Loneliness is Nobody Reading Me
I keep thinking back to this idea that rather than readers paying for publications, writers will eventually have to pay readers for their attention. Many – maybe most – of my friends consider themselves writers of some type. They hang onto different labels...![[Ars Electronica] Digital Communities Forum](https://i0.wp.com/el-oso.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/timthumb.php.png?w=425)
[Ars Electronica] Digital Communities Forum
On Monday I had the pleasure of introducing the three winners of this year’s Prix Ars Electronica in the digital communities category and moderating a forum in which they shared their experiences as communities that have formed around a particular purpose. Video...
A Very Merry Global Birthday
I’m in Amsterdam right now for three nearly consecutive meetings: Open Translation Tools, a Global Voices team meeting, and State of the Map. I am also now 29-years-old; dangerously close to real adulthood. Last year I spent the first half of my birthday with...
Local Street Art in Barrio El Progreso, Colombia
A couple months ago a French photographer and street artist who goes by JR gained a good deal of attention for his latest installation in Kibera, one of the world’s largest slums (population 1 million), located on the outskirts of Nairobi in Kenya. His work was...
In Which the Internet Buys Suso a Door
I am interested in the capacity of citizen media to capitalize our best intentions by creating a community of good will among individuals who would otherwise likely never meet. Marinade on this: a Trinidadian, Puerto Rican living in NYC, Argentinian living in Canada,...
Warm Thoughts of San Javier La Loma
Hard to believe that the year has almost come to an end. Dopplr just sent me an email to let me know that I took 44 trips to 34 cities in 2008. That’s a lot of city. One of the most frustrating parts of living life at such a fast pace is that you can easily miss...
Bodies Wrapped in Silk, Distance and Proximity in Friendships, the Island of the Sun, and Dedicated Teachers
At this year’s Global Voices Summit held in Budapest many attendees asked the Rising Voices participants how they could help support their projects. One of the best way to encourage new bloggers to keep sharing stories about their lives and communities is to...
Campus Party Colombia
Today I find myself in Bogotá, a metropolis which, with its high elevation, bohemian vagabonds, and surrounding green hills, reminds me quite a bit of Mexico City. Last time I was here I barely got out of La Candelaria and embassy row. This time I’m in...
A Podcast About La Loma by HiperBarrio
ConVerGentes, the San Javier La Loma-based group of young journalists who form part of HiperBarrio, have started a podcast. (Subscribe with iTunes.) [podcast]http://blip.tv/file/get/Convergentes-Podcast1341.mp3[/podcast] Their first episode, in Spanish, features the...Latest Photos
