Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Oct 10, 2007	Blog Action Day
Like almost 10,000 other bloggers, I am taking part in Blog Action Day on 15 October. For once, the blogosphere will resonate with one, common topic: the environment. It’ll be interesting to see if and how this will work, and whether it will have a lasting impact. Personally,...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Jul 23, 2007	What to do with icanhasprotest.com?
Ethan Zuckerman, in his infinite creativity, has just purchased the site http://icanhasprotest.com/ . The idea came from an exchange with commenters on an excellent blog-post about the connection between cute cats and web censorship  - i.e. how Web 2.0 online tools have been used...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Jul 19, 2007	Babelblogs launched
On the savory topic of Web 2.0 as a social-change and political participation tool, café babel - the infamous online magazine for Europhiles and their chums -  has just launched Babelblogs , a unique multilingual blogging platform in Europe . Apparently: Babelblogs are European:...... [view]

Posted By:  isnaypmedia Posted On:  Apr 27, 2007	New People's Army Mindanao
Video documentaries and coverages from the New People's Army in Mindanao. Kilab: Magpet Raid Coverage The Merardo Arce Command of the New People's Army in Mindanao presents Kilab. A coverage of the June 2005 NPA Mindanao's raid of a police headquarters in Magpet, North Cotabato. In this...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  May 23, 2007	Nominations
I promise I won’t let this go to my head, and I promise if I win I won’t give a 2-hour weepy thank you speech dressed in a pink frock, but you should all know that GlobaLab has received its first Blog nomination ( blogination ?), courtesy of David Weman down at A Fistful of...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  May 21, 2007	World War E launched
Just because managing 3 blogs really isn’t enough, Jon at Surface Cut has asked me to join him in the creation and running of World War E , Dispatches from the Network Society. This new blog will look at the changing nature of international realtions, power politics,...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Apr 27, 2007	Evgeny Morozov on Web 2.0 as the future of activism
Evgeny Morozov, Director of New Media at Transitions Online , where he focuses on promoting citizen journalism in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union, has just written an article for the Globalist on Blogs As the New Frontier in Human Rights , which...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Apr 30, 2007	More on blogging
Two good articles on blogging: one on the NY Times on Matthew Lee, one of two accredite bloggers at the UN, and one on the Washington Post  on how women are increaingly harassed across the blogosphere. Via Jon. ... [view]