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WikiLeaks vs. Open Data
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It's early innings yet for WikiLeaks'* CableGate** - they've released 1/10th of 1% of their monstrous cache of 250,000 total cables from within the State Department so far, so any analysis that doesn't… Read More
Tech Thankfulosity
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It's been a great year for technology in foreign policy and development, and we've got a lot to be grateful for. So before we sign off to gorge ourselves on delicious holiday fare, we wanted to share a few of the things that we on the NDItech…
Read MoreAnalyzing Data, Documenting Election Fraud
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November 7th was a bad day for worldwide democracy.
As Ian has discussed and…
Read MoreOn the Front Lines with FrontlineSMS
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NDItech has recently been doing a lot with a slick piece of software called FrontlineSMS. It's not new, but it's been a powerful solution for us of late, so I thought I'd share. Frontline is a tool to allow people to do basic two-way SMS… Read More
Telling the Story with Maps
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We had an interesting team discussion last week about the "why" of putting data on maps, a subject Chris D touched on in this silo post after…
Read MoreBurma Election Tracker is a window into a closed election
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As polls opened in Burma, our friends at Burma Partnership launched a new site that provides reports, data, and analysis of the election.…
Read MoreBlowing Up the Silos
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I hit the World Bank today for "Mapping for Results." Putting results front and center is a great idea - as mapping has shot up the hype cycle, it's nice to focus on what it can do beyond putting up pretty pictures. However, I…
Read MoreA Missing Link in the Rights Struggle: Political Process Monitoring
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There is a lot of talk about political activism in the tech for development and democracy space. We often discuss capturing evidence or documenting abuses using cameras and phones; citizen journalism and citizen reporting using blogs, SMS or…
Read MoreIt's Your Monday Afternoon Roundup, v0.1 (beta)
Working weekends? Some people never seem to take a break. We celebrate them, and their whirring gray matter, here in your first-ever Monday blog and news roundup:
- Paul Currion wonders about…
Tech@State - What's@Stake
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Last time I touched on State's "21st Century Diplomacy" push, so I thought I'd elaborate. One of the core concepts is that no single organization, including the Department of State, has all the answers to the problems of… Read More