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Omar Azfar
There are certain people I don’t maintain relationships with. Haven’t seen them in years; don’t keep in touch. But I like them. Fiercely. I respect what they do. And I know that we’re all working toward the same goal: repairing the world. My friend Karim Kasim, in his lovely poetic and Egyptian way, says that [...]
Continue reading...Reflections on “I Believe in Open” candidate responses
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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I was just browsing through the results section of the ibelieveinopen.ca campaign website. Candidates can respond yes or no to each of the five commitments and post comments, some of which give nice insights into the sort of people you may be voting for. I noticed two things: Andrew Graham, the NDP candidate from New [...]
Continue reading...I believe in open: Take a stand for government transparency
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
I recently joined the advisory board of VisibleGovernment.ca, a non-partisan, non-profit organization that promotes online tools for government transparency in Canada. We’ve just launched our first project — ibelieveinopen.ca — a site that collects pledges from Member of Parliament (MP) candidates to commit to making five improvements to government transparency. The site also collects signups [...]
Continue reading...Blogging for Good Governance
Saturday, June 28, 2008
This week I was in Kampala and had the opportunity to meet a friend-of-a-friend, John Gattorn, a super-cool dude who does human rights and democracy work. As I’m obsessed with finding practical ways to use technology for social change, I told him about Global Voices Advocacy and their guide to blogging anonymously. Two days later, [...]
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Nathan Englander reads Isaac Bashevis Singer’s “Disguised” for The New Yorker’s monthly reading and conversation with Deborah Treisman. Englander’s voice couldn’t be more perfect.
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Early in his career, professor Mark Rowlands had two loves: philosophy and Brenin, a wolf he was forced to bring along to his lectures. Through their relationship, Rowlands started examining his work and life. Listen on CBC’s Ideas, via EarIdeas.
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Every month, The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, hosts a reading and conversation with a well-known writer. August 2009 featured Joshua Ferris reading George Saunders’s “Adams.” The rhythm is magnificent.
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- Policy & Technology: Edward Tufte’s keynote for Tech@State's Data Visualization event
- Using mobile technology to collect data
- Robert Bonardi: Christine, I greatly enjoyed the use of the map for visualizing (sorry about the "zeds")informati...
- Christine: Thanks for your comment. One note: This was not meant as epistemological treatise on innovation or o...
- DF Bunnell: There is a tendency for every generation to not only think, but genuinely believe that we just, some...
- Chris Coward: Here's a library getting in on the action http://bit.ly/u4XDU2...
- Chris Coward: Excellent work! I like the four dimensions and the characteristics you list. One point to underscore...
- Wayan: My big takeaway was Joel's startling statistic that +90% of all stock management in healthcare is vo...
- Christine: If you want to practice ...
- Alex: so, now pleasure goeth before a fall? that's not supposed to be the way things go!...
- Dani: Oh so good to read you like this! What a life of luxury you lead!! Well deserved I say....
- Christine: Along the same lines... Julien tweeted this ...
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
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