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livingroom_100x113.jpgIn 2006, I founded ZapBoom Consulting,  which specializes in the analysis of how digital tools like cell phones and the Internet can be used in social change campaigns in developing countries.  I have researched and written reports on topics ranging from online citizen journalism to blog advocacy and internet censorship.  I have also performed in-country Internet monitoring and international conference organizing. 

You can contact me at MaryCJoyce AT gmail DOT com.

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Reflections on my Laplife

Posted by Mary on 16/11/2007 at 19:50

"Oh, my darling, I'm so glad that you're finally here."
 

Well, my new power cord arrived on Wednesday evening and.... it worked!  So, here I am, plugged in, battery happily charging, tapping on my laptop, enjoying my laplife. As promised, I did use my week without a laptop to reflect on the role of laptop in my life.  Here is what I can up with.  Does your laptop mean the same things to you? 

1. A laptop is just an entry point to the almighty network

Ever since we started going online en masse in the late 90's, computers have

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The Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism

Posted by Mary on 19/07/2007 at 18:17


"Just one moment, let me come over there and help you with your e-petition."


I like to pay credit where credit is due. Not many people are treating digital activism with the rigor of deep intellectual analysis, so I'd like to point out Ethan Zuckerman's contribution to this area. Ethan, co-founder of Geek Corps and Global Voices, is also the originator of the Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism.

This theory states that while many Web 2.0 tools were created to help people share information about their cats (Flickr: look at my cute cat!, blogging: read about what my

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People without offices

Posted by Mary on 30/04/2007 at 20:52

Recently I have been working in cafés.  There are two near my home that I like, Café Espresso, which is a hip and vaguely Asian and is located of Pedro de Valdivia.  The other is a Tavelli on Manuel Montt.  A say "a" Tavelli because Tavelli is a chain whose restaurants are as ubiquitous in Santiago as Au Bon Pain is in New York (actually, ABP came to Chile a few years ago and failed, probably because of Tavelli).

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A Tavelli in my neighborhood, though not the one I work at.

 

Even though I like Café Espresso the most I

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"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

-Barack Obama

What is Digital Activism?

Digital activism means grassroots activists using digital technologies like cell phones and the internet to increase their impact, thus subverting traditional power hierarchies and changing the world.

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