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The Cordoba Initiative

I would like to direct your attention to the Cordoba Initiative. Although their tagline “Improving Muslim-West Relations” would have you think that they are unaware of the last generation of civilizational debates and identity politics, they actually show a lot of potential. There are some good people working there and their contacts are deep. Poke around, have fun, and tell them to change their tagline. The best part is that they promise to be a media portal. If they would only supply donuts, I would be truly happy.

SXSW 2007 – Blogging Where Speech Isn’t Free [updated]

Really good panel with: Jon Lebkowsky Partner, Polycot Consulting LLC Shahed Amanullah Founder, Halalfire Media LLC Robert Faris Harvard Law School – Berkman Center Shava Nerad Exec Dir, The Tor Project Ethan Zuckerman Co-Founder, Global Voices Jasmina Tesanovic Blog B92 Good links snagged from panel: Sept. 11 info. (supplied by Shava at our panel yesterday) Global Voices Diary of a Political Idiot Tor Freedom House OpenNet Great to finally meet both Shahed and Ethan. Went to lunch with the two of them, Rob, Rachel, and John Bracken. Great conversation about the hip-hop, internets, national security, and garlic noodles. Any meal…

MacQibla Sale

Software for your Mac: 50% sale today only. See here. “If you do business in the Islamic world, or belong to the Islamic faith, MacQibla is the perfect time and calendar tool… supporting both the Islamic and Western calendars. Version 3.0 has been completely rewritten from scratch to take full advantage of OS X. New to MacQibla 3.0 are sheets which give instant access to any city via popup menus in each city box.” Technorati Tags: mac