Nancy Baym, communications professor at the University of Kansas, is a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research in Cambridge this summer… which means we’re lucky enough… Read More »Nancy Baym: Pop music and social exchange
American vs. Chinese Manufacturing: Which Is Stronger? : NPR Interesting snippet comparing American and Chinese manufacturing – a focus on flexibility, quality in the US… Read More »links for 2010-06-18
It’s a bit of a cliché to say that Americans don’t understand football, and especially don’t understand the importance of international tournaments like the World… Read More »Save the Galvao – the World Cup and good natured global taunting
Pilgrimages | Pilgrimages In honor of the World Cup, prominent African authors make pilgrimages across the continent to give a contemporary, multifaceted portrait of Africa.… Read More »links for 2010-06-11
The 2010 FIFA World Cup starts on Friday, which means that football fans across the world have a difficult task this week: determining who to… Read More »Who to support? Algorithms for World Cup 2010
Micah Sifry, one of the founders of the Personal Democracy Forum conference, asked me to focus my speech at his conference on some of the… Read More »Overcoming apathy through participation? – (not) my talk at Personal Democracy Forum