Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Erik Hersman
American Technologist, Blogger and Commentator, Co-Founder of Ushahidi ("testimony" in Swahili) Crowdsourcing website
"The crowd served as this early warning signal, ... Fifteen minutes later, two truckloads of police showed up and dispersed the youth, ... To the person who reported it, it was like magic."
"Technology can be equally good and bad, based on who uses it."
"I throw ideas out and hope that they will influence others in some small way. The African blogging community has been very welcoming and I’ve been particularly grateful for the Kenyan Bloggers Webring (KBW), which has a fantastic group of bloggers in it."