This Slashdot article points to a new piece of software from IBM that tracks and visually displays the way wiki articles develop over time.
From the Haiti List, I see that Lincoln Center’s New Directors New Films series is presenting The Gospel of the Creole Pig on April 2 at 9:15 at the Museum of Modern Art. See full details here.
Glencoe Online has a web page up in preparation for Haitian Cultural Heritage Month in May.
The blog Art for a Change recently ran this post on Jacob Lawrence, an African-American painter who, in 1938 at the age of 21, produced a 41-panel series depicting the life of Toussaint Louverture. At least one of the links in the original post is broken, so here are some other links to biographies of Jacob Lawrence and to images of the Toussaint series: 15 color prints from the series.
It looks like their website hasn’t been updated in a few months (like I’m one to talk), but the Haitian American Foundation, also in South Florida, offers a number of valuable services to the Haitian-American community, including youth access to computers.
Sant La is a Haitian Neighborhood Center serving the Haitian American community of South Florida.
I’ve been collecting links over the past couple of months that I just haven’t had time to post. This is an attempt to catch up. If I’ve forgotten the original source of the link, I do apologize… Thomas at Smart Mobs links to a Washington Post article which notes the increasing use of emerging technologies — especially wikis — on college campuses.
I got a very nice couple of emails recently from the folks at Haiti Travels, and I wanted to mention their site.
I apologize for the lack of posts lately. I’ve been distracted with I should be able to get back to a more regular posting schedule now.
A reminder popped up on one of the mailing lists today about a terrific CD – Happy Birthday Haiti, featuring Kiskeya: The Haitian Orchestra.