In today’s episode of EDJ Podcast, we interview Richard R. Brooks, a professor of computer engineering in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA. Richard. R Brooks is part of the Internet Freedom in West Africa project where he works on making internet anonymity accessible to journalists and bloggers in West Africa. The program terminated in 2016 and its technical products were taken over by the Internet Without Borders NGO. The program enabled the Africtivistes movement, League of African Bloggers, and Cyber-Activists for Democracy to come into existence.

In this interview, Richard talks about his unique stories around internet security, the journalistic climate in West Africa, and what Internet anonymity means for society.

A big thank you to Pavel Rusakov for help with recording this episode. Pavel is a photographer, podcast producer, and creative media associate. linkedin.com/in/pavel-rusakov-687187126/

Relevant Links are below:

clemson.edu/cecas/departments/ece/faculty_staff/faculty/rbrooks.html

beyondstandards.ieee.org/blockchain/meet-the-ieee-blockchain-for-clinical-trials-whiteboard-challenge-winner/

cacm.acm.org/magazines/2018/5/227189-internet-freedom-in-west-africa/fulltext#comments

africtivistes.org/!/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=196:official-launch-of-the-league-of-african-cyber-activists-for-democracy&catid=103&showall=&limitstart=&Itemid=471

rrb.people.clemson.edu/

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In today’s episode of EDJ Podcast, we speak with Collin Paran, the co-founder of Finditly, the app that utilizes mesh networks to help you find your stuff fast. Finditly utilizes the incentive structure of blockchain consensus protocols together with mesh networks to help people find their things. Most importantly, Finditly abstracts blockchain concepts so you don’t have to worry about mining, Byzantine-Fault Tolerance, or Proof-of-Anything. It just works! Finditly, found it!

Relevant Links:
http://collinparan.com/
https://finditly.com/secret/signup/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh_networking


Music:

Soul Power

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In this episode of EDJ Podcast, we speak with Jamison Clark, the Chief Design Officer of Goose Design Co., and the inventor of Updraft (the app for activism). We speak about bringing creative people together, revitalizing Rochester, and what it means to be an activist. Jamison is a young serial entrepreneur and shares his philosophy of business in this episode.

 

Relevant Links:
https://medium.com/@GuilhermeCuri/why-transdisciplinary-design-99577199cc4a

 

 Music:

Soul Power

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Music:

Soul Power

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