The Digital Life Show

Georgia Popplewell, Managing Editor, Global Voices

Georgia Popplewell is a media producer, writer, editor and blogger from Trinidad and Tobago. She has worked in independent media in the Caribbean since 1989 and has written extensively on culture, music, film and sport.

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About Global Voices

Global Voices is a community of more than 300 bloggers and translators around the world who work together to bring you reports from blogs and citizen media everywhere, with emphasis on voices that are not ordinarily heard in international mainstream media.

Global Voices seeks to aggregate, curate, and amplify the global conversation online – shining light on places and people other media often ignore. We work to develop tools, institutions and relationships that will help all voices, everywhere, to be heard.

Learn more about Global Voices and other citizen media initiatives discussed at the Citizen Media Rendez Vous – 2nd edition, which was held on Monday August 23, 2010.
Check out the LiveStream videos to see full archives of the event.

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Other Digital News of the Week

Wi-Fi may cause generational defects: scientist
Ex-weapons expert says frequencies can damage ovaries
- Laurence Lessig’s wireside chat equates wifi with the dangers of smoking.

Why Smartphone Adoption May Not Be as Big as You Think

Google offers free calling from Gmail in Canada and the U.S.

Wired magazine feature The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet – By Chris Anderson and Michael Wolff

General Electric’s Ecomagination Challenge – is a $200 million call to action for businesses, entrepreneurs, innovators, and students to share their best ideas and come together to take on one of the world’s toughest challenges – building the next-generation power grid to meet the needs of the 21st century.

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Upcoming Events
Montreal WordCamp – Aug 28-29
WordCamp Montreal is a small conference about the world’s most popular blogging software WordPress. WordCamps are informal, community-organized events that are put together by WordPress users like you. Everyone from casual users to core developers participate, share ideas, and get to know each other.

Podcamp Montreal – Sept 11 & 12
PodCamp Montreal is an unconference for podcasting and social media enthusiasts and specialists. Learn about these topics and share exciting new ideas. Follow @PodCampMontreal or #pcmtl on Twitter for updates…

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