A couple of years back, Technorati dropped out of my life. It was a sudden break, though I didn’t notice it at first. I blog… Read More »The new Technorati: advertiser-friendly, foreigner-free?
I’m reading Paul Collier’s controversial new “Wars, Guns and Votes” (NYTimes review), where the brilliant development economist addresses the uncomfortable question, “What if democracy doesn’t… Read More »Babtounes, “democrazy” and the Tunisian elections
My friend and former business partner, Bo Peabody, has an op-ed in today’s Washington Post titled “Twitter.org?” He argues that social media is extremely difficult… Read More »Twitter.org? and building models for social media
A fascinating story you might have missed. Noam Cohen of the New York Times looks at The Budget, a newspaper in Sugar Creek, Ohio that… Read More »“The Budget” and the Amish Internet
So, you’re the leader of a UN member nation. You’re invited to the UN general assembly in New York. And that can be fun –… Read More »Wanted: legitimation
A few years back, I was in Accra, Ghana with friends who’d helped me organize and fund Geekcorps – they were visiting our projects in… Read More »Gay sex scams – and community responses – in Ghana