[liberationtech] Wickr: Can the Snapchat for Grown-Ups Save You From Spies?

2013-03-05 Thread Yosem Companys
http://mashable.com/2013/03/04/wickr/ Wickr: Can the Snapchat for Grown-Ups Save You From Spies? by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, Mashable In the online world, our digital footprints hardly ever wash away. The Internet never forgets — and neither does social media. Web users are coming to

[liberationtech] Can HAM radio be used for communication between health workers in rural areas with no cell connectivity?

2013-03-05 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Dr. Tusharkanti Dey dr.tusharkanti...@gmail.com Dear All, I am proposing to set up a ICT based health project in tribal areas with poor infrastructural facilities with poor cell phone connectivity due to unstable signal strengths. i have learnt that HAM radio software from HamSphere is

[liberationtech] CfP: 4S, Surveillance Big Data Mediation (March 15)

2013-03-05 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Torin Monahan torin.mona...@unc.edu, Anders Albrechtslund a...@hum.au.dk Call for Papers (w/ apologies for cross-listing) Surveillance and the Mediation of Big Data 4S session(s) organized by Torin Monahan and Anders Albrechtslund 4S Annual Meeting (http://www.4sonline.org/meeting) San

[liberationtech] [SPAM:####] CfP: Society, Informatics and Cybernetics (March 19)

2013-03-04 Thread Yosem Companys
7th International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics: IMSCI 2013 (www.2013iiisconferences.org/imsci) to be held in Orlando, Florida, USA, on July 9-12, 2013. The extended deadline of papers/abstracts submissions and invited session proposals is *March 19th, 2013*. The

[liberationtech] CfP: Democracy Technology (Paris) / March, 12 2013

2013-03-04 Thread Yosem Companys
Call for papers - 6th Tensions of Europe Conference Democracy and Technology. Europe in Tension, from the 19th to the 21st century Extended deadline for paper abstracts: March 12, 2013 Homepage of the conference (informations and submission): http://toe2013paris.sciencesconf.org/ Overall

Re: [liberationtech] [SPAM:####] Re: [SPAM:####] CfP: Society, Informatics and Cybernetics (March 19)

2013-03-04 Thread Yosem Companys
I wasn't aware it was a scam. These announcements typically come from various lists. From now on, I'll make sure to post only those that come from academics/practitioners we know. Best, Yosem On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:13 PM, scarp sc...@tormail.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-

[liberationtech] CfP: International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2013)!

2013-03-03 Thread Yosem Companys
From: David Brown d.br...@i-society.eu ** CALL FOR PAPERS ** International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2013) 24-26 June, 2013 University of Toronto, Hart House, Toronto, Canada www.i-society.eu

[liberationtech] Request for Endorsement for UN Working Group on Internet issues

2013-03-02 Thread Yosem Companys
From: michael gurstein gurst...@gmail.com Colleagues, The UN General Assembly is in the process of establishing a Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation. The function of this Working Group is to deliberate on an institutional framework for identifying and responding to issues concerning the

[liberationtech] Presidential Innovation Fellowship at US Treasury Department

2013-03-02 Thread Yosem Companys
Deadline Near: Apply by March 17, 2013, for Opportunity to Be a Presidential Innovation Fellow at the U.S. Treasury Department / ** ** The U.S. Treasury Department is looking for an innovator to come into government for a tour of duty as a Presidential Innovation Fellow, in order to

[liberationtech] Are the digests working for everyone?

2013-03-02 Thread Yosem Companys
Hi All, Just want to check with all of you who are subscribed to the list's digest mode to see if this option is working well for you. If it could be improved, please let me know. Thanks, Yosem, one of your moderators -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by

[liberationtech] PhD in Science Tech Studies at University College London

2013-03-01 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Jon Agar jonagar2...@hotmail.com The Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) at University College London (UCL) is keen to hear from students who wish to study for a philosophy of science PhD. Members of staff who work in this area, and might be potential supervisors

[liberationtech] Presto Vivace Blog: NIST asks for help in building cybersecurity framework

2013-03-01 Thread Yosem Companys
NIST asks for help in building cybersecurity framework NIST to build cybersecurity framework, with your helphttp://gcn.com/blogs/pulse/2013/02/nist-cybersecurity-framework-rfi.aspx The Cybersecurity Framework will be a set of voluntary standards and best practices to guide industry in reducing

[liberationtech] Who shouts the loudest (in government e-petitions)?

2013-03-01 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Rodrigo Davies rodrigo.dav...@gmail.com I'm collecting data on the thresholds used in government-operated petition websites to generate official action. I'm hoping to analyse how these thresholds stack up as a share of population, how the actions generated differ, among other things. I

[liberationtech] How Copyright Works at Stanford

2013-02-28 Thread Yosem Companys
May be of interest. Document was recently updated. See: http://stanford.edu/group/univ-librarian/2013_Copyright_Reminder.pdf -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at

[liberationtech] Additional References on Hacking as Activism, for Social Change, for Empowerment

2013-02-28 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Kishonna Gray klg...@asu.edu Hello all! I am looking for additional references similar to Gabriella's work here (awesome book btw). A student is looking for information on hacking as activism, hacking for social change, hacking for empowerment, etc. Any and all citations are welcome!

Re: [liberationtech] Drones

2013-02-26 Thread Yosem Companys
Seems Al Mac, who compiled that list, is someone who became interested in drones and has become an expert on the subject. Al is now retired but previously worked full time at Kauffman Engineering as their computer support guy for ERP on AS/400. His posts on the drone list are very informative.

[liberationtech] CfP: Special Issue of Journal of Information Technology For Development

2013-02-26 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Niki Kunene niki.kun...@gmail.com *Call for Papers * ** * * *Special Issue of the Journal of* * INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT* ** *“Organizational ICT Issues in Developing Economies” * The objective of this special issue is to provide a forum for research focusing on the

[liberationtech] NYTimes: How Mexico Got Back In The Game

2013-02-25 Thread Yosem Companys
*From: *Patrick Kane Zambrano [pka...@gmail.com] I want to share a short article from the NYTimes. Last week I had great pleasure and fortune to speak with Thomas Friedman in a round table discussion on Mexico’s past, present and future. Today, Thomas Friedman’s NYTimes column “How Mexico

[liberationtech] Looking for collaborators for free-range voting project at Knight News Challenge:

2013-02-25 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Michael Allan m...@zelea.com I'm seeking collaborators for a Knight News Challenge proposal. As Steven mentions, this year's challenge is, How might we improve the way citizens and governments interact? https://www.newschallenge.org/ Below is a rough draft of the proposal. My own

[liberationtech] DemocracyMap: Help create 1st open data set of government bodies officials

2013-02-23 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Philip Ashlock p...@civicagency.org DemocracyMap is a project to establish universal access to the basic information about every government body and government official that represents you. Currently it covers over 100,000 local officials at http://api.democracymap.org I've been working on

[liberationtech] Interesting legal question about copyright happening right now

2013-02-23 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Dean Collins d...@cognation.net Interesting legal question about copyright happening right now, as you probably know by now there was an incident in the last lap of todays Nationwide Daytona race where several cars crashed and parts went over and through the fence. Whats interesting is

[liberationtech] YouTube restores video of crash blocked by NASCAR

2013-02-23 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com YouTube restores video of crash blocked by NASCAR http://j.mp/15FxO8h (Washington Post) Our partners and users do not have the right to take down videos from YouTube unless they contain content which is copyright infringing, which is why

[liberationtech] CfP: Promoting rural resilience within a digital society

2013-02-22 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Mark Gaved mark.ga...@open.ac.uk ESRS CongressFlorence, 29 July - 1st August 2013 Rural resilience and vulnerability: the rural as locus of solidarity and conflict in times of crisis Abstracts of papers are invited for a Working Group entitled: 'Promoting rural resilience

[liberationtech] RFA for CommCare in French West Africa

2013-02-22 Thread Yosem Companys
From: neal lesh neal.l...@gmail.com Hi everybody, Dimagi is offering support for organizations that want to test CommCare in French West Africa. We're seeing a lot of excitement and innovation with a similar Proof of Concept package we are offering India now, with over 20 new CommCare

[liberationtech] Google Seeking Applicants for Global Internet Policy Fellowships

2013-02-22 Thread Yosem Companys
http://www.eweek.com/cloud/google-seeking-applicants-for-global-internet-policy-fellowships/ Google Seeking Applicants for Global Internet Policy Fellowships By *Todd R. Weiss * | Posted 2013-02-22 Google is again looking for interested college and university students to spend their

[liberationtech] Chinese Hacking, Mandiant Cyber War

2013-02-21 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Gary McGraw g...@cigital.com No doubt all of you have seen the NY Times article about the Mandiant report that pervades the news this week: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/technology/chinas-army-is-seen-as-tied-to-hacking-against-us.html I believe it is important to understand the

[liberationtech] Someone in Yo Soy 132? Undergraduate seeking info for project

2013-02-21 Thread Yosem Companys
from: Victoria Robles vcrob...@stanford.edu Does anyone know someone involved in this movement in Mexico? I'm trying to get some first-hand information. Thanks! abrazos, Vicky -- Victoria Robles Stanford University | Class of 2014 B.S. Candidate | Materials Science Engineering Engineering

[liberationtech] CfP: Special Issue Call on Digital Campaigning (Journal of Information Technology Politics)

2013-02-19 Thread Yosem Companys
Call for Papers Journal of Information Technology and Politics Chasing the Digital Wave: International Perspectives on the Growth of Online Campaigning Guest editors: Rachel Gibson (University of Manchester, UK) Andy Williamson (Future Digital) Andrea Römmele (Hertie School of Governance,

[liberationtech] CfP: Special Issue of CM Communication Management Quarterly on Histories of Media(ted) Participation

2013-02-18 Thread Yosem Companys
From: nico carpentier nico.carpent...@vub.ac.be Call for Papers for a Special Issue of CM Communication Management Quarterly on Histories of Media(ted) Participation A major angle of vision on the history of democracy is to look at how it has been shaped by participation – as well as how the

[liberationtech] Using Intellectual Property to Advance Human Rights on 2/21

2013-02-16 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Lisa Li l...@stanford.edu *Using Intellectual Property to Advance Human Rights* *Madhavi Sunder, UC Davis School of Law* Madhavi Sunder calls for a richer understanding of intellectual property law’s effects on social and cultural life. Intellectual property law does more than

[liberationtech] Blogger who initiated Bangladesh's Shahbag movement killed

2013-02-15 Thread Yosem Companys
For more info, contact @halderbuddha. YC http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/02/15/shahbagh-protest-nonstop Shahbagh back to 24-hour protest Demonstrators demanding death sentences for all ‘war criminals’ announced that they were reverting to nonstop protests occupying Shahbagh intersection

[liberationtech] Understanding the Pax Technica: Social Media, Big Data, and the New Rules of Global Power Politics

2013-02-14 Thread Yosem Companys
Just a reminder of Phil Howard's great liberationtech seminar today. If you can't attend the seminar, definitely follow him on Twiter for some great posts on digital activism and Internet freedom: http://cddrl.stanford.edu/events/understanding_the_pax_technica_social_media

[liberationtech] CfP: Technology, power political economy of new media

2013-02-11 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Carpentier Nico nico.carpent...@vub.ac.be Call for papers: Technology, power and the political economy of new media Editors Rasmus Helles (guest editor) and Anne Mette Thorhauge, University of Copenhagen SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 10, 2013 Publication deadline: Fall 2013 Recent

[liberationtech] Stanford Security Seminar Tomorrow: Jay Lorch -- Ensuring Private Access to Large-Scale Data in the Data Center

2013-02-11 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Joe Zimmerman j...@cs.stanford.edu *Jay Lorch* -- *Ensuring Private Access to Large-Scale Data in the Data Center* Tuesday, February 12, 2013 Talk at 4:30pm in Gates 463A Abstract: Recent events have shown online service providers the perils of possessing private information about

Re: [liberationtech] Any of you following the Bangladesh Spring online?

2013-02-10 Thread Yosem Companys
: As Bangladesh has something like 5% penetration that seems unlikely, or at least not a very likely plan for success, no? On Feb 10, 2013 2:32 PM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: There are quite a few Bangladesh youth activists on Twitter saying the protests were organized via social media

[liberationtech] The Egyptian Revolution: 2 Years Later

2013-02-10 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Sarina Beges sbe...@stanford.edu Dear Colleagues, ** ** Please join the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law together with The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy for a special event on Monday, Feb. 11 at 12:00 pm with two leading Egyptian political activists to

[liberationtech] The Myopia of excluding censors: The tale of a self-defeating petition - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

2013-02-08 Thread Yosem Companys
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/02/20132314561857436.html The Myopia of excluding censors: The tale of a self-defeating petition Closing US borders in the name of openness does not create more freedom, but creates more divisions, writes author. Last Modified: 06 Feb 2013 06:58 In

[liberationtech] Contest by the MacArthur Foundation

2013-02-08 Thread Yosem Companys
A new competition offers $100,000 in prizes for creative and provocative digital media pieces that offer new ideas and fresh perspectives to help improve American democracy. The competition - Looking@Democracy http://www.lookingatdemocracy.org/ - aims to spark a national conversation about why

[liberationtech] CfP: Special issue on ICT and Development in Africa

2013-02-07 Thread Yosem Companys
*Call for papers: Special issue on ICT and Development in Africa* (Information Technology for Development) *Deadline:* March 1, 2013 *More:* Submission

Re: [liberationtech] Cryptography super-group creates unbreakable encryption

2013-02-07 Thread Yosem Companys
Just as a reminder, please let's all try to refrain from engaging in any personal attacks. We're all build and use liberationtech to make a difference in various ways, and we're bound to have disagreements. But let's not forget that we're all working toward the same broad goal of making people's

[liberationtech] Traveler tips: How to avoid hacking of your laptop, mobile device while overseas - The Washington Post

2013-02-03 Thread Yosem Companys
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/traveler-tips-how-to-avoid-hacking-of-your-laptop-mobile-device-while-overseas/2013/02/01/aa9a25e2-6c8a-11e2-8f4f-2abd96162ba8_print.html Traveler tips: How to avoid hacking of your laptop, mobile device while overseas By Associated Press,

[liberationtech] Wickr app aims to safeguard online privacy

2013-02-02 Thread Yosem Companys
Wickr app aims to safeguard online privacy February 3, 2013, 4:33 am AFP SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Wickr co-founder Nico Sell is working toward geek utopia, a world where people hold the power when it comes to who sees what they share on the Internet or from their phones. The startup's services --

[liberationtech] Pakistan's New Internet Firewall Now Blocking BuzzFeed Toronto Sun

2013-02-01 Thread Yosem Companys
#Pakistan's New Internet Firewall Now Blocking BuzzFeed Toronto Sun pic.twitter.com/ufiJxvlG HT @bytesforall #NetFreedom -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech

[liberationtech] CfP: Special issue of ITD on ICT Development in Africa - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 1st

2013-01-25 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Shana Ponelis pone...@uwm.edu *Information Technology for Development * *Call for papers: Special issue on ICT and Development in Africa* *** Deadline for submission extended to March 1, 2013 *** The African continent, in spite of great strides in terms of socio-economic development,

Re: [liberationtech] Facebook and social/protest movements network analysis

2013-01-24 Thread Yosem Companys
Here's a few: Foote, Jackson. Old songs, new media: Facebook, protest songs, and social identity in Wisconsin's capitol occupation. The Second ISA Forum of Sociology (August 1-4, 2012). Isaconf, 2012. http://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2012/webprogram/Paper27774.html Earl, Jennifer. PRIVATE

[liberationtech] Call for Applications: European Summer School on Internet governance

2013-01-23 Thread Yosem Companys
Do you want to know what the political, economic, social and legal implications of Internet Governance are? Do you want to learn what is behind acronyms like ICANN, RIR, DNS, ccTLD, gTLD, iDN, IPv6, ISP, IETF, WHOIS, IGF, and WSIS? Do want to get detailed information about Internet standards,

[liberationtech] Why Al-Qaida Hates the Internet: Trust Problems on Jihadi Discussion Forums

2013-01-22 Thread Yosem Companys
Why Al-Qaida Hates the Internet: Trust Problems on Jihadi Discussion Forums *CISAC Social Science Seminar* DATE AND TIME January 24, 2013 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM AVAILABILITY Open to the public No RSVP required SPEAKER Thomas Hegghammer http://fsi.stanford.edu/people/thomas_hegghammer/ - Zukerman

[liberationtech] P2P: Intro to Cryptography Workshop, Jan 24 @ 7pm

2013-01-20 Thread Yosem Companys
Stanford Peer to Peer and SVI Hackspace are co-hosting an Intro to Cryptography Workshop on Thursday January 24th at 7pm in the Huang Basement. Come check it out. There will be free food provided, so RSVP if you plan on attending:

[liberationtech] One Year Anniversary of SOPA/PIPA #InternetFreedomDay

2013-01-17 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Jessica Lawrence jess...@nytm.org Dear NY Tech Meetup Community – Tomorrow, January 18, marks the one-year anniversary of the day when our community came together to help stop the now infamous SOPA/PIPA legislation that threatened Internet freedom and the growth of New York's tech enabled

[liberationtech] Aaron Swartz digital archive

2013-01-13 Thread Yosem Companys
From: David Orban david.or...@gmail.com The Web team of the Internet Archive have been archiving all the aaronsw sites they are finding. But, Carl suggested we make a way for people to store digital archives related to him: email, photos, code, etc... It might be the first crowd-sourced Personal

[liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

2013-01-12 Thread Yosem Companys
This is a tragic loss and a terrible blow to the liberationtech community. Yosem http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N61/swartz.html Aaron Swartz commits suicide Web Update By Anne Cai NEWS EDITOR; UPDATED AT 2:15 A.M. 1/12/13 Computer activist Aaron H. Swartz committed suicide in New York City

[liberationtech] Is it possible to send secret messages via Skype using silence? (The Next Web)

2013-01-07 Thread Yosem Companys
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/01/07/it-may-be-possible-to-send-secret-messages-via-skype-using-silence/ Skype is used by millions of people every day, all of whom do not want anyone eavesdropping on their conversations. Naturally, interested parties will do everything they can to listen in,

[liberationtech] engineered social control, high policing (not that kind!)

2012-12-17 Thread Yosem Companys
From: gtmarx gtm...@mit.edu Colleagues -- Motivations and dynamics remain pretty constant even if technologies don't. As always, critical comments are most welcomed. Gary High Policing Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Springer, forthcoming.

[liberationtech] NSF Seeking Proposals for Interdisciplinary Research in Hazards and Disasters (HazardSEES)

2012-12-14 Thread Yosem Companys
The National Science Foundation (NSF)http://www.cccblog.org/2012/12/13/nsf-seeking-proposals-for-interdisciplinary-research-in-hazards-and-disasters-hazardsees/www.nsf.gov has issued a new solicitation – Interdisciplinary Research in Hazards and Disasters,

[liberationtech] CFP AMCIS 2013: The Dark Side of Social Networking -- Social and Ethical Issues

2012-12-13 Thread Yosem Companys
19th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2013) Chicago Illinois, USA 15-17 August 2013 Mini-track: The Dark Side of Social Networking -- Social and Ethical Issues Track: Social-Technical Issues and Social Inclusion Recent years have witnessed a proliferation of online social

[liberationtech] Launching Developers for Development at Harvard!

2012-12-09 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Joy Ming jm...@college.harvard.edu Alisa Nguyen alisangu...@college.harvard.edu Hello! We are sophomores studying computer science at Harvard starting a similar group on campus, Developers for Development, that aims to inspire people to apply computer science to make an impact on the

[liberationtech] Proposed statement on Syria

2012-11-30 Thread Yosem Companys
From: *Harold Feld* hf...@publicknowledge.org We would like to get out a statement, as Public Knowledge, on Syria's recent action and how it highlights the implications for free speech in some of the proposed ITRs. Is there anyone not enroute to Dubai who can clear a statement by me? Otherwise we

[liberationtech] PhD student positions in Media, Technology, Democracy

2012-11-29 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Deen Freelon dfree...@gmail.com Hi all, Our program is seeking PhD students! We are a good fit for anyone interested in studying the Internet as it pertains to politics, policy, and/or civic engagement. Our location in Washington, DC doesn't hurt for studying those topics either. Best,

[liberationtech] Please help support Catalan Self Determination

2012-11-28 Thread Yosem Companys
Hi all, Please sign and spread the word! We need 23,230 signatures by December 24, 2012, in order for the US government to take the petition seriously. Thanks, Yosem http://wh.gov/I0EV WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: Support the People of Catalonia in their effort to decide their

[liberationtech] Sam Gregory from WITNESS speaking at UC Berkeley on December 10th

2012-11-27 Thread Yosem Companys
Hi all, Just want to let you know that WITNESS' Program Director, Sam Gregoryhttp://www.witness.org/about-us/staff/sam-gregory, is participating in a panel discussionhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/arthistory.html?event_ID=61217date=2012-12-10 about video and political protest

[liberationtech] Professor finds profiling in ads for personal data website | Reuters

2012-11-25 Thread Yosem Companys
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/25/usa-internet-profiling-idUSL1E8ME8DX20121125 Dr. Latisha Smith, an expert in decompression sicknesses afflicting deep sea divers, has cleared criminal background checks throughout her medical career. Yet someone searching the Web for the Washington State

[liberationtech] CFP co-sponsors a mini-conference in Cambridge: Monday 11/19 6pm

2012-11-18 Thread Yosem Companys
Normally, I would only send this to the events list. But I'm sending it to the main list as well, per the sender's request. YC CFP is co-sponsoring a mini-conference in Cambridge, MA, at 6 pm ET on Monday, November 19. See below for the invitation. We hope that you can attend. If not, the

[liberationtech] Would this have worked better for Petraeus Broadwell?

2012-11-16 Thread Yosem Companys
What Petraeus Broadwell *Should* Have Done Remember, when trying to hide things from the FBI, no method is perfect, especially when they're already on your trail. The following tools are not 100% foolproof, but if employed early would have made for a much more convoluted game of cat and mouse,

Re: [liberationtech] Stanford Bitly Enterprise Account

2012-11-16 Thread Yosem Companys
So the best thing to do ideally would be just to use Twitter's t.co, which occurs automatically, and not use any others? But, if and only if space is a premium, then use is.gd? On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 6:43 AM, Nick Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: Best I can tell, the only reason they're

[liberationtech] University of Washington starts new Masters HCI+Design

2012-11-16 Thread Yosem Companys
From: James Landay lan...@cs.washington.edu Our new Masters in Human-Computer Interaction + Design is set to launch with its first incoming class next Autumn (2013). The MHCI+D is a unique, 12-month program that emphasizes a hands-on studio-based approach. This fully interdisciplinary program

[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] 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:

[liberationtech] In Red Hook, Mesh Network Connects Sandy Survivors Still Without Power

2012-11-14 Thread Yosem Companys
In Red Hook, Mesh Network Connects Sandy Survivors Still Without Power BY BECKY KAZANSKY http://techpresident.com/blog/35803 | Monday, November 12 2012 A Red Hook Houses resident accesses mesh network-provided wifi using a smartphone. Photo: Becky Kazansky / techPresident *Wondering what kind

[liberationtech] question about scholarship on facebook use in Iran

2012-11-14 Thread Yosem Companys
From: elham gheytanchi elhamu...@hotmail.com Hello: I was wondering if AOIR members can refer me to a list of scholarship on facebook in Iran? Thanks,elham gheytanchi -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech

[liberationtech] Literature on anonymity activism

2012-11-14 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Luis Hestres luishest...@gmail.com Hello, Can anyone recommend some good literature on anonymity and activism? Obviously with a fous on online activism, but broader recommendations would be great as well. Thanks! Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. student | School of Communication |

Re: [liberationtech] Comments on Internews new information security guide

2012-11-13 Thread Yosem Companys
And we know that not to be true? #Activists: Pls read abt #Skype #security issues potential alternatives http://urlite.de/secVoIP_wiki #secVOIP On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Brian Conley bri...@smallworldnews.tvwrote: Hi all, I have recently seen Internews' new internet security guide.

[liberationtech] New liberationtech list for events

2012-11-12 Thread Yosem Companys
Hi all, I've been asked to create a new liberationtech list for events for there are too many to announce regularly on the list. Otherwise, the announcements would crowd out discussion. The new list shall be called liberationtech-events. I'll let everyone know when it's up and running. Also,

[liberationtech] Liberationtech-events list up and running

2012-11-12 Thread Yosem Companys
Hi all, The list is officially up and running! Feel free to subscribe at http://is.gd/LTevents and invite your closest 10,000 friends to join... ;) You can also immediately start sending info on upcoming liberationtech events and activities by sending a message to liberationtech-events@

[liberationtech] B-Corps

2012-11-12 Thread Yosem Companys
Rafael made me curious... Anyone in liberationtech used this legal status before? Perhaps Renee can tell us more about it? YC From: Rafael Shimunov r.shimu...@gmail.com Any folks out there working for a b-corp? Or ever considered it? I'm currently researching it for a social enterprise

[liberationtech] Hector Postigo's MIT Talk on Nov15

2012-11-11 Thread Yosem Companys
Hector Postigo to give talk at MIThttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nsfworkshop/~3/Ee7FtjRPCrA/?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=email http://culturedigitally.org/2012/11/announcement-hector-postigo-to-give-talk-at-mit/hpostigo/Cultural Production and Social Media as Capture Platforms: How the Matrix

[liberationtech] Obama Press Conference

2012-11-09 Thread Yosem Companys
Did anyone just watch the Obama press conference? CNN mentions that Obama is going to reach out to grassroots citizen efforts to help him solve US problems during his term. Does anyone know whether this extends to the use of liberationtech? Perhaps Micah has heard something to that effect?

Re: [liberationtech] New report about USIA

2012-11-09 Thread Yosem Companys
Me too :) On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Collin Anderson col...@averysmallbird.comwrote: Now I'm curious what the right list was since USIA is interesting to me. On Friday, November 9, 2012, Jill Moss jm...@bbg.gov wrote: Sorry, posted this on the wrong listserv. Apologies. JILL

[liberationtech] UK Guardian's Live Discussion on How to Consult w/ Citizens

2012-11-09 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Tracey P. Lauriault tlaur...@gmail.com http://www.guardian.co.uk/public-leaders-network/2012/nov/09/how-to-consult-citizens In July, the Cabinet Office published new guidancehttp://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/consultation-principles-guidance on how consultations will be

[liberationtech] NYTM Hurricane Sandy Tech Volunteers Update

2012-11-09 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Jessica Lawrence jess...@nytm.org Below is the volunteer update I just sent to the over 900 members of our community who have volunteered to lend their technology skills to hurricane recovery (sorry for the duplicate message for members on both lists). If you would like to volunteer,

[liberationtech] Cuba detains Yoani Sanchez

2012-11-08 Thread Yosem Companys
#Cuba govt detains net activist @YoanifromCuba; demand her release http://is.gd/qMjFEt -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Presenting the new Lorea distribution: Foxglove

2012-11-08 Thread Yosem Companys
So is Lorea meant to be a social web alternative? How is it different from Tent.io? On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:07 AM, The Doctor dr...@virtadpt.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/07/2012 02:46 PM, ale fernandez wrote: I'm certainly using it like mad since it

[liberationtech] Tonight's (Nov. 8) Communications Forum on New Media in West Africa at MIT

2012-11-08 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Brad Seawell seaw...@mit.edu Hi – ** ** If you plan on joining us for tonight’s forum, please note that the venue has been changed to E25-111 http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E25 at 45 Carleton Street on the MIT campus and that this forum will take place from 7 until 9 pm: ** ** **

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Presenting the new Lorea distribution:Foxglove

2012-11-08 Thread Yosem Companys
. This made possible by a student signing me up for these fucking edu lists. *From:* Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu *Sent:* Thursday, November 08, 2012 5:19 PM *To:* liberationtech liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu *Subject:* Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Presenting the new Lorea

[liberationtech] NSF grant opportunity

2012-11-07 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Peter Muhlberger pmuhl1...@gmail.com I would like to invite you to learn more about NSF's Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) grants program. SaTC provides grants for research that a) makes theoretical and methodological contributions to the SBE sciences and b) helps promote a secure

[liberationtech] Meet the Social Entrepreneurs in Residence on Nov. 14!

2012-11-07 Thread Yosem Companys
Dear Colleagues, ** ** I hope this finds you well. The Program on Social Entrepreneurship (PSE) at Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law invites you to a special event and reception on November 14 at 5:00 pm featuring our second class of Social Entrepreneurs in

[liberationtech] 11/9/2012 PCD Seminar - Eric Paulos, UC Berkeley - Hybrid Assemblages, Environments, and Happenings: Technologies and Strategies for an Emerging Participatory Culture

2012-11-07 Thread Yosem Companys
Stanford Seminar on People, Computers, and Design (CS547: HCI Seminar) http://hci.st/seminar 9 November, 2012 12:50-2:05 pm, Gates B01 Eric Paulos, UC Berkeley Hybrid Assemblages, Environments, and Happenings: Technologies and Strategies for an Emerging Participatory Culture This talk will

Re: [liberationtech] Bitcoin and The Public Function of Money

2012-11-05 Thread Yosem Companys
Just a little nudge to get folks back on the liberationtech discussion. While I (and probably others) find the discussion on this thread interesting, it appears to lack the necessary technology component to be deemed liberationtech. Thanks all, Yosem On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:15 AM, André

[liberationtech] Human rights activists taught online tactics

2012-11-05 Thread Yosem Companys
5 November 2012 Last updated at 07:56 ET Human rights activists taught online tactics By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent An international training institute to teach online tactics for human rights campaigners is being set up in the Italian city of Florence. The first students,

[liberationtech] EVENT: Peer-to-Peer Politics, Moving Beyond Left Right

2012-11-03 Thread Yosem Companys
Join MIT's Aaron Naparstek and Ethan Zuckerman as they host an election-eve conversation with *Steven Johnson*, author of Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked World and Harvard Law School's *Yochai Benkler*, *Susan Crawford* *Lawrence Lessig*. Peer-to-Peer Politics Moving Beyond

[liberationtech] CFP: Mini track digital citizenship activism at ECEG 2013, Como, Italy, June 13-14

2012-11-02 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Jakob Svensson jakob.svens...@kau.se The mini-track on Digital Activism and Citizenship at the 13th European Conference on eGovernment ECEG 2013 Como, Italy, June 13-14th might be of interest. Feel free to circulate it among your colleagues The long-raging debate over the potential of the

[liberationtech] CIMA's Upcoming Digital Media Events

2012-11-02 Thread Yosem Companys
*Internet Governance Forum: Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development* *November 6-9, 2012* List of

[liberationtech] 11/15 - Stopping SOPA: Copyright, Free Speech, and Popular Constitutionalism

2012-10-31 Thread Yosem Companys
When: Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:50pm - 2:00pm Stanford Law School - Room 280B 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA 94305 Free and open to the public. To RSVP, click here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGs0SER2U2lUdmhnc1liY0Y1ZkZlc1E6MQ#gid=0 During late 2011 and

Re: [liberationtech] Large amounts of spam

2012-10-31 Thread Yosem Companys
Maybe. But the site was already mirrored for a while prior to the archives being made public. So I think that's unlikely. On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Andrew Lewis m...@andrewlew.is wrote: Maybe someone is simply scrapping the archives for the sender address? On Oct 31, 2012, at 6:36 PM,

[liberationtech] IT and Emerging Markets: The New Nexus -- Collection of recent articles for free access

2012-10-30 Thread Yosem Companys
From: San Murugesan s...@internode.net Dear All, ** ** The following is for your information. ** ** “*IT and Emerging Markets: The New Nexus*” is the theme of Oct 2012 issue of Computing Now (Free access), edited by me. It presents editor’s introduction and a selected collection of

[liberationtech] Upcoming CIMA Events

2012-10-27 Thread Yosem Companys
*Adapting Social Media to Promote Credible Elections in Low Technology Countrieshttp://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001mcmvFhqFTVleUh6zFnf7tGFzmiEbDQCtA8zNi3TE83rCcB__Sn8n4iyy-WIrWMQ_UvVrWB8oo5FV_VXGW_RFjCW_yd_UMR4Oes_jVjwTsvSdz--zdSI4SVui3YgJG8UyEw-LmxEJRqnp68guAm7-raBMRb26rVsWk8CrFNsZ-XY= * *Tuesday,

[liberationtech] Online tools to skirt Internet censorship overwhelmed by demand - The Washington Post

2012-10-22 Thread Yosem Companys
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/online-tools-to-skirt-internet-censorship-overwhelmed-by-demand/2012/10/21/390457a2-082d-11e2-858a-5311df86ab04_print.html Internet anti-censorship tools are being overwhelmed by demandBy James Ball, Published: October 21 U.S.-funded programs

[liberationtech] cfp ecpr - arab springs / indignados / ows - deadline approaching

2012-10-22 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Alice Mattoni alice.matt...@eui.eu ** sorry for cross-posting # please spread widely ** Dear colleagues and friends, the ECPR just opened the call for paper for the next ECPR Joint Sessions, in Mainz (Germany) from 11 to 16 March 2013. Donatella della Porta and I will direct one of the

[liberationtech] A Whisper to a Roar: The Activist, the Hero the Warrior

2012-10-22 Thread Yosem Companys
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deborah-stambler/a-whisper-to-a-roar-movie_b_1975549.html As President Obama and Governor Romney take the stage for the final debate, they'll cover foreign policy. David E. Sanger

[liberationtech] Code for America Open Data Hackathon

2012-10-21 Thread Yosem Companys
Code for America's Data Deathmatch! Nov. 2rd/3rd, Fight Political Corruption and Help Schools Work Smarter! Are you a hacker, designer, or civic nerd who wants to fight political corruption or thinks that our schools should work smarter? Choose your focus, work with our government allies, and

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