Sumo leads me to the dark side
In 2000, I spent a lot of time downloading music from Napster. I was working on Geekcorps and we had an office at MassMoCA, which… Read More »Sumo leads me to the dark side
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Media, reality, representation: what are we paying attention to when we pay attention to Darfur?
One of the better conversations I’ve had lately was with an old friend who’s now working in Sudan, reporting on local news and politics as… Read More »Media, reality, representation: what are we paying attention to when we pay attention to Darfur?
The Fallacy of Examples, and the problems of extrapolating from media
David Weinberger has an intriguing post up today about the “Fallacy of Examples“. He’s reacting to a column from Nick Kristof in the New York… Read More »The Fallacy of Examples, and the problems of extrapolating from media
A goofy dance, a sweet lullaby
There’s this guy, Matt Harding. He describes himself as “a 31-year-old deadbeat from Connecticut who used to think that all he ever wanted to do… Read More »A goofy dance, a sweet lullaby
PDF: Citizen Media – left, right, left, right…
I’m not much of a political blogger, unlike many of the folks at the Personal Democracy Forum conference. (Okay, that’s not true. I just write… Read More »PDF: Citizen Media – left, right, left, right…
PDF: Visualizing the political blogosphere
If innovations in the citizen media community are shaping the political process, it’s worth looking closely at the structures and architecture of that new space.… Read More »PDF: Visualizing the political blogosphere