The New Media Diva

Month: November, 2008

Podcast at the shop: The state of water

Water may not be the sole cause of conflict, but if solutions to the current water crisis aren’t found, water scarcity may add strain to already tense international situations says Tobias Siegfried of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Listen to podcast here.

FT.com: Sheer absolute horror

Words can’t express the sheer horror that gripped my innards when I clicked on the FT this morning. The site has been redesigned, and…and…I just… I just can’t even make the right words come out. I can’t even verbalize how nauseous this page made me. No. Literally. Remember in school when someone upchucked and the [...]

Coke and Condoms

Here’s an idea…Coke for Condoms: an idea to combat Africa’s HIV/AIDS problem. From the group’s Facebook page: In Africa 44 million bottles are sold, every single day. More Coca-Cola is sold in Africa alone than condoms are used in the entire world. “How about distributing condoms in Africa by asking Coca-Cola to team up with [...]