Kenya: mapping the dark and the light
Like many of you, I’ve been following the events in Kenya closely the past three weeks. One way to measure the continuing protest and unrest… Read More »Kenya: mapping the dark and the light
Vinyl ethics
About two years ago, when the Ion USB turntable came out, I bought one, set it up and began ripping old vinyl records to my… Read More »Vinyl ethics
The Geography of Bliss
The last time I wrote about happiness, I found myself swamped with emails requesting my data set and asking questions about methodologies for measuring happiness.… Read More »The Geography of Bliss
Scoble, Kenya and learning to connect
Mark Hopkins wrote a provocative post on Mashable, a prominent social networking technology blog, last week. Titled, “Forget Kenya, Let’s Talk Scoble-gate!“, the post berates… Read More »Scoble, Kenya and learning to connect
Putting your family under surveillance… for science!
I’d expected a near-empty Berkman Center for the first luncheon talk of the year, with many of my fellow fellows heading north to New Hampshire… Read More »Putting your family under surveillance… for science!
Tribe
I had dinner with my parents, my sister and her wife Friday night. The topic of conversation, as I suspect it was around many family… Read More »Tribe