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Category Archives: Civic Engagment and Technology
Breaking up the Cauc-Asian Male Tech Cartel
It seems to me that, at least in the United States, the degree to which males, whites and to some extent Asians are overrepresented demographically among software developers, savvy application and web power-users, and website administrators is tantamount to an … Continue reading
Grassroots Tech: Managing Volunteers
In many small grassroots groups I have been involved in, there are real challenges put upon leaders and coordinators (who are likely already putting in time and shouldering a task list way beyond the normal scope of human capacity) to … Continue reading
Thank You Aaron, R.I.P. and let us never forget
PREFACE: I am short on time and greater thinkers than I have extensively covered Aaron Swartz’s life, his work and suicide. This is not intended as a research piece, but rather a reflection along thought lines I have already been … Continue reading
Facebook v Email for Grassroots Organizing
Some of us, and I include myself in this critique, spend so much time with phone in hand or in front of laptop screens, reading Facebook notifications rolling in and posting and sharing on our profiles and in groups and … Continue reading
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