by David Sasaki | Jul 19, 2022 | Podcast, Podcast (English), Technology
Lying beneath the angry, sensational game for influence, attention, and shame is still the quaint coffeeshop and witty banter. Can we still find the best of Twitter without getting distracted by the worst? And can Twitter, in its current state of disarray, find a business model that nudges us to become our better selves online? Or at least not our worst selves?
by David Sasaki | May 15, 2010 | English, Podcast, Podcast (English)
Alejandro Nothing defines a road trip like its soundtrack. Tomorrow Alejandro is driving from Reno to Albuquerque and was in the market for some musical accompaniment. There are different types of road trip mixes, of course. Some are meant to wake you up, to inspire...
by David Sasaki | Jun 9, 2009 | English, Podcast (English), Podcast (Spanish)
The writing on the wall across the street reads: Ni indigenismo, ni oligarquía Viva la revolución obrera The main thoroughfare of wrinkled, potholed pavement branches out into a vast labyrinthine lattice of cobble-stoned alleys named after Latin American...
by David Sasaki | May 21, 2009 | English, Music, Podcast (English)
Despite my love of the tropics, I’ve come to appreciate some of the wonders that come with distancing oneself from the equator. Seasons, for example, and their undeniable sway over a city’s mood. In the weeks leading up to my departure from the United...
by David Sasaki | Apr 23, 2009 | English, Podcast (English)
Even something like that, just the sun setting behind a hill, that’s something you never see in the city. – Revaz The Western side of the DF-to-Queretaro highway fell in perfect gradient from a light blue overhead into a deep magenta, and then ended...
by David Sasaki | Mar 2, 2009 | English, Podcast (English)
I’m getting ready to write my review of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ The Beautiful Struggle. In the same way that Kwame Dawes describes his style of writing as having a “reggae aesthetic”, it’s clear that Coates is trying to craft a hip-hop...