Rest in peace, Kenyan Villager
When I give talks about blogging in the developing world, I’m always careful to remind people that the phenomenon is largely limited to large cities… Read More »Rest in peace, Kenyan Villager
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Keep an eye on Hasan Elahi
Hasan Elahi is a conceptual artist whose life is an ongoing work about surveillance. He starts by telling us a chilling story – his detention… Read More »Keep an eye on Hasan Elahi
The Builders Association
Marianne Weems is the artistic director of The Builders Association, a New York based theatre group that’s interested in bringing technology onto the stage, looking… Read More »The Builders Association
Kevin Kelly on technological determinism
Kevin Kelly acknowledges that he believes in a dangerous idea – technological determinism, the idea that our technology shapes and determines who we are and… Read More »Kevin Kelly on technological determinism
Brian Eno and Will Wright – from the simple to the complex
Pop!Tech 2006, the tenth anniversary of the conference, is titled “Dangerous Ideas”. I suspect you can characterize many of the ideas that come up at… Read More »Brian Eno and Will Wright – from the simple to the complex
A very lonely refugee
Mohammed Sagar is one lonely dude. An Iraqi refugee, who fled Baathist persecution in Sadaam’s Iraq, he was captured while trying to enter Australia by… Read More »A very lonely refugee