Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation

We spent three days in Mexico City — enough time to remember how much I love the city and why I was ready to leave. Of course, it’s the people I had missed the most. Not just the individuals, but how they interact — with warmth and humor and their...
The Clean Slate

The Clean Slate

There is an allure to the clean slate, to starting over and re-inventing oneself. Forming new habits and routines that nudge us to become a more idealized version of ourself. I have been in Seattle for a week now, and this is the question I am asking myself: Who am I...
Facebook for All

Facebook for All

Some quick thoughts on Facebook’s announcement yesterday of Internet.org, an industry coalition that seeks to “cut the cost of providing mobile Internet services to one percent of its current level within five to 10 years by improving the efficiency of...
Hacia una Gobernanza Participativa

Hacia una Gobernanza Participativa

Ha sido difícil identificar cómo se maneja la agenda del gobierno digital. La Secretaría de Función Pública tiene su Unidad de Gobierno Digital, encargada por Yolanda Martínez quien es conocida por haber desarrollado el proyecto Ciudad Digital en Zapopan. Yolanda...
[Review] First Stop in the New World

[Review] First Stop in the New World

Why this explosion of English-language books about Mexico City by Americans after decades of disregard? Ironically, it has much to do with the city’s cultural and economic rise over the past five to ten years. I say ‘ironically’ because none of the three above-mentioned authors chart the city’s progress.