Politics

November 4th is voting day peeps – Just. Do. It.

November 4, 2008, by happykatie in Politics

Vote early and vote often — or hey, just vote period.

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noneck shines the light on China with Qik / live video streaming

August 13, 2008, by happykatie in political technology, Politics, Social media learnin' 101 series, Travel, Video, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Continuing on the power of Qik motif (see Congressman Culberson’s live video activity here), Noel Hidalgo (aka:  @noneck) has been off changing the world again, this time stirring up trouble (in all the best ways) in China during the Olympics. He and John Hocevar (founder of Students for a Free Tibet) were interviewed by Amy [...]

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Can technology change the Burmese landscape?

October 3, 2007, by happykatie in Politics

As always, I’m loving the ways that technology is helping people organize and communicate on important issues.  The monastic uprising in Burma’s backlash is a perfect example of real humans connecting online to change the offline world.  Here’s how: 1.  Online education2.  Real world event planning3.  Solidarity through technology4.  Real voices, real stories How will [...]

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And now we bring you the Democratic debate… sponsored by YouTube

May 17, 2007, by happykatie in political technology, Politics, Video

Like a bajillion other people (‘bajillion = a highly technical count of users, incidentally), I use YouTube for brilliant video finds like GalagaGal’s ‘Waiting for a bus’ and Mr. Show videos.  But lately YouTube has been making me look/feel so much smarter by smashing really great political content into my ordinarily chuckle-induced online video world.  [...]

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Thailand censors the Web – seriously bad news

May 10, 2007, by happykatie in Politics, Web/Tech

Some terrible news via the Bangkok Metblog on a new Cyberbill: Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly approved a controversial law this week which could seriously effect how Thailand’s internet users use the web. The main effect of the bill is to outlaw any attempt at bypassing government censors to access any of the thousands of sites [...]

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