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The Next Chapter


h1 Posted 1 year, 8 months ago mid-morning by

“Global Voices is …” – A description of Global Voices, from the voices of the community itself. Filmed at the 2010 Global Voices Citizen Media Summit in Santiago, Chile. I have already said so many goodbyes that it is starting to feel like I’m dragging this on. But I realized that I have yet to [...]

Graduate School Corrupts Effective Communication


h1 Posted 1 year, 8 months ago mid-morning by

Over the past few months I’ve read somewhere around 200 academic papers related to transparency, accountability, and e-governance. Over that time I’ve reached several conclusions, all of which I am documenting in a series of posts on Global Voices. But the conclusion that has determinedly raised its hand more than any other is this: graduate [...]

[Podcast] Reno to Albuquerque


h1 Posted 1 year, 8 months ago in the early evening by

Nothing defines a road trip like its soundtrack. Tomorrow Alejandro is driving from Reno to Albuquerque and was in the market for some musical accompaniment. There are different types of road trip mixes, of course. Some are meant to wake you up, to inspire some air drumming on the steering wheel. Others are meant to [...]

The Pacification of Rio’s Favelas


h1 Posted 1 year, 8 months ago in the early morning by

Weekends like this. Locked up in my room, or in various cafes, with a constant intake of caffeine to keep my fingers tapping on the keyboard to the rhythm from my tinny laptop speakers. Right now: J-Live. Yesterday I worked about 12 hours on a single post, a general introduction to the aid transparency movement [...]

Desde Bogotá


h1 Posted 1 year, 9 months ago at around evening time by

Often times I work myself harder than my body is able to support, but this past month has been especially rough. And now I’m paying the price. I arrived to Bogotá yesterday morning with deep purple bags under my eyes, a sore throat, and about enough energy to stumble into the taxi that took me [...]