News from my work on The Guardian Project: Nathan Freitas will be on a panel at the 2nd annual Open Video Conference in New York this Friday and Saturday. He will be on the panel entitled “Cameras Everywhere” led by our … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading