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Who is calling this the Twitter revolution, besides people like Robert Scoble and Michael Arrington? The tech bloggers of the world might be adept enough at cov

by crux 16y ago

Who is calling this the Twitter revolution, besides people like Robert Scoble and Michael Arrington? The tech bloggers of the world might be adept enough at covering the constant soap opera of startup culture (and the relatively very rare technological advances that it sometimes produces), but I think when one of the most important countries in one of the most important regions in the world is on the cusp of a total revolution, we their readers would do well to, well, completely ignore anything they have to say about events of global political importance. When the Howard Zinns of the world start describing the nature of social technology in the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, I'll listen. But one shouldn't imagine that somebody on BoingBoing—or even a deeply entertaining futurist like Clay Shirky—is going to be a voice of any substance in analyzing the events of the last couple weeks.

sambeau 16y ago
@JaredCohen has some pretty interesting things to say: http://twitter.com/#!/JaredCohen/status/31726988934778880 http://twitter.com/#!/JaredCohen/status/31726988934778880 Every Egyptian I talked to on ground this week laughed when I told them some think tech was not a vital tool for organizing #jan25 http://twitter.com/#!/JaredCohen/status/30662558541152257 http://twitter.com/#!/JaredCohen/status/30662558541152257 People on ground in #egypt adamant about critical role tech playing in crowdsourcing logistics #jan25 http://twitter.com/#!/JaredCohen/status/31836874016296960 http://twitter.com/#!/JaredCohen/status/31836874016296960 Tech doesn't make activists, but creates space for unlikely leaders to emerge and redefine civil society as smthg more inclusive/expansive http://twitter.com/#!/JaredCohen/status/30665407077556224 http://twitter.com/#!/JaredCohen/status/30665407077556224 One Egyptian says, "facebook used to set the date, twitter used to share logistics, youtube to show the world, all to connect people" #jan25

by crux 16y ago

sambeau 16y ago

@JaredCohen has some pretty interesting things to say: http://twitter.com/#!/JaredCohen/status/31726988934778880 http://twitter.com/#!/JaredCohen/status/31726988934778880 Every Egyptian I talked to on ground this week laughed when I told them some think tech was not a vital tool for organizing #jan25 http://twitter.com/#!/JaredCohen/status/30662558541152257 http://twitter.com/#!/JaredCohen/status/30662558541152257 People on ground in #egypt adamant about critical role tech playing in crowdsourcing logistics #jan25 http://twitter.com/#!/JaredCohen/status/31836874016296960 http://twitter.com/#!/JaredCohen/status/31836874016296960 Tech doesn't make activists, but creates space for unlikely leaders to emerge and redefine civil society as smthg more inclusive/expansive http://twitter.com/#!/JaredCohen/status/30665407077556224 http://twitter.com/#!/JaredCohen/status/30665407077556224 One Egyptian says, "facebook used to set the date, twitter used to share logistics, youtube to show the world, all to connect people" #jan25