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How Do Millennials Avoid Being Chumps?
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 10:28
When I first saw the headline “Will Millennials become the chump generation?” I was gearing up for another intergenerational throw down. I wasn’t exactly sure what we were being accused of this time, but last time I checked with Fred Durst, being called a chump was not a good thing.
Featured Blogger: Getutza
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 23:34
Getutza admits that she is a timid person. However, she has discovered that blogging has helped her overcome this shyness thanks to her participation in the Blogging the Dream project from the Orizonturi Foundation in Campulung Moldovenesc in Romania. Ever since she started her blog Singuratate [ro], she has found an outlet to express her thoughts, feelings, and experiences.
The New Dork: An Entrepreneur State of Mind
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 22:37
Remember when being a dork meant you just weren’t cool? That was before “The New Dork” – a spoof of Jay-Z and Alicia Keyes’s "Empire State Of Mind" which pays homage to the rising generation of geeky entrepreneurs – or, what we like to think of as the new trendsetters.
While “The New Dork” just started hitting the interwebs this afternoon, it’s already being deemed the anthem for entrepreneurs, and why not?
FOKO: The Power Of Storytelling
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 01:07
Security Forces in Analakely during the 2009 Malagasy Protests (by Avylavitra)
Lova Rakotomalala of the Rising Voices grantee FOKO writes that Internet is becoming a threat to the authoritarian regime in Madagascar:
Half the Way
Submitted by servicewire on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 19:07
On wednesday 3 March,2010, we organized a small ceremony at Al-Afefe Foundation in Sana'a.
We have started our program presenting hand in Hand Initiative's activities .In addition, we talked about EWAMT project , and its sucess to come out at the end of the first phase with 24 active bloggers. Further more, we talked about a success story of one of the bloggers, that she got an invitation to participate in Women's Leadership in Tehnology in Al-Sharja. However, she could not go there because her family won't allow her to travel alone.
HiperBarrio: Recording Daily Lives And Sharing With The World
Submitted by servicewire on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 01:31
On 6th of February the Rising Voices grantee from Colombia HiperBarrio- Convergentes organized a photo workshop in the Public Library Of La Loma. The task for the participants was making a sequence of 15 photos about the territory. Henry El Sucio decided to investigate the sequence and record the use of public space and found out that a group of children were playing in the street. Taking advantage of it he asked them “Where do you play?”.
HiperBarrio: Recording Daily Lives And Sharing With The World
Submitted by servicewire on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 01:31
On 6th of February the Rising Voices grantee from Colombia HiperBarrio- Convergentes organized a photo workshop in the Public Library Of La Loma. The task for the participants was making a sequence of 15 photos about the territory. Henry El Sucio decided to investigate the sequence and record the use of public space and found out that a group of children were playing in the street. Taking advantage of it he asked them “Where do you play?”.
Oversharing 2.0
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 19:50
Today's topic: oversharing. I will admit I'm a repeat offender. I can't count the number of times I've been enjoying a meal with a new acquaintance and inexplicably started sharing personal information in excessive detail. Before I know it, the words are just rushing out of my mouth like water from a broken dam, and there is literally nothing I can do to hold them back.
Voces Bolivianas: Carnival And Jaqi Aru
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 01:47
Ceasefire Liberia: Liberian Citizen Journalists Counter Inaccurate Media Reporting
Submitted by servicewire on Sat, 02/27/2010 - 02:14
