Designer Richard Vijgen has posted a lovely and ambitious visualization of a data set that has special personal meaning for me: 650 gigabytes which represent… Read More »Former purveyor of discarded paradigms, at your service.
Zambia held presidential elections this week, a contest that’s had interesting implications beyond the borders of that southern African nation. When I speak about international… Read More »Why watch Zambia?
“Dreams seen by a man-made machine How does it seem, how does it seem That we can see each others dreams” – CAN, “Last Night’s… Read More »I see what you’re thinking…
Shouting Fire in a Crowded Hashtag Important essay by Andres Monroy-Hernandes about the use of social media to document drug violence in Mexico, and the… Read More »links for 2011-09-16
Fifty years ago, Newton Minow, the 35 year old FCC chairman, gave a speech that’s still studied today. It’s taught in rhetoric courses, tested on… Read More »A Vast Wasteland, Five Decades Later
This is one of the more surreal weeks of my recent life. On Sunday, I took possession of an adorable and small apartment near Inman… Read More »The science of food… and of resetting your expectations