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[Podcast] Second Annual G5 Summit

The second annual G5 Summit came and went in a blink of an eye. And by blink of an eye I mean a hangover the size of the Bronx. Fortunately the vast majority of photos have been filtered behind a wall of mutual assured G5 destruction. Although ... there are rumors of...

Ideas, Procedures, Presentations and Gender

I am going to make two controversial claims that will probably upset the sensibilities of both genders: 1.) Behind every successful man is a woman. (Groucho Marx's version was: "Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is a wife.") 2.) Men are better at...

[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 wants to know why it is that...

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 general...

[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 impressive...