Category: people
2009, meet 1979
Heartbreaking. Conservatives in Iran steal the election, cut off all media and give police orders to shoot to kill protesters. Analysis of the stolen election b...
Zappa on disintermediation
you may have read Google’s paper on predicting the present? the web has given the invisible hand of the market an opposable thumb, if you will, by allow t...
chutes and ladders
the web is full of people, bumping up against each other in the dark. there are still only a few architectures in place to create more structured encounters. fo...
games of chance
Superbad.com, your spirit lives on.
life imitates parody
In the underrated You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, John Turturro’s character retires from battling the Israelis to open a chain of shawarma restaurant...
treading water
More Berlusconi: Much of Mr. Berlusconi’s success has stemmed from his uncanny ability to read the national mood. Now many wonder if he has finally miscalculate...
dry humor
Chris Beam: No doubt the new political appointees can handle the job. Roos, as CEO of a global, technology-focused law firm, understands trade issues likely to ...
fancy meeting you here
The web isn’t made of tubes but it is made of people. It may sound corny but it’s worth repeating: the web is people.
ain’t that the truth
“It’s easier to hit someone than outsmart them.” – Ali Soufan, former senior FBI agent involved in the interrogation of al-Qaida operative Abu...
the american dream
Nazanin Rafsanjani confesses how America saved her parents’ marriage. It’s a beautiful story.
data visualization and political imagination
“You can move much faster if you’re healthy first than if you’re wealthy first.” Hans Rosling will blow your mind and recalibrate your p...
action at a distance
4chan vs. Time offers some insights into the emerging techniques of crowd-sourcing management.
the road not traveled
Monday on CNN, Sanjay Gupta was wearing a surgical mask like a fashion accessory. I can’t believe he was almost our Surgeon General.