Every few years, This American Life puts forward a piece of radio reporting that raises the bar for journalism as a whole. A few years… Read More »Harper High School, and finding solutions to complex problems
In late January of 2012, Austin Oberbillig and Evan Ricks, students at Olympia High School in Olympia, Washington made a video called “Lunch Scholars“. The… Read More »Is civics in crisis? Or just changing its shape?
Microsoft’s Social Computing Symposium is one of my favorite conferences of the year. It’s small, invitation only, curated by some of the smartest people in… Read More »The Globalization of Sumo – My talk at MSR SCS 2013
So we’re in the Home Depot, which we’ve visited almost every day since Colin’s been staying with me. That’s because we’re building a cabin, and… Read More »The flywheel in the farmer’s field, or why innovating around infrastructure is so hard
I tweeted earlier today about my horror regarding the shootings in Newtown, CT, and my connections to the community. I grew up nearby and have… Read More »Mourn, and take action on guns
“It’s either that or find another war”. From a note from Paul Salopek to his editor at National Geographic, proposing a 5 year walk around… Read More »Paul Salopek: reporting the world at a walking pace