by David Sasaki | Jul 19, 2022 | Podcast, Podcast (English), Technology
Lying beneath the angry, sensational game for influence, attention, and shame is still the quaint coffeeshop and witty banter. Can we still find the best of Twitter without getting distracted by the worst? And can Twitter, in its current state of disarray, find a business model that nudges us to become our better selves online? Or at least not our worst selves?
by David Sasaki | Jan 22, 2013 | English, Omidyar Network, Open Government, Work
We are constantly looking for new innovations that empower citizens to inform themselves about the workings of government and to hold their political leaders to account. But what if Twitter already is that innovation and it’s merely being underutilized?
by David Sasaki | Aug 3, 2012 | English
The following text was written for an art installation at the new Skylink Terminal of Vienna Airport. The title of the installation, Zeitraum, is a German portmanteau combining zeit (time) and raum (place), and roughly translates to “period of time.”...
by David Sasaki | Apr 6, 2011 | English
What follows is more or less a rough approximation of my notes for a presentation I gave on Monday at a conference organized by the United Nations Development Program and the Institute for Elections and Citizen Participation of Jalisco. The panel, “Technological...
by David Sasaki | Jan 20, 2011 | English
How a takeover of Delicious by Twitter could prepare the web for the 21st century. What can I say, I’m tired of big-ass internet corporations taking over my favorite internet platforms and hanging them on the clothesline only to let them die. I am equally...
by David Sasaki | Apr 9, 2010 | English
I spent most of the past week reading around 200 pages of academic papers about transparency, accountability, and governance in a cabin in Mexico’s Sierra del Tigre mountain range. No tweeps tweeting; only birds chirping and the wind rustling through the pine...
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...
