Surfing the global internetz. I work on translation software at @Meedan and I study the creative side of civic tech at @TheCivicBeat.
Latest posts by An Xiao Mina
March 26, 2017
RightsCon Brussels 2017: Translation Lab
We asked, what would happen if the most important tweets from RightsCon 2016 were made available in Spanish and Arabic? Given the conference’s global audience, it felt crucial to make...
May 15, 2016
Here’s what we learned about global conferences and social media
In #RightsCon Conference, we translated 444 Tweets — 172 to Arabic, 259 to Spanish. That’s 148 Tweets/day, or roughly 19 Tweets/hour. Here’s what we learned about global conferences.
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Meet Endalk Chala and Omar Mohammed, the New Global Voices Sub-Saharan Africa Editors
Welcome, Omar and Endalk! Ndesanjo End of an era indeed! Great working for us in...
Meet Rawan Gharib, who went from frequent visitor to volunteer translator
Many many thanks, Eddie. It was a pleasure! Count me in for any other future campaigns :)...
Great to have you as part of the community, Rawan. Thanks again for your help...
Very nicely put. I've been thinking about this question for years Laura, and also feel...
Dear Laura: “being Global Voices” is more of a journey than a destination, undoubtedly. It is...
The last paragraph is what we exactly need right now :)