Nicholas Laughlin on the Eve of Calabash
This will have to be an English-only post until I get the video of Nicholas up on dotSUB and add Spanish subtitles. I’m currently at the Calabash International Literary Festival with Georgia, Nicholas, Annie, Kei, Peter, Jonathan, JJ, and company. Here’s a...Explosions in Medellin, Peddlers in Madagascar, Street Food and Footpaths in Calcutta
Every two weeks we feature four to five posts by Rising Voices participants as a way of showcasing some of the finest content from new voices that are typically ignored by both traditional and new media. In order to make new voices heard, however, we must be willing...[Translation] The change in Japan's record industry
Because it is interesting news in itself, and because I know that my friends Chris and Hanako are interested in blog posts about Japan in the non-Western world, here is my translation of a brief blog post by Mariano Amartino about the increasing profits by record...Attention and Empathy
I’m in Houston International Airport, one of my least favorites, waiting for my delayed flight to Las Vegas, probably my least favorite city in the entire world. I left Buenos Aires filled with sweet sadness. There is so much that I’ll miss. Here in...
Ceibal Jam! An event for the XO
Originally published on Idea Lab. An avalanche of analysis, impassioned commentary, and angry rants descended upon the tech mediapshere over the two past weeks ever since One Laptop Per Child Chairman Nicholas Negroponte urged developers for the XO laptop (formerly...Latest Photos
