links for 2008-12-19

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links for 2008-12-16

  • QuickConnect is a small, powerful, modular, simple to use, application development library available for many languages. The QuickConnect library is currently available for: iPhone Java J2EE PHP Erlang Yaws AJAX and Flash.
  • Welcome to Ride the City, a website that helps you find the safest bike route between any two points in New York City.

    The concept is pretty simple. Just like MapQuest, Google, Microsoft, and other mapping programs, Ride the City finds the shortest distance between two points. But there are two major differences. First, RTC excludes roads that aren't meant for biking, like the BQE and the Queens Midtown tunnel. Second, RTC tries to locate routes that maximize the use of bike lanes and greenways.

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Wednesday Panel: Web2.0 Activist Model Case Studies

This Wednesday I’m speaking at what will be a very interesting event in Williamsburg hosted and organized by the fine folks at The Change You Want To See Gallery. Deanna Zandt, Nancy Scola and I will be discussing our personal experiences and insights gained through our work with applying new technology to a variety of causes and movements in 2008.

Hope to see you there!

Over the past two years, Web 2.0 technologies have matured and so have the methods activists use to employ them. In 2008, activists from around the world used Web 2.0 to take command of the digital airwaves pioneering new forms of political mobilization. From Student’s for a Free Tibet’s live streamed protests in Beijing, to RNC protesters coordinating actions and monitoring police movements on Twitter to mass digital mobilizations for humanitarian relief and election protection, Web 2.0 is no longer just for social networking and fundraising.

Wednesday, December 17, 7:30pm
The Change You Want To See Gallery
http://www.thechangeyouwanttosee.org
84 Havemeyer Street, at Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11211