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Posted By: jongbloed
Posted On: Sep 23, 2008
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Just found out about this network of bloggers and wiki. Pretty exciting to find all these great sites all in one spot: changebloggers.pbwiki.com/FrontPage ... [view]
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Posted By: jongbloed
Posted On: Sep 16, 2008
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Tomorrow I’m headed to Hacking Back: The Battle for Human Rights Online , with a presentation by Ron Diebert from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab . (7pm at Innis Town Hall).
Also on this week are the Idealist Grad Fair and the International Day of Peace , as well as...... [view]
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Posted By: jongbloed
Posted On: Sep 4, 2008
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First day of Medicine 2.0 today. In general, the conference hasn’t focused on my global health and tech interests but is looking at practical solutions for Western health issues. It was probably naive of me, but I didn’t expect such an academic focus: the presenters keep...... [view]
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Posted By: jongbloed
Posted On: Aug 22, 2008
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The Undercurrent Canadian Undergraduate Journal of Development Studies publishes open source academic papers by Canada’s International Development undergrads, covering topics from indigenous land rights to microcredit to media representation of the developing world.
Undercurrent...... [view]
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Posted By: jongbloed
Posted On: Aug 14, 2008
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More on the Reaching Millions: Youth, AIDS and the Digital Age session for MobileActive.org . ... [view]
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Posted By: jongbloed
Posted On: Aug 6, 2008
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Here at the AIDS Conference, with sessions for more than 20,000 people, attendees have to choose their time wisely. I find myself often wishing that I could be in two places at once, and struggling to decide whether I should go to the sessions on topics I know nothing about, or those that...... [view]
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Posted By: jongbloed
Posted On: Jul 17, 2008
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Lately I’ve been getting really into how people are using Web 2.0 for global change. I’ve been learning more about sites and projects from socially-conscious social networks (like TakingITGlobal , Change.org , and Razoo ) to mashups for humanitarian crisis reporting (like...... [view]
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Posted By: jongbloed
Posted On: May 3, 2008
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I’ve been spending too much time reading other people’s blogs this week than posting, and have also been slightly distracted by something called finishing my degree! Anyway, I wanted to share these great blogs I’ve been reading lately. A lot of them focus on web 2.0 and...... [view]
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Posted By: jongbloed
Posted On: Feb 29, 2008
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Last year, around this time, I got excited about Facebook Causes application, and the potential for social networking as a tool for fundraising and awareness on development issues.
Just up, YouTube and Google have ramped up their social engagement, allowing you more ways to give and...... [view]
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Posted By: jongbloed
Posted On: Mar 26, 2008
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World according to the Human Development Index
Sometimes it feels like we only engage with Africa through demoralizing statistics. This many millions suffering from Disease X, this many billions in debt, this many millions living below the poverty line.
I’m sick of...... [view]
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