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		<title>Kazakhtan&#8217;s internet is closing down</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kazakhstan is known for being &#8216;not free&#8217; according to reports of Reporters sans frontiers and the FreedomHouse. But protests continue. Last week for example journalists held a silent protest in Almaty, former capital of Kazakhstan. More details on the redesigned Neweurasianet.
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		<title>Barcamper&#8217;s favourite tools</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I attended the Barcamp in Almaty.  Again it was a lively and informal gathering of enthusiastic digital natives from all over Central Asia.  On this videoclip (6.30 min.) some of them share the digital tools they use most and probable also love most.
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		<title>You will get the media you deserve (Dutch)</title>
		<link>http://digitalsketches.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/we-get-the-media-we-deserve-dutch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Je kunt uitgaan van de vraag: hoe kunnen professionele media overleven in deze digitale tijden? Hoe moeten media &#8211; en kranten in het bijzonder &#8211; hun productiekosten en inkomstenstroom opnieuw vormgeven? Hoe kunnen bloggers en andere on line media inkomen genereren? Hoe een mediabedrijf te starten en financieren, gebaseerd op bijdragen van het publiek?
Van deze [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=digitalsketches.wordpress.com&blog=1127870&post=350&subd=digitalsketches&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Athens was burning</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first two days in Athens felt surreal. Here we are, staying in a posh hotel, attending a congress on media (Global Forum for Media Development) with 450 media people. Meanwhile a few blocks away thousands of Greeks were demonstrating and fighting with the police.

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		<title>IDFA after talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My favourites for the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) are this year:
Burma VJ; winner of the Joris Ivens Award and the &#8216;Movies That Matter&#8217; Human Rights Award and also my number one.
Afghan Star; how about the tv programme Idols in Afghanistan? A film  about national roadshow in search of Afghanistan next big star.
 
When Carmen [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=digitalsketches.wordpress.com&blog=1127870&post=275&subd=digitalsketches&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Moving Movie Industry</title>
		<link>http://digitalsketches.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/the-moving-movie-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology knows no borders. Effects are not only more popular in the movie, but also our environment is a platform for effects. Soon we shall see the chair where we can sit at home moving together with the image.
A lot will change in the film industry.  The conference of the Stifo@Sandberg on Friday 31 October, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=digitalsketches.wordpress.com&blog=1127870&post=233&subd=digitalsketches&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cold and dark winter?</title>
		<link>http://digitalsketches.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/199/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A general frustration in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are the fast increasing prices for food and oil. But also water &#8211; and therefore electricity &#8211; is becoming a huge problem in the region. During July and August Kazakh farmers had to slaughter parts of their cattle, as continuously dry weather poses serious threat of losing the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=digitalsketches.wordpress.com&blog=1127870&post=199&subd=digitalsketches&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Road Safety</title>
		<link>http://digitalsketches.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/road-safety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After his return froma  three-week long trip through Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Ben Paarmann &#8211; co founder and editor of the blogging network NewEurasia &#8211; found the scariest part the road between Bishkek and Balykchy ashore the Issyk Kul. (&#8230;) : &#8216;The recipe seems simple: Too many cars, police too sparse on the ground or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=digitalsketches.wordpress.com&blog=1127870&post=191&subd=digitalsketches&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Solomon&#8217;s throne (3)</title>
		<link>http://digitalsketches.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/solomons-throne-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I did not visit Osh this year I can report a short follow up to the story on Solomon&#8217;s throne, published July 2007.
Last year the mayor of Osh planned to build a lift on Solomon’s Rock. A lift could bring more people to the top in a more comfortable way. There were several protests [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=digitalsketches.wordpress.com&blog=1127870&post=185&subd=digitalsketches&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Barcamp Bishkek August 08</title>
		<link>http://digitalsketches.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/barcamp-bishkek-august-08/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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On You Tube you can find several short scenes for example of the opening of Barcamp Bishkek, photo&#8217;s and reports of bloggers.
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