[Review] Lapham's Quarterly: Eros

by | Jan 29, 2009 | English

Eros – that is, love, lust, desire – as the foundation of all humanity only comes into focus when we realize that you, me, and every other human on earth would not exist were it not for a single night of eroticism between our parents. I know, you...
5:25 A.M.

5:25 A.M.

by | Dec 17, 2008 | English, Moleskinned

For two years of my life I woke up, more often than not, at 5:25 a.m. It’s only bad when you’re not used to it. After a week of waking up before sunrise nothing could feel more normal. It’s amazing what we adapt to. Anything. My alarm was always set...
[Podcast] Second Annual G5 Summit

[Podcast] Second Annual G5 Summit

by | Oct 21, 2008 | English, Podcast (English)

The second annual G5 Summit came and went in a blink of an eye. And by blink of an eye I mean a hangover the size of the Bronx. Fortunately the vast majority of photos have been filtered behind a wall of mutual assured G5 destruction. Although … there are rumors...
Ideas, Procedures, Presentations and Gender

Ideas, Procedures, Presentations and Gender

by | Oct 5, 2008 | English

I am going to make two controversial claims that will probably upset the sensibilities of both genders: 1.) Behind every successful man is a woman. (Groucho Marx’s version was: “Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is a wife.”) 2.) Men...

[Review] Here Comes Everybody

by | Oct 4, 2008 | Book Review, English

Thinking back on it, I’m not sure I really learned anything new – not in terms of ideas nor anecdotes – from Here Comes Everybody. And yet I’ll probably end up buying copies for both sets of my grandparents and anyone else I care about who...

Thank You K-CAP

by | Oct 3, 2008 | English

And you thought I was just throwing out complements when I said the kids at Kwa Mashu are amazing. Check it: It is always so hard for me to say goodbye to any of the Rising Voices groups, but it was especially hard to say goodbye at Kwa Mashu. They are so creative and...
Ideas, Procedures, Presentations and Gender

Social Capital in South Africa

by | Oct 1, 2008 | English, South Africa 2008

In 2000 sociologist Robert Putnam published Bowling Alone. No, I haven’t read it yet, but the title sums up his central observation: across the United States league bowling is on the decline. Putnam is concerned by this because it is representative of the...
Ideas, Procedures, Presentations and Gender

[Challenge] Hackers for Cuba

by | Jul 10, 2008 | English

Raul Castro has made some social reforms since taking over as Cuba’s president. Most notably, over 7,400 mobile phone contracts were signed in just 10 days since restrictions were eased by the regime in April. (“The number of new mobile phone contracts is...
[Review] The Savage Detectives

[Review] The Savage Detectives

by | Jul 9, 2008 | Book Review, English

I’m writing this, sadly, not while sitting atop floatwood scribbling into the salty breeze of some nameless sea, but rather staring into my computer screen at a metrosexual Budapest café with expensive lamps and wi-fi. It’s exactly the type of...