Monthly Archives: September 2008

Aether9: The Art of Remote Online Storytelling

Written by jessica. Posted on September 26, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , . No comments.
The Beirut Street Festival has been celebrating art and culture by bringing performance to the street since 2002. Out-of-doors and free-of-charge, the festival started early this September and will continue till the end of November. What caught our attention this year is a project by the Æther9 group titled: “When Antennas Convert Love in Space–A [...]

خمس خطوات سهلة لتصبح ناشطاً على الإنترنت

Written by jessica. Posted on September 26, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , . No comments.
في أوائل شهر أيلول / سبتمبر من هذه السنة ، اعتقل المدوّن المغربي محمد الرّاجي بعد نشره لمقال على شبكة الإنترنت ينتقد فيه الملك. و بُعيد اعتقاله ، بدأت منظمة ديجي أكتيف تنظّم حملة “أكشن ألرت” لإطلاق سراح محمد. كما أن مختلف المنظمات الدولية مثل مراسلون بلا حدود ومنظمة العفو الدولية و لجنة حماية الصحفيين [...]

Five Easy Steps to Becoming a Cyberactivist

Written by jessica. Posted on September 26, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , . No comments.
Earlier this September, Mohammed Erraji, a Moroccan blogger, was arrested following the publication of an online article criticizing the King. As soon as he was detained, Digiactive started an online “Action Alert” campaign to free Mohammed. Various international organizations such as Reporters without Borders, Amnesty International, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and IFEX also issued [...]

Get Creative: Use Twitter with your Blog!

Written by jessica. Posted on September 23, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , . No comments.
Dash through the Twitter/blogging experience. Armed with a phrase of 140 characters, you can use Twitter to the benefit of your blog. Because Twitter is a place to share almost anything, striking up a random conversation will help you make connections with your followers and thus, enhance networking.It takes a simple post to engage an [...]

A response from Google

Written by jessica. Posted on September 23, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , . No comments.
So this weekend I wrote Google to ask why they don’t allow computer users in Syria to download Chrome. Here’s what they said: “In accordance with US export controls and economic sanctions regulations, we are unable to permit the download of Google Chrome in Syria.” This didn’t exactly answer all my questions. So I asked again, where [...]