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NDItech is Looking for an Intern
NDItech is hiring an intern! If you are a regular reader of this blog you have a pretty good idea of the wide range of technologies and techniques we get to play with supporting NDI's partner organizations abroad in 70-some countries. It's our job… Read More
#NigeriaDecides 3.0: The Gubers
Morning all. I'm going to do a bit of liveblogging of today's Gubernatorial elections from Project 2011 Swift Count's secret lair again.
6:30 PM
Most of the labor-…
Read MoreCalm Before the Vote Storm
Tomorrow's the next big election for Nigeria - the Gubernatorial races*. Well, most of them. Two states had their polls pushed back until Thursday due to security concerns. Tomorrow is why we've been terming this election the #BiggestPVTEver - NDI… Read More
#NigeriaDecides 2.0: The Presidential
I will be liveblogging Nigeria's presidential election from inside the headquarters of Project Swift Count 2011, NDI's local election monitoring partner. At least, whenever firefighting permits.…
Read MoreFire on the Firewall: A Debate Breaks Out
Yesterday I wrote a post summarizing an event I went to at Freedom House for the release of their latest report on the use of censorship circumvention…
Read MoreLeaping Over the Firewall: Circumvention Studies
Yesterday I attended the release of a new Freedom House report on circumvention, "Leaping over the Firewall". I still…
Read MoreSwiftCount Your Blessings
I've joined my NDItech colleague Jared Ford on the ground in Abuja, Nigeria for the #biggestPVTever. We're working with Project Swift Count (@swiftcount), a…
Read MorePractice Makes Perfect, or How We Fail Early and Succeed Late
Ahead of the intense effort and coordination involved with PVT-type data collection on an Election Day, organizations choose to simulate the…
Read MoreThe low tech of high tech: people & paper
Any systematic data collection effort requires collectors (ex. observers) to gather information in a uniform manner in order to enhance data quality. Successful implementation of a…
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