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# Blogs of War Referenced in Fast Company Story on Use of Social Media During Egyptian Protests
- URL: https://johnwlittle.com/blogs-of-war-referenced-in-fast-company-story-on-use-of-social-media-during-egyptian-protests/
- Published: 2011-01-25T08:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T15:55:36.000Z
- Description: Fast Company references Blogs of War in its coverage of social media during the Egyptian protests, highlighting the role of online tools in tracking unfolding events.
- Author: John Little
- Tags: Social Media, Mentions, Technology, Egypt

In 2011 I launched a product, called Covert Contact, that monitored and surfaced content relevant to national security. Changes to the Twitter API ultimately rendered that product inoperable but not before it became quite popular. I built a series of mobile friendly monitors for events in Egypt that became quite popular with the protesters themselves and [Fast Company picked up on it](https://www.fastcompany.com/1720692/massive-egyptian-protests-powered-youtube-twitter-facebook-twitpic-pics-video-updates?ref=johnwlittle.com):

> “Blogsofwar’s Egypt Twitter aggregator is also a must-read, especially for those who can understand Arabic.”

This screenshot is all that remains of Covert Contact (the tool, not the [podcast](https://johnwlittle.com/covert-contact-podcast/) under the same name that would follow):

![The original Covert Contact website, showing a national-security monitoring feed and sidebar links.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/62/fd628d80-41c9-4950-81c2-bb8053a3dd2b/content/images/2020/02/covertcontact-wayback.png)