Category: English
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Wikimedia Chapters Meeting 2012 – Mod
Das Wikimedia Chapters Meeting war in diesem Jahr ziemlich politisch. Es ging nämlich ums Geld. Zeit Online hat eine gute Zusammenfassung zu der hitzigen Debatte: Trägervereine der Wikipedia rangeln um Macht. Anna Lena Schiller und ich haben als Facilitator durch die Konferenz geleitet.
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Megan Lamson on Plastic Debris at Kamilo Beach, Hawai’i
In March 2011, I interviewed marine biologist Megan Lamson, who works for the Hawai’i Wildlife Fund and organizes beach cleanups at Kamilo Beach at Ka’alu’alu Bay. Some of these quotes were used in this German radio feature. Here are the snippets without German voice-over.
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Improving the Aid Sector With Open Data
Interview with Peter Eigen of Transparency International at Open Aid Data Conference 2011 in Berlin Mr. Eigen, how can Open Data, opening up data treasures, improve the development sector? Peter Eigen: At Transparency International we’ve observed that countries with an open approach to information, like the Scandinavian countries, rank in the upper spheres of our…
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Guerilla in the shadows, flower in the light
Guerilla Gardener Richard Reynolds at Zellen-Festival 2010
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Jaclyn Friedman on Feminism
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Noha Atef on her blog Tortureinegypt.net
(Part 2 on netzdebatte)
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Facilitating Wikimedia Chapters Meeting 2011
One of the main topics this year’s Wikimedia Chapters Meeting in Berlin was the so-called editor trends study on decreasing editor retention. It takes an in-depth look at the fact that people today tend to stay less longer in the community than when Wikipedia was still young. New editors get more easily frustrated than in…
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Ideas are nothing: Erik Hersman and Ken Banks
The crowdmapping plattform Ushahidi has become quite well-known after its application in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake. Ushahidi software is now used allover the world. Erik Hersman, left, co-founded the project and is currently its Director of Operations. Ken Banks on the other side of the table invented FrontlineSMS, a bulk-messaging tool for texting…
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Moderation of Wikimedia Chapters Meeting 2010
Wikimedia is an institution connected to the world’s biggest online encyclopedia, the Wikipedia. The organization takes care of press relations, raises and distributes funds, promotes Wikipedia through events, and more. This year, Wikimedia Chapters from all around the world and the Wikimedia Foundation from San Francisco met in Berlin for their annual Chapters Meeting. Together…
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Jay Cousins: The Inventor
Jay Cousins is a 30-year-old inventor. His “talk to me about…” bubbles (#lbubbles) used at Palomar5 represent his philosophy: Human over tech.
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Rana Jarbou: The Retired Banker
Rana Jarbou is a 28-year-old retired banker from Saudi Arabia. She recently quit her job in London because she felt there was something wrong with the system. Now she has sworn never to do anything anymore for the sole purpose of making money.
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Hank Rossi: The Time Traveller
Hank Rossi brought his time machine to Palomar5. He tells you what happens if you travel a trillion years into the future. And proposes a three-day weekend to promote a better work-life-balance.
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Research for short doc: 1989, the year that changed Europe
1989 was the year that changed Europe. 20 years later, filmmaker Patrick Becker revisits Central and Eastern Europe, to interview those at the forefront of change, from students to border guards. I contributed the eyewitness research for the Berlin episode.