A useful riff on my African innovation talk, arguing that a lot of NGO-driven, outside of African innovation won't work and can be damaging to local innovators.

IFEX documents denial of service attacks against activist media in Tunisia and Burma. There have been lots of reports that important independent media outlets are starting to suffer DDOS attacks and become inaccessible - the belief is that repressive governments are "renting" DDOS, perhaps from Russian hackers

An interview with Journey's Arnel Pineda about his transition into working with the band. An edited version of the interview made it sound as if Pineda were having difficulties in his new role - this interview includes some strong comments from the Filipino community suggesting that people are mischaracterizing and misunderstanding Pineda's concerns about his role with Journey.