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
Underreported: an odd kind of top ten list
As we near the shortest day of the year and the Christmas/New Year’s hibernation that spreads across much of the world, we’re entering list season.… Read More »Underreported: an odd kind of top ten list
Social software, serendipity and salad bars. (Mmm. Sybillance…)
My friend Evgeny Morozov‘s bookmarks on del.icio.us are one of the places I look for inspiration when I’m feeling burned out on blogging, writing or… Read More »Social software, serendipity and salad bars. (Mmm. Sybillance…)
Somalia spirals out of control. Or it’s completely peaceful. Depends who you ask.
The situation in Somalia is spiraling out of control, and, as always, it requires some serious digging to understand what’s actually going on. Sheikh Qasim… Read More »Somalia spirals out of control. Or it’s completely peaceful. Depends who you ask.
Pokémon and international politics?
Go to enough conferences and, if you’re lucky, eventually you’ll meet most of the people you’ve admired from afar. I’ve wanted to meet Mimi Ito… Read More »Pokémon and international politics?
Transforming how we think about fiction… and copyright
Several of my friends are involved with a very interesting new project, the Organization for Transformative Works. The project’s organizers describe the new organization as… Read More »Transforming how we think about fiction… and copyright