[liberationtech] Why Policy Forums Should Be Held In Authoritarian States

2012-11-15 Thread Luke Allnutt
Hello everyone, I thought there might be some interest in the list in this piece for RFE/RL written by Sarah Kendzior. http://www.rferl.org/content/hold-events-in-authoritarian-states-sarah-kendzior/24771509.html We're always looking for pieces taking the other side, so if you'd be interested

[liberationtech] Pls Help Cambridge Computer Lab w/ Hoodsquare

2012-11-15 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Anastasios Noulas an...@cl.cam.ac.uk Our research group at the Computer Laboratory in Cambridge University has launched a tool for discovering activity hotspots and neighborhoods in cities. The tool is powered with 6 months of public check-in data sourced from Foursquare. At the moment we

[liberationtech] Are you or one of your PhD students on the job market this year?

2012-11-15 Thread Yosem Companys
If so, please let me know. Stanford's School of Engineering has a junior (untenured) search underway this year, and I have been asked to recommend great potential candidates to the Search Committee. The ideal candidate would be someone who has a mixed engineering / social science background.

[liberationtech] Please help make SpeakSafe Better

2012-11-15 Thread Manisha Aryal (mani...@internews.org)
Dear friends at liberationtech: Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far to this discussion about SpeakSafe. We genuinely appreciate your feedback and we're hopeful we can continue the conversation with you - together or individually - to improve this digital safety primer. While we

[liberationtech] Stanford Bitly Enterprise Account

2012-11-15 Thread Yosem Companys
Stanford recently signed up for a university-wide bitly enterprise account. Unless someone strongly objects, @LiberationTech will start using it. Should you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. Thanks, Yosem-- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: