TED embraces social translation
My friends at TED have launched an exciting new project today, the TED Open Translation Project. It’s a powerful system to allow the “social translation”… Read More »TED embraces social translation
Twitter and social graph analysis
One of the best things about being an academic (or even, like me, a psuedo-academic) is how easy it’s become to collaborate with people you… Read More »Twitter and social graph analysis
Slingshot Hip-hop, and the power of digital Palestine
Monday night, Rachel and I went to our local movie theatre to watch “Slingshot Hip-Hop“, a documentary on Palestinian hiphop by Palestinian/Syrian/American filmmaker Jackie Reem… Read More »Slingshot Hip-hop, and the power of digital Palestine
The importance of being a dork
I had coffee recently with Gavin McCormick, a bright young economist who worked with me at Geekcorps some years back. He took a position with… Read More »The importance of being a dork
An elegy (of sorts) for Geocities
Yesterday, Yahoo announced that it would be shutting down its free webhosting service, Geocities, later this year. The Geocities website sports a banner announcing that… Read More »An elegy (of sorts) for Geocities
Where Dambisa Moyo’s right, and where she’s wrong
I’ve just ordered Dambisa Moyo’s new book, “Dead Aid“. For the past couple of weeks, Moyo has been on a full-scale media blitz, talking with… Read More »Where Dambisa Moyo’s right, and where she’s wrong