U2 performing in Madison Garden, 2005 (© Wikipedia Brown / Wiki Commons) FOR a band formed 31 years ago, U2 still rocks! Not only is it still making good music and speaking up on socio-political issues, it is also setting new benchmarks in the use of online technology. A record-breaking 96,000 fans watched the U2 […]
crowdsourcing
A netizen revolution
By Cindy ThamI LEARNT a Swahili word recently: “Ushahidi.” It means “testimony”. It’s also the name of a crowdsourcing platform for people to post crisis information. People on the ground witnessing a crisis can send information about it through text messages on the mobile phone, e-mail or other web forms. Screenshot of Ushahidi Developed by Kenyan bloggers […]
Blogging the Mumbai attacks
By Cindy Tham(© Rodolfo Clix / sxc.hu) SOCIAL networking sites and blogs already bustle with messages and images on normal days. Last week, traffic shot up, as eyewitnesses posted gruesome reports on the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, on 26 Nov 2008. Other than going to the websites of news organisations for the latest reports and other […]
