Archive for October, 2008:

Making Every Vote Count

{ Posted on Oct 31 2008 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Categories : From the office
On the eve of this historic presidential election, I thought I’d post an entry about the lengths to which an expat goes to get his ballot counted—and of the people who proved to be indispensable along the way. Awhile back I ...Read More »

Catching Up With Roland

{ Posted on Oct 28 2008 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Categories : Off the beaten path
On Saturday I went down to Batoké to chat with Roland Boula about the events that had transpired over the last 72 hours. We sat and discussed in the shade while my roomies, Brian and our Cameroonian pals hit ...Read More »

Pods and Blogs on BBC Radio

{ Posted on Oct 23 2008 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Categories : At work
I received an email yesterday from Jamillah Knowles, host of the Pods and Blogs show on BBC Radio 5 Live, mere hours after I posted Roland Boula’s story “Podcasting the Blues From Cameroon”. She asked if we might ...Read More »

Podcasting the Blues From Cameroon

{ Posted on Oct 22 2008 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Last April I blogged about Roland Boula (see the “Blues Scholar”) and his solitary existence as the caretaker of Madison Park, a small beach resort outside of Limbe. Roland has remained one of my closest and most trusted friends ...Read More »

Crowdsource Mapping Cameroon

{ Posted on Oct 08 2008 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Categories : From the office
First, a confession: ever since I was a kid I’ve been obsessed with maps, mapmaking, route finding, terrain, satellite imagery—you name it. Once, for a middle school science project, I painstakingly traced the elevations of a contour map I ...Read More »

Meanwhile, In East Africa…

{ Posted on Oct 03 2008 by Bill Zimmerman }
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I’ve blogged on several occasions the human-powered, trans-continental journey of Colin MacNeill—the wandering Irishman who woke up one day in London, decided quit his job at the Guinness brewery and pedal a bicycle across Europe and Africa. Colin's been ...Read More »