Michael Brown was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson on Saturday August 9, 2014. After his body lay in the hot street for four… Read More »Self-segregation on social networks and the implications for the Ferguson, MO story
I wrote a book review, of sorts, last week about Walter Isaacson’s book on Steve Jobs and my concern that biographies, as a genre, celebrate… Read More »The biography I’m waiting for: Bambaataa and the parallel universe of hip hop
A friend recently posted a video on Facebook, a 1997 news story from ABC’s Nightline about Tripod, the social media company I helped build in… Read More »How do you write a biography about collaboration?
The Atlantic was kind enough to run a lightly edited version of this post. I’m posting here after their publication so that this remains in… Read More »When Being Happy is Political
Three years into my time at MIT, I’m trying to get back into the habit of blogging, something that was a near-daily habit for me… Read More »Monithon and Monitorial Citizenship in Italy
It’s nearing a year since my book, Rewire, was published. I’m thrilled that some critics have liked it, and that it’s had some recognition, notably… Read More »Brief glimpses of other lives