Joho the Blog: BridgeBloggers

December 12, 2004

BridgeBloggers

You may notice some new names in my blogroll to the left and a new gif next to some of them. The gif is supposed to be a backwards B and a forwards B with a bridge beteen them, standing for BridgeBloggers. During the planning of this weekend's Global Voices track at the Berkman Internet and Democracy conference, that was a working name for bloggers who are using their blogs to build bridges to other cultures and lands. So, I've taken it upon myself to stamp some of those names with the ugly gif I designed myself this morning.

Yes, all blogs are bridges in one sense or another, although I like Hoder's three metaphors: Windows, bridges and cafes. I've put the BB gif next to blogs that are consciously trying to build bridges and who were at yesterday's event. I'm open to discussion of the criterion. (I also don't have a good list of attendees yet.)

Meanwhile, a Global Voices blog has started up to discuss spreading blogs to give voice to the least heard parts of the world ... and ears so those voices can be heard.

Posted by D. Weinberger at December 12, 2004 11:07 AM

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Comments

Very good, David. But let me add something. I started my blog in my poor English exactly to bridge a gap that is difficult to see: Mediterranean European countries are strangely far away in the Western way to see the world. I mean: it is easy to think at the gap with Japan or Middle East, it seems forgettable the gap with Italy of Greece. But it is a great gap and it is growing. These are very dangerous times for Italy... As you know, we just had a senator found guilty of association with the Mafia. The government is going to change the law that makes mandatory to guarantee the same time for political information in TV for the majority and the opposition... And they are reducing taxes and social help to families... We risk to lose contact. And if we Italians lose our contact, we can sink...
Yours
Luca

Posted by: Luca De Biase | December 12, 2004 01:01 PM

though of course it's good to keep in mind that technology does not technology no matter how spread out does not give voice equally

Posted by: odeus | December 12, 2004 03:43 PM

Thanks!
Luca

Posted by: Luca De Biase | December 13, 2004 02:34 AM