Will Davies writes about a discussion he ran at the current Internet and Society conference. Top line – pure capitalism and pure democracy can’t mix, even if compromise is messy.
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Welcome to the new journalism
So, here I am, blogging about Christian Crumlish, who’s blogging about mitten, who’s blogging about Cathy Siepp, who’s (allegedly) blogged (apparently) attacking mitten.
Clear?
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Russian liberals – come to sunny Kiev!
An article in the New Republic yesterday describes the “orange envy” of Russian liberals, seeing their Ukrainian counterparts protesting on the streets.
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New horizons
25% of workers want to quit their jobs in 2005. Which makes me think, what about the other 75%? Link
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The Ramayana in pictures
A comic book retelling of the Hindu sacred text.
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Books on Ukraine
If anyone is interested in reading more about Ukraine, in the light of what is going on there, my picks are Borderland, by Anna Reid, for fact; and Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov, for fiction.
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There’s a world outside your Windows
My friend and fellow WELLpern Mike Knell has started a new campaign called GeekAid, aiming to get geeks all around the world to donate a day’s pay to grassroots IT and technology projects in the Third World. It’s a worthy cause – take a look.
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The Euro and good service at coffee shops
One benefit of the Euro, if it ever comes to the UK, is that we’ll no longer have to watch our coffee get cold as French, Italian and Spanish trainee baristas struggle to remember which of these funny English coins is which.
