But before I do, I'm going to read the rest of these- because I've always enjoyed your writing here, so if you suggest these, then they must be good!

Thanks much

Marguerite -

This is Kate (the other half of Other Side). My pleasure on the posting,
I've enjoyed your blog since Anya passed it along! Yes, isn't Afrigadget
great?!

I'm doing a small volunteer project myself, and Erik is one of the advisors
on the project…. we're trying to determine whether there is enough
quantitative data in citizen journalist activities (so, blogs, sms messages
etc) to develop an early warning system for social crises. For instance,
the first portion is a look at Kenyan blogs (with Ushahidi and White African
in there!), and looking literally at the time stamp, type of information,
comments etc of citizens who posted warnings, events and updates during the
Dec/Jan election situation and trying to see if those postings were more
influential than mainstream media and could we glean anything useful for the
future? It's a very fun project! I just love that sort of thing

Cheers, and I hope to keep in touch,
Kate

Thanks also for featuring Afrigadget, also one of my favorite blogs! Erik Hershman, its founder is also behind Ushahidi and White African, two other outstanding Internet ventures . . . .