Monrovian Analog Blogger
Posted by Motherboard on Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009
In Monrovia, Liberia, there’s a guy taking the matter of a lopsided, state-run media and reshaping it into a free-of-charge, independent news-aggregator—all accomplished with dry-erase board and couple markers. (Sorry, internet!) Each morning, at 10:45 AM, Alfred Sirleaf wakes up and heads down to his bulletin board to post the day’s news, culling together a slate of stories his countrymen might otherwise never see. Grateful readers line up in droves, on foot and in cars, to read these updates, in what has been described as the country’s—and probably the world’s—only analog blog.
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Hamilton 3 months ago
An old take on something new. Wonderful.
The_Good_Doc 2 months ago
That's a good way to put it.
Tucker 3 months ago
It's kind of like his own little version of the Green Monster scoreboard.
BKallday 3 months ago
i like what this guy is doing but i could do without the religious stuff
Giga_Please 3 months ago
Nail on head!
allrightallright 3 months ago
he's got a great font there.
cacophobia 3 months ago
i love his accent...but he sort of reminds me of those hardcore christians who would preach on my college campus in between classes...
storstygg 3 months ago
he could at least use green chalk for true old-school monochrome appeal. JK!
Orion 3 months ago
Time for Google to add a Pigeon option to GoogleReader.
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