In 2011, we validated our hypothesis about what Indaba can offer to a distributed team creating a scorecard, index, or similar data collection project. Our job for 2012 is scale. Big scale. We want more users, more speed, and more great projects coming out. To do this, we need to make setting up projects faster [...]

During the past year, Indaba has moved from a good idea to a field-tested tool with strong user validation.

Our version 1.0, which can be summarized with: “Manage your own people; Don’t be a jerk.” 1) No lifeguard on duty: Each project manager will moderate her own community in terms of politeness and peer-to-peer interactions, according to whatever standards you find appropriate. We don’t provide any moderation or monitoring of your teams. 2) Don’t [...]

This is a condensed version of the recommendations I send to Global Integrity staff regarding how to make a browser secure and reduce (but not eliminate!) the risk of spying by security services and other bad actors. As of yesterday, Google is once again raising hell over China targeting activists using less-secure browsers. The bottom [...]