9 Reasons Why You Should Submit a Lightning Talk for the ArabNet Developer Days

For this year’s event we’ve announced that during the Developer Days we’re going to have more lightning talks and we’ve put up a call for papers.

So far we’ve had an amazing and diverse array of talent come on board, but since there are a few of you out there that might still be hesitant to join, I thought I’d provide more information on why I think every single person attending the developer days should submit one, so that those who have cold feet might be encouraged and do so!

So, without further ado, allow me to start my list:

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youranonnews: STOP SOPA  THE ESSENTIALS: Summary and bill text of SOPA - H.R. 3261: link Summary and bill text of PIPA - S.968: link Congressmen who support SOPA and how much money in donations they received to support it: link  IN DEPTH: Companies that support SOPA - link Companies that oppose SOPA & PIPA - link Video: What is PIPA and how will it affect you? link SOPA 101: An Infographic - link Tech Law & Policy: House takes Senate’s bad Internet censorship bill, tries making it worse - Analysis of SOPA & PIPA - link First Amendment Legal Analysis and Implications of SOPA - link Stanford Law Professors React to SOPA and PIPA - link Infographic: What SOPA Means for Business and Innovation - link FAQ: How SOPA Would Affect You - link GET INVOLVED: Take Action Checklist to Stop Censorship - link Join @YourAnonNews and @AnonymousIRC and pledge not to tweet between 8AM-8PM EST (1300-0100 UTC) on 18 January [check your local timezone here - Use hashtags #SOPAblackout and #J18 Add the following banners to your Twitter pic: “CENSORED” - link | “STOP SOPA” - link How to contact Facebook and Google to support the January 18 SOPA blackout - link Contact your local Representative with info and a widget to find them by EFF and Wired for Change - link Plugin for WordPress to protest with a blackout: link Click “attend” on the FaceBook event page - link
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youranonnews:

STOP SOPA

 THE ESSENTIALS:

  • Summary and bill text of SOPA - H.R. 3261: link
  • Summary and bill text of PIPA - S.968: link
  • Congressmen who support SOPA and how much money in donations they received to support it: link

 IN DEPTH:

  • Companies that support SOPA - link
  • Companies that oppose SOPA & PIPA - link
  • Video: What is PIPA and how will it affect you? link
  • SOPA 101: An Infographic - link
  • Tech Law & Policy: House takes Senate’s bad Internet censorship bill, tries making it worse - Analysis of SOPA & PIPA - link
  • First Amendment Legal Analysis and Implications of SOPA - link
  • Stanford Law Professors React to SOPA and PIPA - link
  • Infographic: What SOPA Means for Business and Innovation - link
  • FAQ: How SOPA Would Affect You - link

GET INVOLVED:

  • Take Action Checklist to Stop Censorship - link
  • Join @YourAnonNews and @AnonymousIRC and pledge not to tweet between 8AM-8PM EST (1300-0100 UTC) on 18 January [check your local timezone here - Use hashtags #SOPAblackout and #J18
  • Add the following banners to your Twitter pic: “CENSORED” - link | “STOP SOPA” - link
  • How to contact Facebook and Google to support the January 18 SOPA blackout - link
  • Contact your local Representative with info and a widget to find them by EFF and Wired for Change - link
  • Plugin for WordPress to protest with a blackout: link
  • Click “attend” on the FaceBook event page - link

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Kinetic Sculptures. Interesting ideas.

Finger Mk II by Nik Ramage for Laikingland (by laikingland)

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