My talk at Berkman: Mapping a connected world
My colleagues rock. When you give a talk at the Berkman Center these days, one of your rewards is a Berkman lunch apron. I like… Read More »My talk at Berkman: Mapping a connected world
More map lust: global populations in 1890
I get my best thinking done by speaking. Not just randomly shooting my mouth off… though I certainly do that often enough. No, I like… Read More »More map lust: global populations in 1890
My Publius essay on the polyglot internet
For the past several months, the Berkman Center has been involved with an ambitious project, called Publius. On its surface, Publius is a collection of… Read More »My Publius essay on the polyglot internet
Is ad-supported journalism viable in a pay-for-performance age?
While a great deal of what I write here is underinformed speculation, this piece is unusually speculative and underinformed. It’s possible that I’m flat out… Read More »Is ad-supported journalism viable in a pay-for-performance age?
Seduced by BBC’s maps of British infrastructure
I’m in love. I’ve been blogging these past few weeks about infrastructure and how we understand and misunderstand it. My motives are a bit oblique… Read More »Seduced by BBC’s maps of British infrastructure
Mapping: Infrastructure and flow
I love airline route maps. I’ve fallen asleep staring at the tangle of possible journeys so often that I sometimes confuse the capilaries I see… Read More »Mapping: Infrastructure and flow