Where is your CVC code?
This protest, in what appears to be Lithuania, may have the right idea when it comes to the debate over the role of technology in activism: it’s going to take some combination of old and new methods. (Also, finally, a use for the iPad… am I right?)
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Maybe if enough people do this, a market will be created for iPad 2.0 – Protest Edition. This will have an expandable antenna-like handle so a press of a button makes it a protest placard. Mac – powered by The People.