Tag Archives for information terrain

In the Calgary Herald

Much thanks to Kris Kotarski  for the . In addition to the stuff Kris mentions, what was really interesting about this attack was the way the information stream played out. Average folks did a lot of the heavy investigative work, … Continue reading

22. February 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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Idea: Gaming Online Reputations

Here’s something I pitched to my friend Keith Hanson (of TweetingTooHard fame) a while ago. Now’s a good time to post it, given that Seth Godin’s essentially doing the same thing for corporations (and charging insane prices for it, without … Continue reading

24. September 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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Independent Media in Afghanistan

Brian’s trying to bootstrap independent media in Afghanistan. Help him out. Also, some cool thinking on how to do it on the cheap. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.

23. September 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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Twitter Revolution // Frustration

Friend Marc Ambinder discusses the value of Twitter in providing analysis of ongoing events in Iran. (BTW the right moniker is protest, not an insurgency, thus not a revolution.) It must be said though, and not to bang on this … Continue reading

15. June 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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Twitter’s Future

Twitter, is by all accounts, the best source of information on ongoing crisis. It needs to stop there. In November of last year, when I was pulling a gargoyle (Snow Crash) and providing real time analysis of events unfolding in … Continue reading

14. June 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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