by David Sasaki | Jul 1, 2022 | Cycling, English, Muse
Cyclists often complain about Strava’s downsides even as they are unable to resist its addictive appeal. The constant feedback of performance data and social comparison encourages users to constantly strive harder without taking pleasure in the more enjoyable parts of the sport.
by David Sasaki | Jun 16, 2018 | Book Review, English
As he travels around the country, Eggers must see a country with total freedom, but lacking in direction and meaning. How do we create meaning for ourselves in a world that presents us with few challenges and offers us few opportunities?
by David Sasaki | Mar 26, 2013 | Book Review, English, Open Government
If you’re willing to wade through the predictable, tired applause lines of the past few years of TED talks, then Citizenville offers readers an interesting glimpse of some of the obstacles that stand in the way of bringing innovation to government.
by David Sasaki | Nov 12, 2007 | English
Itzpapalotl on Dia de los Muertos in San Francisco’s dirty-hipster neighborhood, the Mission. (The translation and re-conjugation of verbs is my own doing.) The Day of the Dead, in my neighborhood, is practically the only day in which being Mexican is cool; just...
by David Sasaki | Nov 6, 2007 | English, Presentation, Rising Voices
To all and any people who read this blog from either this side or that side of the Bay, I’ll be the opening act next Tuesday for the Notorious G.U.N. … N. (AKA Gunner) who will be facilitating a workshop on software for non-profits. Here’s the blurb:...
by David Sasaki | Aug 13, 2006 | English
Years ago, three of them, I was in a small Mexican village by a lake and a dam where mustachioed fathers in sombreros park their trucks at the gate and silently follow their exhilarated children down the grassy path to the fishing hole. I was there for a month and a...