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		<title>Michael Thompson: Algae fighting over the surface of a ping-pong ball</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Prefontaine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've been stuck swinging back and forth between the hierarchical and individualistic, the old public versus private debate. This model is inadequate and misleading. Instead we should  imagine four different colours of algae competing over the surface of a ping-pong ball. When one gets bigger the others shrink. The edges are constantly changing.]]></description>
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		<title>Ushahidi: Crowdsourcing Crisis Information</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Prefontaine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ushahidi (&#8220;testimony&#8221; in Swahili) is an experimental web platform that crowdsources crisis information. People can submit reports via text messaging using a mobile phone, email, or the web. Looks like it can be deployed (sorry, geek speak) for a specific crisis. It was most recently use to track events in Gaza and was also used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For my American friends: the Elite Escape Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Prefontaine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sent to me today by a friend in the United States. Gotta love a man with a Plan B.]]></description>
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