by David Sasaki | Jan 11, 2013 | English, Omidyar Network, Open Government, Work
Three years ago some colleagues and I launched the Technology for Transparency Network. Back then I thought it was a pretty good description of what we were after. Today I confess that I haven’t the slightest idea of the meaning of “technology for transparency.”
by David Sasaki | Jan 11, 2013 | English, Omidyar Network, Open Government, Work
Hace tres años, junto con algunos colegas, lancé la Red de Tecnología para la Transparencia. Pensé que, sobre todo en inglés, “Technology for Transparency” fue una muy buena descripción de lo que buscamos. Hoy en día confieso que no tengo idea lo que quiere decir “tecnología para la transparencia.”
by David Sasaki | Apr 4, 2012 | English, Work
Politicians love to make promises. Here in Mexico, presidential contender Enrique Peña Nieto even spent the morning of the first official day of campaigning at a public notary’s office where he signed his name next to his first three campaign promises. But...
by David Sasaki | Mar 30, 2010 | English
This year’s 2010 Global Voices Summit will take place on May 6 and 7 in Santiago, Chile. If you would like to attend you can register here. Solana, Georgia, Ivan and I have been so busy working on the fundraising, agenda, and logistics that we haven’t done...
by David Sasaki | Mar 27, 2010 | English
I’m at Transparency Camp in Washington DC this weekend, an unconference organized by the Sunlight Foundation. It is difficult for me to believe that Sunlight Foundation has only been around for four years now. It has grown so much over that time – in terms...
by David Sasaki | Mar 16, 2008 | Español, Podcast (Spanish), Video
Pronto escribiré algo más ‘serio’ sobre mi experiencia en el quinto encuentro nacional de BiblioRedes que se realizó la semana pasada en Quisco, pero por ahora quiero dejarles con este video de algunos bibliotecarios Chilenos (y un...
by David Sasaki | Dec 24, 2007 | English, Translations
Oh friends, if you had only heard the whining of former nay-sayers like @mari_posa and @jenternational when I first started using Twitter in February. Why does everyone need to know what I’m eating for lunch or when I have to go to the bathroom, they’d...
by David Sasaki | Apr 25, 2007 | English
Cross-posted at Global Voices Some of the very best weblogs from around Latin America hardly ever receive mention on Global Voices. That’s because their authors are also contributors there and spend most of their time drawing your attention to others’...
by David Sasaki | Mar 8, 2006 | English
Let’s take a brief, purposeless break from New York City. This is our dear friend from Panama, Melissa: I will say nothing more about the picture other than to quote the filthy, lewd, and entirely inappropriate language of the blogger who came up with the...
by David Sasaki | Aug 13, 2005 | Cuba 2003, English, Travel
September 22 12:30 p.m. Viazul Bus Station Habana, Cuba L. Althusser makes a good point – while the sense of community in socialism is so much greater, the methods of production alienate the worker from the object being produced. In the United States designers,...
