Monthly Archives: April 2010

What a Difference a Year Makes

Written by jessica. Posted on April 30, 2010. Filed under News. Tagged , , , , , , . 4 Comments.
A pair of hands sign a form.
For Lebanon’s parliamentary elections in June 2009, citizen media hadn’t quite achieved the critical mass it needed to mobilize. True, the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (LADE) mobilized more than 2,000 SMS-enabled monitors and Sharek961 implemented the first instance of the crowdsourced crisis-mapping application Ushahidi, but beyond these interventions and a handful of existing bloggers, [...]

A Secular Sunday in Lebanon

Written by jessica. Posted on April 26, 2010. Filed under News. Tagged , , , , , , , , . No comments.
@abzzy holds up a sign with sectarian, #epic, #fail at the leblaique march
Sunday was a gorgeous day in sun and spirit. So, we also wanted to commemorate it with a roundup links to some of the stories about #leblaique and highlighted some of the most poignant observations. We’d love it if you’d post links to the Arabic stories about the march in the comments section (there’s also [...]

Securing Your WordPress Blog, from abaadblogs

Written by jessica. Posted on April 16, 2010. Filed under News. 1 Comment.
Picture of a scary guy wearing a mask.
In advance of our Basic Internet Privacy and Security workshop, which we’re hosting tomorrow in our offices, from 10 am to 4 pm, blogger and web developer Mireille Raad, our very first guest blogger, offered to write up a few tips on securing your WordPress blog from hacking attempts. You’ll also find this post on [...]