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These photos are from my
fall 2007 trip to Almaty, Kazakhstan, my second as a US State
Department-funded Speaker/Specialist. The videos, pictures and comments
are my personal views and do not reflect the position of the US
Government or my employer. This was a trip about democratic
technologies. The people I met with will use Web 2.0 and advocacy about
the digital divide to advance the cause of their nation. This former
Soviet Republic has actually come a long way in a relatively short time.
Spending time here and talking to people at length makes you realize
they in a founding moment. History teaches us that founding moments are
not moments at all; they stretch for years and decades. Current and
future Kazakh citizens perhaps will find democratic technologies are one
bridge leading to a new way of thinking. |
