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As we head into the third year of the pandemic, everyone I know is missing something. Live music. Reliable child care. The simple joy of… Read More »My pandemic coping strategy: interviewing.

My great aunt Jean carried a huge plastic tote bag as her purse. On each side of the bag were photos of eight of her… Read More »Hope and Joy

I got an interesting email from a young Nigerian today alerting me to the problem of social shaming and microlending. He wanted me to promote… Read More »Microfinance and public shaming in Nigeria

What content is popular on Facebook? This is a surprisingly difficult – and very important – question to answer. Facebook is the most popular social… Read More »I read Facebook’s Widely Viewed Content Report. It’s really strange.

A few years ago, friends involved with the Media Cloud project – notably Fernando Bermejo, Hal Roberts, Rahul Bhargava – and I began talking about… Read More »Why Study Media Ecosystems?

Amy and I had about as gentle a pandemic as one could have. No one in our immediate family contracted COVID, we both were able… Read More »Recommendations from the road