How do we make civic crowdfunding awesome?
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?
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Happy distractions: sumo, South African music, and Islamic hackerfic
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
Kenya, power and questioning my assumptions
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
Ghanaian Ambitions
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
When the world is your dance teacher
In 2005, Matt Harding posted a video on the internet. It’s a compilation of clips of him dancing – badly – in locations around the… Read More »When the world is your dance teacher
Doc Searls on “The Intention Economy”
Friend and fellow Berkmanite Doc Searls is presenting his new book, The Intention Economy, at Harvard this evening. That I’m hosting the event doesn’t stop… Read More »Doc Searls on “The Intention Economy”