To refer to the worldwide protests of 2011 as the Arab Spring is to mark a serious misnomer.

Interesting take by an old friend of mine.

"Gladwell's distinction between hierarchical vs. decentralized movements is a very necessary one-- but the claim that all offline activism is centralized while all campaigns that rely on digital tools are ad hoc and without direction, is a rather sweeping and strange argument."

Exactly.

"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-

Jon's thoughts on how to improve the flow of data during crisis, based on the Kampala riots.

Nigerian online campaign for sustainable energy: #lightupnigeria

"We face at least three filters in the voices we hear - access, language and bias."

"It's now been more than two weeks since the election, and although the prospects of the Iranian protest movement remain uncertain, the future of the world's armchair revolutionaries looks bright."

Thoughts from Erik Hersman on citizen media in "hot-flash" conflicts

Afghan villagers use cell phone video to disprove U.S. military's account of recent raid