years ago i met a lone blogger from iran/canada and his name was Hoder. actually, it was my first conference- BlogTalk 1- and i listened as a he spoke about the sudden popularity of persian weblogs. he was well spoken and articulated interesting points well. now, almost exactly 3 years later, Hoder is in Stockholm and there is no way i am going to miss him. on wednesday he will speak at the university of stockholm and on friday at arenagruppen. unfortunately, i can only attend the friday session, but i am quite excited nonetheless.

currently, there are many exciting blog projects going on that explore the assumption of equal conversational access/opportunity in weblog networks such as those in pygmy populations and the current state of blogging in iran. there was also an interesting article in the bbc about blogs as a weapon of war. i think it is time to do a series of posts about this assumption. it seems that there was the initial belief that the internet was the great democratizer – it leveled the playing field and allowed everyone to have a say. then there was the belief that the internet as free speech was partially a myth because there is not world wide equal access. but now, it seems that there is a mixture. yes, not everyone has equal access, but it seems that now more than ever there are many who are using the internet (particularly weblogs) to create a presence online. there are so many myths at play here. that of free speech, equal access, annonimity… it should be interesting to see how this series of posts plays out. maybe each post should explore a ‘myth’ and look at it from both the westernized perspective, but also from a global one. any suggestions for equal access myths to bust?