Jenna Burrell, assistant professor at the School of Information at UC Berkeley, is speaking today at the Berkman Center on her research on internet usage… Read More »Who let all those Ghanaians on the Internet? Jenna Burrell on internet exclusion
Microsoft’s Social Computing Symposium is one of my favorite conferences of the year. It’s small, invitation only, curated by some of the smartest people in… Read More »The Globalization of Sumo – My talk at MSR SCS 2013
So we’re in the Home Depot, which we’ve visited almost every day since Colin’s been staying with me. That’s because we’re building a cabin, and… Read More »The flywheel in the farmer’s field, or why innovating around infrastructure is so hard
My son is failing to nap in the bedroom where Aaron Swartz spent a week as houseguest about four years back. I’m reading reactions to… Read More »Goodbye, Aaron.
I tweeted earlier today about my horror regarding the shootings in Newtown, CT, and my connections to the community. I grew up nearby and have… Read More »Mourn, and take action on guns
Here are a few things we know about Ghana’s 2012 elections. It’s going to be close. With 168 of 275 constituencies reporting, incumbent John Mahama… Read More »Ghana Decides, 2012 – the story so far