by David Sasaki | Jul 9, 2008 | English, Global Voices, Globalization, Rising Voices
It’s not very hard to convince people – friends, family, strangers – that Global Voices is amazing and deserving of their support. In fact, not once have I described what I do for a living to anyone and heard the reaction, ‘well, that sounds...
by David Sasaki | Jul 7, 2008 | English, Moleskinned
You’re right, absolutely right, this is said about so many things, but if you really, and I mean really, think about it, then this, this must be humankind’s very first technology. That’s what I was thinking. I cupped my hands underneath the bathroom...
by David Sasaki | Jul 4, 2008 | English, Translations
Before I attempt my own thoughts and reflections about this year’s Global Voices Summit in Budapest, let me first start by translating a beautiful article by the dauntingly prolific Rosa Jiménez Cano, a great journalist, but even a better blogger. Listen...
by David Sasaki | Jul 3, 2008 | English, Moleskinned
20 days. It had already been twenty days. Twenty days in Medellín. Twenty days surrounded by the fungus-covered lime green walls of my private room at the back of the Black Sheep hostel. Twenty days of backpackers shuffling in, shuffling out, flirting,...
by David Sasaki | May 31, 2008 | English, Español, Podcast (English), Podcast (Spanish)
It’s been a while without a podcast from Sparky and Oso. With much pleasure, and a little pride, we present you with 10 songs to start the month of June out right. As always, I sent Sparsh five tracks that I’ve been digging recently and he chose the other...
by David Sasaki | May 30, 2008 | Book Review, English
Since my dear friend, Cindylu, just published a post titled “On Beauty”, I figure I might as well dig through my unpublished drafts and publish one with nearly the same title. I wrote this about a year and a half ago over a steaming glass of chai in Delhi,...