.+We Operate Best Together+. » Global http://www.weoperatebesttogether.org Mapping the Stories of Creativity and Social Innovation Worldwide Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:12:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Support “Little Brother” vs. Big Brother http://www.weoperatebesttogether.org/2009/12/09/support-little-brother-vs-big-brother/ http://www.weoperatebesttogether.org/2009/12/09/support-little-brother-vs-big-brother/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:54:39 +0000 Morgan http://www.weoperatebesttogether.org/?p=382

I just got an email from my friend Emily Jacobi asking for support for a cool project.  If you remember, I had the pleasure ofworking with Digital Democracy on their Handheld Human Rights project during NetSquared’s 2009 Conference.  This latest project is an extension of their project.

They’re looking to translate a book called “Little Brother” into 4 Burmese languages.  The money will support activists living around Burma’s borders who will translate the book and distribute it around the country.

Inspiring social change – through a book – using online fundraising.  This is old school AND new school activism.  How can wenot support it?

Make a pledge here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1033999452/little-brother-vs-big-brother

Books are one of the few things you can never waste money on.

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This is some exciting news from my fellow awesomes over at Digital Democracy.  Read their news below or become a fan of their Facebook Page.

Gabe Hopkins sent a message to the members of Digital Democracy.

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Subject: Programs Launch in Southeast Asia

This month we have extremely exciting news as we have launched two of our programs: Handheld Human Rights and Project Einstein. All we have achieved was only possible thanks to a lot of hard work and support from people like you.

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We conducted the initial training for Handheld Human Rights with our Thailand-based partner the All Burma IT Student Union (ABITSU). Together we acquired the necessary equipment to set up the portal to house the network, installed InSTEDD’s Geochat,  trained our partners on portal maintenance and, most importantly, trained on issues of security which will allow human rights workers to securely share critical information with each other across borders. Many thanks to ABITSU for such a successful launch.

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We also completed a photo training over a two day period with students in a refugee camp in Mae La, Thailand. In this training, as with those we did in Bangladesh and South Africa, the students let their creativity and talent shine above and beyond our expectations. We’re excited to have completed the initial steps for having Thailand connected to Project Einstein, and to start work on the book that will showcase the young people’s photographs.

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This past month, our own DdTv page was launched on Witness’s The Hub, an interactive community which allows people to share, watch, and comment on video that explores important human rights issues. Our page showcases our organization, and importantly provides a space to view each DdTv episode as it is released. Soon, viewers will be able to explore links to relevant sites, videos, and additional reading material about the issues DdTv explores. We’re excited to be working with Witness, and to explore how this partnership will evolve.

Catch up on all new DdTv episodes on the DdTv page of our website or subscribe via iTunes, Miro, http://www.facebook.com/l/6188b;channels.com, Pando, or RSS

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Along with documenting our work in Thailand through episodes of DdTv, we also tried some exciting experiments streaming live from the field online. Thanks to the support of Nokia and WoMWorld we were able to take two Nokia N97s with us to Thailand and the results were exciting unedited looks into the tech community of Bangkok, and a refugee camp where we were launching Project Einstein.

Even if you missed the live streams you can still catch the recorded versions on our channel on http://www.facebook.com/l/6188b;Qik.com.

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Whew! That’s a big update, but September was a big month and we wanted to be sure to share the exciting news with all of you.

Many Thanks,

Mark, Liz, Gabe & Emily
Digital Democracy
109 W. 27th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10001
+1-347-688-DDEM

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This is a comprehensive, user-maintained, list of Hackerspaces throughout the world. We have also a list of planned Hacker Spaces.

If we’re missing your space or you want and/or are about to create a new one, please add yourself to the list.

After doing some research last night, I came across 3 maps of creative spaces in Europe (and the world).  Here they are:

  1. Hacker spaces around Europe – great places to drop in to use internet, meet cool/creative folks.  My friend Mitch turned me on to it and has toured pretty extensively to them…
  2. Co-working spaces around the world – similar to hackspaces, but places where you can go to get work done.  Global movement.
  3. SHARE Global Network – a personal favorite.  They’ve got a wonderful listserv that supports the creation of new SHAREs around the world.  They were invaluable in helping me co-found the 3rd global node of SHARE in San Diego.

What other spaces do you know of?  Any cool user-created maps fo similar out there?

UPDATE: I’m finding more places slowy and will be adding them here:

Pecha Kucha Night – “Use this map to find all the Pecha Kucha Night events around the world. Click on the icons to view the city name and then click on the city name to visit the Pecha Kucha Night page for that city.”

Net Tuesdays
“Every month, the NetSquared community comes together offline at Net Tuesday events to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate. These gatherings provide a chance for all those interested in the intersection of social technologies and social change, whether you’re part of a nonprofit organization or a for-profit organization, a funder or a consultant, a developer or an entrepreneur.”

ChangeCamp
“ChangeCamp is an event format, an open community and a set of tools and ideas designed to give citizens and governments the ability to work collaboratively in new ways to make change and to better address real-world challenges in our communities.”

]]> http://www.weoperatebesttogether.org/2009/06/23/3-maps-of-creative-technology-spaces-in-europe-and-the-world/feed/ 2 The Evolution of My Travel Plans http://www.weoperatebesttogether.org/2009/06/03/the-evolution-of-my-travel-plans/ http://www.weoperatebesttogether.org/2009/06/03/the-evolution-of-my-travel-plans/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:48:20 +0000 Morgan http://travel.memeshift.com/?p=108

Been nicely busy, enthused about travel + crossing things off lists + planting seeds… Maker Faire was awesome. Still buzzing after the win at Netsquared.  My relationships with cool folks out there on teh interwebz and the world are much stronger now, and traveling seems that much more important. Coming back to SF/Bay Area and ‘normal’ life just seems so…small, like only a tiny, tiny part out of some much bigger calling…

After this past week, I’m really thinking I just want to be a nomad for a while – not just these 5 weeks in Europe, but something longer.  Connect with others doing cool cool community work around the world, while supporting myself consulting, making music and djing (for charity?).  Occasionally getting some nice, full rest would be nice too:)

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I want to go to Europe this summer to make and learn about the electronic arts with local organizations, events and communities. I have a passion for (and experience) empowering creative communities through technology.

Having served for 2.5 with the AmeriCorps CTC VISTA Project (like domestic Peace Corps for media arts/technology centers) and the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture , I am committed to sharing my passion and knowledge in service to the communities and work I love.

I would like to share this same commitment to public service in my travels abroad by documenting the ‘best practices’ of independent artists’ communities in other countries and ‘sharing them back’ to my American peers.

Aside from being an independent electronic musician/artist myself, I can offer a range of professional online social networking services for an cultural/artist exchange program or any other kind of organization, network or event.

You can read highlights of my creative/work history here.

Stay tuned for updates as I develop this campaign. You can always sponsor/donate to my cause by making a pledge to my Kickstarter campaign or share my free album to get the word out.

Thanks for reading!

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