I was recently asked to contribute my thoughts on how election monitors using simple mobile phones could improve their safety and security when working in hostile environments. More specifically, the goal was to find techniques by which their use of SMS messaging to report back to a centralized service or team could be done in [...]
Some of you may know that I work part-time in the NY Senate CIO team helping improve transparency of our state government through the use of open technology standards. In addition, I am working on a number of mobile applications to provide broader “get it when you need it” access to pending legislation, committee meeting [...]
This week, I’m participating in a one week online dialog regarding the development of new tools and tactics for the purpose of documenting human rights violations. The New Tactics in Human Rights Project, led by a diverse group of partner international organizations, advisors and practitioners, promotes tactical innovation and strategic thinking within the international human [...]
I am grateful to have been included in this video round-up from the Open Mobile Camp a few weeks ago:
Mobile phones in human rights monitoring is still relatively rare and there are few examples where mobile shave been used successfully in this field. In this video from the recent Open Mobile Camp in New York, [...]
Some choice adhoc quotes that tumbled out of my brain during the Congressional hearing on new media, titled “Twitter against Tyrants”, that I spoke on last Thursday in Washington, D.C..
“I’ve learned an important lesson in working with the Tibetan
independence movement and others: It’s that we can’t presume what people are
willing – are or are not [...]
Below is my rough statement for the US Helsinki Commission “Twitter v. Tyrants” hearing this Thursday. I would greatly appreciate any of your comments and feedback, as I will be polishing this up a bit before the hearing Thursday and before I formally submit it into record. I mostly wonder whether I have made to [...]
Week 4 – September 29 Mobile Campaigns from Text to Video: Texting, Ringtones and Camera Phones
Homework:
1) Create diagrams for your cause proposal based on the pyramid and pillar diagrams below.
2) Read the following:
Gene Sharp, There Are Realistic Alternatives (PDF), The Albert Einstein Institution, 2003
CANVAS Core Curriculum: [...]
Since I wasn’t able to record last week’s class, I decided to post some notes from a virtual “office hours” meeting with one of my students. As a new professor, I have much to learn and working through my lectures again after that fact with students, along with posting and recording my material here, has [...]
Here are is the homework, slides, notes, links and videos from the second week of ITP2800 – Social Activism using Mobile Technology.
Homework for Week 2
Watch the videos linked to here: http://delicious.com/nathanialfreitas/itp2800+week2
Continue reading/finish “Little Brother” http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/
Take pictures or video using a camera phone or Flip-style device of something controversial or in a place where you might [...]
Here are the captured whiteboard brainstorms, audio (first hour only due to technical glitches) and my slides for the week 1 class of ITP2800. All of this content is hosted and available on http://drop.io/itp2800, with class bookmarks and homework reading assignments posted at http://delicious.com/nathanialfreitas/itp2800+week1. Week 1 homework assignments are listed at the end of [...]