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Interview with Founder of Geekcorps

cynical writes "WorldChanging has a new interview up with Ethan Zuckerman, founder of Geekcorps, fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and editor of BlogAfrica, the best source of access to African bloggers around. Zuckerman talks about the growing role of blogging in the developing world, fighting corruption and censorship online, the emerging world of "social source software," and a lot more. It's a long, wide-ranging conversation; clearly, this guy is thinking big about the power of the web, especially outside the United States."

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  1. concusion by virtualone · · Score: 4, Funny

    at the end of TFI he asks you to reply if you are interested in transferring a large amount of money out of namibia. you wil get your fair share, for sure.

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  2. Outside? by Tetsugaku-San · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's a web outside the US? wait - There's an outside the US?

  3. Re:The first time by RepeatedEigenvalue · · Score: 1, Funny

    Its one of the reasons I enjoy chatrooms so much-where else can you get a real insight into the lives and cultures of people hal a world away?

    In that case:

    Dear Sir,
    My name is Mtumbo Mombatu, heir to the fortune of my father, recently killed in a horrific elephant accident, which is a sum in the value if $14,655,309. I need to transfer this money through an American Bank. For your services, I will offer you exactly one half of this inheritance (exactly $7,327,654.50 USD )...

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