Uganda leads the pack; over 1000 proposals!

Nominate projects by 9/14; winners get $5k or a 3 year Ashoka Fellowship.

"people are going to be looking closely for the man behind the curtain in citizen media for a long time to come."

Why the Voice of America's new iPhone app for Iranians isn't all that exciting. Reason one: normal iPhones don't work in Iran.

"Last week’s riots led to something of a phenomenon in Uganda. In a country that has only recently gotten access to a fibre-optic cable and where a tiny fraction of the population are online, the Internet, for the first time, played a central role in disseminating information."

"It was scary, it was fun, it was deadly, it was beautiful. It was in essence, a coming of age. We were seeing technology in Uganda rise up to fill a gaping void and empower social change. It was the start of something wonderful, amazing, and big."

TechMasai gives Ugandan netizens a C-

great conversation between Ethan Zuckerman & the NYT's Robert Mackey on journalistic responsibility and citizen media

"Look for sources that disprove your thesis. Go outside the country and outside your comfort zone. See what, say, China's news agency reports about the protests."

badass.

wondering why I haven't seen this until now

",,,the medium is hard to dismiss as a reporters' tool, particularly in countries where cell-phone networks reach farther than the internet. At 4:53 am local time on January 18th Juliana Rotich, a blogger in Kenya, tweeted in her own cablese, “in town n