Wrestling with Jefferson’s Moose
Some months back, I had the pleasure of hearing an old friend give a talk at Harvard Law School. I met David Post a dozen… Read More »Wrestling with Jefferson’s Moose
Activist media and selective amplifiers
Those of us interested in social media and political organizing have had a lot to pay attention to in recent weeks. Demonstrations in the streets… Read More »Activist media and selective amplifiers
The Open Translation Manual
In a post last week about the Open Translation Tools summit in Amsterdam, I mentioned a “book sprint” that was working to put together a… Read More »The Open Translation Manual
Notes and reflections from the Open Translation Tools Summit 2009
If you want to know what people around the world are thinking and feeling, you need help from a translator. Recent events in Iran are… Read More »Notes and reflections from the Open Translation Tools Summit 2009
Chris Csikszentmihayli and a complex vision of citizen media
Chris Csikszentmihayli opens the morning’s session at MIT’s Knight News Challenge conference with an overview of his view of the world – “It’s my view… Read More »Chris Csikszentmihayli and a complex vision of citizen media
Invented languages, cosmopolitan dreams
Arika Okrent has a thing for languages. Born in Chicago, she got good enough at Hungarian to teach in Hungary, and learned ASL while getting… Read More »Invented languages, cosmopolitan dreams