Election 1388

The Iranophile blog “Is this Ta’arof?” shows how to use Greasemonkey and the new Google Translate tool to help better understand what’s being said in Persian on Twitter. Of course, Google’s translation ability is still in alpha, and likely isn’t 100 percent accurate, but it’s better than nothing. This should work on Windows, Mac or Linux equally well. If you’re not techy and don’t understand the difference between a cup of java and JavaScript, fear not! This takes about a…

Dear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on the new Persian tech tools from Google, Facebook and Apple is airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): NYC – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM – www.wnyc.org Washington, DC – 8 pm Eastern – WAMU – 88.5 FM – www.wamu.org Los Angeles – 12 pm Pacific – KPCC – 89.3 FM – www.kpcc.opg Boston – 4 pm Eastern –…

I guess folks over at Google and Facebook have been reading my Twitter messages and my blog — or more likely, simply sped up processes that were already in motion. Google announced about 90 minutes ago that it had added Persian to Google Translate, while Facebook is about to launch its Persian-language version of the social networking software. In my brief test, it seems like the “alpha” moniker is quite valid. While Google Translate was able to handle the Persian…

So I speak a little Persian and read it very slowly, so I’m hoping that you guys can help me out. I’ve got a bunch of searches in FriendFeed that I’d really like to have more people take a look at so we can get some more information out in the English-speaking online community. http://friendfeed.com/search?q=تظاهرات http://friendfeed.com/search?q=تظاهرات+میدان+امام+خمینی http://friendfeed.com/search?q=توپخانه http://friendfeed.com/search?q=راهپیمایی http://friendfeed.com/search?q=موسوی

Xeni asked me to compile a list of what I’m reading regarding the Iranian election and its insane aftermath. Beyond the obvious traditional media (NYT, BBC, NPR, PRI), these are mainly what I’m paying attention to: Twitter: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=near%3ATehran+within%3A15mi http://irantwitters.blogspot.com/ http://twitter.com/stopAhmadi http://twitter.com/iran09 http://twitter.com/mousavi1388 Related: http://youtube.com/mousavi1388 and http://flickr.com/mousavi1388 and http://sites.google.com/site/mousavi1388/ http://blog.twitter.com/2009/06/down-time-rescheduled.html US State Department told Twitter to change its update time http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSWBT01137420090616 Main sites: http://tehranbureau.com http://www.irantracker.org/ http://garysick.tumblr.com/ http://mag.gooya.com/english/ http://iranian.com/ http://tehranlive.org/ Established Media: Who’s Fighting Who in Iran’s Struggle? / TIME / By…

Via Nayareh Tohidi: [Redacted] reports his own observations on the course of events of 15th June 2009 in Tehran I left my home in Tajrish along with my family at 3 p.m. We went down Valiast Street which is the main northern-southern avenue in Tehran and entered the Evin Exp’way which leads to Enghelab Street. We knew that people are supposed to gather in Enghelab Sq. (Revolution Sq.) at 4 and march toward Azadi Sq. (Freedom Sq.). From Gisha Bridge…