Now representing @Sweden…
Last year, Sweden took on an experiment in social media as a form of nation branding by turning over its national Twitter account, @sweden, to… Read More »Now representing @Sweden…
Last year, Sweden took on an experiment in social media as a form of nation branding by turning over its national Twitter account, @sweden, to… Read More »Now representing @Sweden…
2012 has been a bad year for gun violence in the United States. Yesterday, Thomas Caffall, apparently distraught about being evicted from him home in… Read More »What would it take to start a gun control debate in the US?
Ten people each contribute $100 a month into a pool. They meet once a month and discuss possible projects to support. Each month, they give… Read More »How do we make civic crowdfunding awesome?
This year is the first in decades where I’ve been beneficiary and victim of the academic schedule. While I spent almost a decade at the… Read More »Happy distractions: sumo, South African music, and Islamic hackerfic
I’m discovering that one of my special joys in life is having my presumptions proved wrong. I’ve just returned from a ten day trip to… Read More »Kenya, power and questioning my assumptions
I spent Tuesday on the crowded roads of the northern suburbs of Accra, catching up with old friends and marveling at transitions and transformations: those… Read More »Ghanaian Ambitions