 onward).
Thanks again to Benjamen ...
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