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Growing up Digital
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Growing up digital has heavily influenced the course of my life. The first computer I used was an old Macintosh at age four years old. From then on it was love. When I was eight I taught myself Photoshop, and was always playing with programs like Kidpix. As a teenager I kept a website, found free hosting and got donated a domain name by a fan and made awesome mashup art. It was in the days before blogging, and things like message boards and IRC were hot.

Right from the start of my digital education, I have been self-taught. In the spirit of the open knowledge commons that are embedded in the internet's founding principles, anything that I didn't know how to do on a computer I could find a tutorial on. Growing up with the internet has taught me to conceptualize knowledge in a different way. I see knowledge as networked, with every issue connected. I also see solutions in terms of networks, looking at how we can work together and share knowledge to empower our communities.

June 26, 2008 | 12:17 AM Comments  1 comments



This is Global Hip Hop.
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June 21, 2008 | 1:29 AM Comments  0 comments



International AIDS Conference 2008
About this event: XVII International AIDS Conference

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I am really excited for the International AIDS Conference! I was at the conference when it was in Toronto in 2006 and it was such an amazing experience to hear everyone's struggles in battling HIV/AIDS.

I look forward to checking out the resources on the youth site, and getting to know the stories of those who are participating. I am really interested in the ways that we can utilize social networks and mobile technologies in the conference. I think that mobile blogging is definitely one way to go. For example one can post text by sending the blog entry to username-password@tigblog.org -- replace username with your username, and password with your password!

It will be cool to try out some mobile video blogging technology, such as applications like Qik. Qik can be used by most smart phones, and is an application for streaming live video over the internet. While it already works on Nokia smart phones, it will be coming to the iPhone officially next week.

I think that youth can use these technologies as a form of mobile grassroots journalism. It will be interesting to look at what other ways youth communicate at the conference, as youth from around the world have different new media habits. In certain countries like Brazil and India, Social Networks are the big fad, while in other countries mobile phones dominate social communications. Youth may trade tips on media use, creating transnational media habits and sharing best practices in Citizen Media production.

June 13, 2008 | 11:38 PM Comments  0 comments



Super Monkey Ball? I hope you're kidding...
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Looks like the iPhone hasn't come far. Faster internet, more contracts, a few new applications that don't really rival the ones that us Jailbreakers already have. Many of the applications did blow me away I have to admit. The blogging app was very impressive, as well as Loopt, an app that networks friends through a mapping system, and allows users to exchange Twitter-like messages based on their locations. Associated Press has done some cool stuff as well, with mobile reporting systems and locative reporting. Music software Band was pretty cool, but the lowest of low, was Sega's Super Monkey Ball.

Yet what I really wanted from iPhone wasn't a whole bunch of apps created by multimillion dollar start-ups and corporations, but more innovative apps that push the boundaries and serve as tools for social justice. What I really wanted from Apple were things as simple as having a rape whistle app. With one push of a button, your phone emits a loud scary noise, and instantly sends text alerts with your location to your emergency numbers, including the police.

Just one idea out of many of social applications to create more dynamic software. I'm sure these types of applications will emerge out of the woodwork the longer the SDK program is running. I can't wait until all the beta apps I've grown to love have developed into mature adults, yet I hope that the beta innovation of the web 2.0 era will prosper, creating new cutting edge innovation.

What Apple needs to remember is the root of the philosophy of the internet, creating an environment where the individual is not controlled by the network with open application development for unlimited innovation.

June 9, 2008 | 10:03 PM Comments  0 comments



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