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[The Mission] Dia de los Muertos and Fixed Gear Bikes
Itzpapalotl on Dia de los Muertos in San Francisco’s dirty-hipster neighborhood, the Mission. (The translation and re-conjugation of verbs is my own doing.) The Day of the Dead, in my neighborhood, is practically the only day in which being Mexican is cool; just...[Podcast] Off the Hook
It’s Friday. You know what that means – less blabber more biting lips while bobbing the head. Today’s podcast: a shoutout to all the fellow fellows (and ladies) who leave the ringer off.[Marinate] The Art of Conversation
Maybe it was 3 a.m. and you were a teenager talking for hours on the phone with your significant other. Or maybe it was a heart-to-heart with one of your parents. Or maybe it just erupted out of nowhere with a friend or even a stranger while having a cup of coffee or...[Podcast] Urban Hiking
Cities are made for sauntering and every saunter needs its appropriate soundtrack. Over the past three months, I have walked the streets of Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Ubud, Nairobi, Kampala, Nakuru, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Toronto, D.C., and New York City....[Proposal] Ignite Oakland
Compared to our neighbor across the bay, Oakland typically doesn’t have too much to show off when it comes to innovative online media. Sure, there are a few great bloggers like George Kelley, Mari, Afrogeek, and Cyrus Farivar, and at least one excellent podcast...The Future is Present … For Some
Via Boris, I discover this quote from William Gibson: The future is already here – it is just unevenly distributed. Just try flying from Delhi to Tokyo or from Singapore to East Africa and you’ll know exactly what he means. In South Korea, they watch TV on...Second Medellin Podcast Up
I posted the second Medellin podcast about the HiperBarrio project. It is sincerely amazing what they’ve been able to achieve in such little time. And, they haven’t even received their grant money yet. I hope you all give it a listen. Equally amazing is...Medellín 1991
I finished my book, Finding Flow. In a way, I feel like I read it too fast and left behind too many dog-eared pages that need revisiting. But I was ready to move on to something else, so I scanned the bookshelf and decided to dig back into The Heart that Bleeds: Latin...
Medellin, Colombia: From Kidnapping Capital to Renaissance City
Originally posted on Global Voices. In the first Rising Voices podcast we visited Bangladesh, where the Nari Jibon Center is teaching young women in Dhaka to express themselves by participating in online conversation. This week we are changing the format and releasing...Latest Photos
