Comments on: Never thought of using it that way…

By: Mikroblogging und soziale Bewegungen | blog.mensch.coop

Mikroblogging und soziale Bewegungen | blog.mensch.coop — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:43:18 +0000

[...] können für verschiedenste AktivistInnen auch ein Schutz sein. Ein gutes Beispiel hierfür ist der bekannt gewordene Fall des ägyptischen Aktivisten Alaa. Er informiert seine AbonnentInnen auf seinem Mikroblog während [...]

By: egyptfan

egyptfan — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:34:57 +0000

Never thought of using it that way… Ethan Zuckerman: “My favorite example of repurposing recently is my friend Alaa’s use of Twitter to coordinate activities of activists in Egypt

By: Blogging for Good Governance | Facilitating Change

Blogging for Good Governance | Facilitating Change — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:00:14 +0000

[...] Twitter for similar types of work (see Andy Carvin’s Can Twitter Save Lives?, Ethan Zuckerman’s Never thought of using it that way…, and the KM4Dev’s community’s Twitter knowledgebase). Let me know if you come across [...]

By: Parkhill Venture Counsel » Blog Archive » Just When I’d Concluded that Twitter is Utterly Banal (Not that there is anything wrong with that)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:35:07 +0000

[...] used by Egyptian activists to let the community know their whereabouts, esp. whether they have been arrested. Shirky pointed [...]

By: Broadcasting one’s status/location has become much easier | Daily EM

Broadcasting one’s status/location has become much easier | Daily EM — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:14:10 +0000

[...] I think this may be pretty useful for some activists who have relied on Twitter to broadcast their location/status (in an unrelated note, gee, who knew that Ethan was on Twitter!). The deer-system somewhat easier, [...]

By: El Oso (Pecoso) » Blog Archive » [Translation] Reports of Stolen Cars on Twitter

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:50:23 +0000

[...] I’m a big fan of Twitter even though I tend to use it much less these days than I once did. But it’s the potential of what we’ll be able to do with twitter in the future once we all start using it from our geo-located cell phones that really amazes me. (Check out Soyapi Mumba’s “The Potential of Twitter in Africa“, Andy Carvin’s “Can Twitter Save Lives?“, and Ethan Zuckerman’s “Never thought of using it that way…“.) [...]

By: Does Twitter make sense? : crisscrossed blog

Does Twitter make sense? : crisscrossed blog — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:44:57 +0000

[...] How human rights activists use Twitter “My favorite example of repurposing recently is my friend Alaa’s use of Twitter to coordinate activities of activists in Egypt.” [...]

By: Flickertracks » Blog Archive » links for 2007-05-24

Flickertracks » Blog Archive » links for 2007-05-24 — Thu, 24 May 2007 18:52:24 +0000

[...] Twitter gets serious Ethan Zuckerman on how human rights activists are finding Twitter to be a highly useful and efficient communication platform. (tags: human rights twitter communications mass technology sms) [...]

By: Memex 1.1 » Blog Archive » Another use for Twitter

Memex 1.1 » Blog Archive » Another use for Twitter — Wed, 23 May 2007 22:05:42 +0000

[...] From Ethan Zuckerman When I saw Alaa a few weeks ago in Doha, the first thing he did was grab my computer, log into Twitter and, as he put it, “let everyone know I’m still alive.” This is a good thing to do when you’re an activist who routinely gets detained or arrested. Alaa’s Twitter feed includes updates for his compatriots every time he goes to the police or to a demonstration so he can let people know where he is… and if they don’t here from him, perhaps they need to reopen the FreeAlaa blog. [...]

By: Active e-skirmishes « world war E

Active e-skirmishes « world war E — Mon, 21 May 2007 20:19:01 +0000

[...] Active e-skirmishes Ethan Zuckerman describes how activists are using new networked tools to circumvent the authorities’ restrictions. These include: [...]