[Review] Here Comes Everybody
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
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...
Social Capital in South Africa
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...
[Challenge] Hackers for Cuba
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](https://i0.wp.com/el-oso.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/f98a67ed-ebdc-47a7-9dac-cad125cbe2a2.jpg?w=425)
[Review] The Savage Detectives
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...Latest Photos
