I tried to blog the recently past Pop!Tech conference in a bit more detail than I normally would, in part because David Weinberger decided to… Read More »“Backwards and in High Heels” – Ndesanjo Macha blogs Pop!Tech in Kiswahili
Bart Decrem, one of the folks behind the Get Firefox campaign, and a founder of digital divide organization Plugged In, is now working on a… Read More »Leading the Flock
Nicholas Negroponte is speaking about the $100 laptop, and the long path that’s led to his interest in the topic. Ultimately, Nicholas believes that in… Read More »Negroponte and the $100 Laptop
I spoke to Steven Johnson briefly before his presentation at Pop!Tech. He told me he was going to try to add some seriousness, gravitas and… Read More »Moving on to serious stuff, like Grand Theft Auto
Ivan Marovic is a young Serbian activist, a key figure in the Otpor (“Resistance”) movement. The movement was a decentralized student movement – there was… Read More »Ivan Marovic: A Force More Powerful
Ed Castronova has a job that couldn’t have existed until very recently – he’s an economist of virtual worlds. His talk – “Gold from Thin… Read More »Ed Castronova: Making Gold out of Thin Air