Over the years I’ve read a lot of brilliant blogs posts and blog essays and academic papers by miss danah boyd (lower-case branded, just like our very own cad). But none had me nodding along so enthusiastically as her latest. Its title and its focus: ‘Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace.’
And a good [...]

The day, if you think about it, is the basic measurement of life, the milepost on the highway. We say “how’s your day going” or “how was your day.” Only if we’re spending a ridiculous amount of time with someone do we say, ‘how was your afternoon.’ And we never say ‘how was your hour.’
No, [...]

A few nights ago Mari and I arrived home when we usually arrive home: late. It was another 10-hour work day, the fourth in a row. And on the answering machine there was a flashing number. It was a one. It was my grandmother.

‘Hi David and Marisa … it’s Grandma … Sasaki … I’m not [...]

Those of you who follow either my del.icio.us links or the pornomisery tag know that I had wanted to translate Juliana’s latest post about … well, you’ll soon see what it’s about. I hadn’t thought to just ask.
Now I wonder if I can get her to translate and subtitle her own TV appearances? So, without [...]

Going immediately from the end of the conference of the International Communications Association to NetSquared was a welcome shift from theory and analysis to proaction and problem solving. The sessions at ICA were along the lines of ‘what defines a weblog?’ ‘does a blogosphere meet Habermas’ description of a public sphere?’ and on and on. [...]

Ethan recently brought up an interesting point about photography and perspective:
All of which leaves me thinking about how the fractal way in which the world can be fascinating. My globetrotting lifestyle is more or less a direct reaction to my first trip to Africa in 1993 and the discovery that the world was so much [...]