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Bio

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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Client Buzz

Feedback from Zapboom Clients:

"Mary's passion and energy for digital activism is obvious in every action and initiative she makes."...read more

"Right away she cut to the core of our needs."...read more

"She deserves much of the credit for organizing a tremendously successful event."...read more

"She was able to turn a potentially complex technical task into something that brought all the different viewpoints together and channelled everyone's energy in a collaborative manner."...read more

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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 Gift Economy on the Internet

Posted by Mary on 11/08/2007 at 14:32

giftbox.jpg Open it up, it's free... and here's why

 

One of the basic tenets of anarchist thought is the gift economy, an economic system in which goods and services are given without any explicit agreement for a reciprocal gift of money, good or services from the receiver. Basically, in a gift economy, if someone needs something which you have the ability to give, you give it, and vice versa. Most people consider gift economies to be rather silly and utopian ("someone's just gonna give me a new cell phone - yeah right!"), but what few people realize is that a

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In the internet age, everything is known.

Posted by Mary on 28/04/2007 at 22:09

Tonight I watched The Boys From Brazil, one of those classic films more famous for it's surprise ending (which everyone knows by now) than for being truly great. Once I accepted that is was hokey, though, I really enjoyed the twisty plot. However, there was one element that I didn't understand. There is a bone bracelet that appears throughout the film, and also in the closing shot, and I wondered "what the heck is this damned bone bracelet?" So I did what anyone would do. I googled it.

Soon I found myself on a message board on Internet Movie

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Quote of the Week

"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.

The Blog Advocacy Guide

        

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