links for 2009-01-17
African Studies: 100 Best Books The Zimbabwe International Book Fair offers a list of Africa's best books in the 20th century. Remarkable, fascinating list. (tags:… Read More »links for 2009-01-17
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January 2009
Is ad-supported journalism viable in a pay-for-performance age?
While a great deal of what I write here is underinformed speculation, this piece is unusually speculative and underinformed. It’s possible that I’m flat out… Read More »Is ad-supported journalism viable in a pay-for-performance age?
links for 2009-01-16
Reuters AlertNet – CAR: Why such poverty in a land of gold and diamonds? Excellent piece on the long-term conflicts that destabilize CAR and questions… Read More »links for 2009-01-16
links for 2009-01-15
Report Finds Online Threats to Children Overblown – NYTimes.com My colleagues at Berkman release a scholarly report that argues that there's far less stranger danger… Read More »links for 2009-01-15
Seduced by BBC’s maps of British infrastructure
I’m in love. I’ve been blogging these past few weeks about infrastructure and how we understand and misunderstand it. My motives are a bit oblique… Read More »Seduced by BBC’s maps of British infrastructure
Good and bad news from Zimbabwe
I mentioned two days ago that Zimbabwean authorities were holding a two-year old child prisoner, along with his activist parents. Denford Magora drew my attention… Read More »Good and bad news from Zimbabwe