The Irresistible Irreverence of Malcolm Gladwell
Even if Gladwell does cherry-pick the research to support his own way of looking at the world, there is something about that worldview that I find irresistible.
Pro-Craftsmanship, Anti-Virtuosity
I guess I never really explained the backstory of why I’ve been so obsessed about “digital craftsmanship” over the past few months. I had reached a point in my career where I wasn’t sure if I could keep doing this ‘computer thing’....The Ethics and Responsibility of Paying Attention
The World Blogging Forum proved to be even more surreal than Internet Hungary. (More on that later in a separate post.) We were only give the topics we were to speak about upon arrival, and I was asked to speak about “ethics and responsibility.” What...
The Intriguing Accounts of Hemant Lakhani and Hiroo Onoda
On my run yesterday I came across two of the most interesting stories I’ve ever heard. The first came from Petra Bartosiewicz, a Brooklyn-based freelance writer who is working on a book about the Justice Department’s terrorism trials since 9/11. She...
Thoughts on Media Attention, Development, Ninjas, and Chivas
Lately I’ve been talking to myself a lot. OK, so in my head, but you know, still talking. This is what I say: I say, you know Os’ you should really write a short story about that. Every day, a new short story idea. I’ve been so busy writing down...[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...[Digestion] Today on Global Voices
Japan: Two Degrees from Terror Here’s a surefire way of damaging your political career in Japan: mention that a friend of a friend of yours is a member of al-Qaeda. That admission by newly appointed justice minister, Hatoyama Kunio, has created a storm of...Latest Photos
