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SnapImpact is a free application that uses your current location to identify upcoming events in your area related to a myriad of socially conscious causes. Categories include:
– Animal Protection and Welfare
– Arts and Culture
– Civil/Social Action
– Disaster Relief
– Education
– Environment
– Health and Medicine
– Religion
links for 2009-09-15
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"Subversive Tech and Burma's Struggle for Democracy" involved a presentation by Digital Democracy on the use of technology inside and along Burma's borders, footage from the Sept 2007 Saffron Revolution, where mobile phones and the internet allowed protesters to coordinate and publicize the largest protests seen in a generation, and a Q&A with "Stanley", a Burmese computer programmer and chairperson of the All Burma IT Students Union.
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Introducing Digital Democracy! Journey with us around the world as we share the story behind our creation. Get a glimpse of our previous work – from Thailand to South Africa to Armenia. Meet the team behind Digital Democracy, and learn how you can play a role in #DdTv.
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This is for http://openideals.com/ITP2800 – Week 2 – Burma VJ is a moving and shocking account of the popular protests that broke out across Rangoon in 2007. It relies entirely on documentary footage shot by undercover reporters which has been piece…
links for 2009-09-14
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The conflict in Kashmir has been reported over the years through traditional media channels like newspapers, radio and television, but over the two years there has been an explosion of citizen journalism.
Young men armed with their mobile phones are capturing every disturbance in the disputed state of Kashmir in an effort to combat what they see as restrictive policing.
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OS Map is a tool to turn your Android phone into a handy Ordnance Survey map, with your GPS position pinpointed on it! For support and frequently asked questions, please scroll down. OS Map is completely free, and available to download via the Android Market.
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It's been over 11 months since the Android first hit the scene with HTC's T-Mobile G1, and in that time we've come to the conclusion that, despite having more or less a clean slate on industrial design choices and specs, little progress has been made in the way of variation. Stacked up side-to-side, Motorola CLIQ manages to stand out with a slide-out keyboard and MOTOBLUR skin, but under the hood, it's pretty much as uniform as a netbook. Peruse for yourself in the chart above.
links for 2009-09-11
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Modernizr is a small and simple JavaScript library that helps you take advantage of emerging web technologies (CSS3, HTML 5) while still maintaining a fine level of control over older browsers that may not yet support these new technologies.
links for 2009-09-10
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The current MySQL preference pane is not 64-bit compatible on Snow Leopard. As a result, I built a new preference pane that is compatible with both 64-bit and 32-bit Intel processors as well as 32-bit PowerPC processors.