Jack in Flak: WordPress, Twitter, YouTube Talk Social Media in Iraq
via Twitter @mashable
Our old friend Pete Cashmore on the social media/IT posse’s foray into Iraq. Interesting read, gives a background… but the full-circle, audience-inclusive colour commentary is at #iraqtech. You can also follow Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and get his tweets as they happen.
Is this a first for the US State Department, bringing the new kids in with the old guard? Is this more of the same slicing the pie, or are we actually improving lives? Could Iraq be the perfect place — tech-friendly, SMS-enabled, educated population hungry for change and empowered, grassroots development — to see all that social media tools can do?
