Posts from February, 2015
What Would GV Look Like if We Were Starting from Scratch?
This was another question posed to the attendees of the GV Summit. Attendees were split up in different groups to discuss this prompt, and these are some of their ideas....
From the Summit: Unheard Communities and Addressing the Challenge
What voices are missing from the online conversation? During the internal meeting at the GV Summit in Cebu, I asked that very question to the attendees during my Rising Voices...
Salamat, Cebu: Random notes on the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit
This post has been translated into English by Marianna Breytman. The original post can be found here. It's been a week since the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit came to...
Global Voices: The Bridge of Multiple Perspectives
This post has been translated into English by Elisa Thiago. The original post can be found here. I have always been a boy with a restless heart. The silence of great...
Cooperating with Universities: Turning a Discussion into a Reality
Before I begin this post, I want to share a response from a professor at a university, who I contacted as part of our working group on collaborating with universities...
Your Weekly Security Tip: CryptoCat!
Hello GVers! This week we'll look at a simple tool that allows you to chat more securely with your friends and GV colleagues. What is CryptoCat? CryptoCat is a web app...
The Revolution Will Be Illustrated: Notes on Pixel Offensive
The power of images and art as mediums of protest took the center stage during the “The Revolution Will Be Illustrated” session during the second day of the Global Voices...
Cross-border collaboration in the East Asia group
It is usually difficult to continue the discussions and to build up a strong tie for cross-border collaboration after we all came back home after the GV summits. In the GV summit in Cebu, the East Asia group had discussed offline about how to collaborate. Most importantly, we finally had our first group dinner!
How the Cebu Print Media Covered the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit
The open internet, freedom of information, the Philippine digital divide, and the promotion of local language use online are some of the issues that captured the attention of the Cebu...
Our Voices: Juan Tadeo in Mexico
Nacido en Ciudad de México en los años ochenta, Juan Tadeo se graduó de derecho de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) en 2009 y desde su blog ejerce su derecho a...
