I’m looking forward to reading this recently published report from the Internet & Democracy Project out of the Berkman Center titled  Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture and Dissent.  Interestingly, they found that Arabic bloggers tend to be more concerned with domestic rather than international issues, at least in their blogs.  Some snippets below. We [...]

Excellent video providing a brief history of Iran and showing how young Iranians are using blogging to bypass social and cultural barriers. It reminds me of a question I grappled with not too long ago after reading Yochai Benkler’s Wealth of Networks: what happens when you put the means of production in the hands of [...]

One of these days I will get consistent at blogging.  I think this blog marks my 3rd attempt.  I’ve been so incredibly busy with school (self-imposed definitely) that I haven’t had time recently to make a half-witted comment about anything.  And even if I did attempt to make some sort of cultural commentary, my musings [...]