by Darren | Feb 14, 2013 | Monitor
When creating a new WordPress plugin, I wanted to include the handy media uploader. Fortunately, Matt at Webmaster Source has a great tutorial on how to easily add this to your form. However, when uploading the image it merely drops the URL to the new image into the...
by Darren | Aug 14, 2011 | Monitor
There is an old adage that a group typically won’t vote to reduce it’s own power. It isn’t a far jump to extend this to tax increases: few people are likely to vote an increase in their own taxes. This got me wondering about the new Congressional...
by Darren | Jun 8, 2011 | Monitor
“It’s an honor to welcome the first american president that looks brazilian!! :)” Those words of welcome, from Fred in Brasilia, joined about 30,000 more messages for President Obama as he made his first visit to Brazil this past March. To help celebrate the...
by Darren | Nov 10, 2010 | Monitor
Cairo University sent me some more photos from the two events that were held there last week. There was a great turnout to both events and, as I mentioned in my earlier post, the discussion was challenging and very interesting. I really wish I had more time to debate...
by Darren | Nov 7, 2010 | Monitor
For all my work with new media for public diplomacy, the best engagement is still the oldest: face-to-face discussions. “The last three feet”, as Edward R Murrow put it, allow for more personal interaction than the sometimes detached and often anonymous online type....