Posted in current events, information technology on Apr 2nd, 2015
It’s not an understatement to say that Mekong ICT Camp changed my life. I attended in 2010, made new friends, and learned cool new things. Oh, also: under a year later, I got a job based on the knowledge I’d acquired there. I returned in 2013 to share what I learned with Open Development Cambodia, [...]
Posted in architecture, cambodia on Feb 8th, 2015
Hey look, it’s the new city bus! Hooray for mass transit traffic solutions! Can we get a skytrain next? There is however, a disturbing aspect to the bus stops: they use a tactic of what’s called ‘disciplinary architecture’ where seats cannot be slept on due to hand rails. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciplinary_architecture http://hyperallergic.com/131525/disciplinary-architecture-or-deterrence-by-design/ The bus stops have varying [...]
Posted in cambodia on Oct 16th, 2014
After Nick Kristof’s infamous ‘live tweet’ brothel raid and Mira Sorvino / CNN Freedom’s follow up, it appears now that Vice Magazine wants to get in on the dramatic action. Let’s take a look at how successful they are. Live coverage of police activity is a staple in the USA. But filming brothel raids where [...]
Posted in cambodge, cambodia, cambodia blog, information technology, news on Sep 25th, 2014
In the (ancient) days before Facebook dominated Cambodia, our small but tiny community of bloggers (AKA ‘Cloggers’) was full of enthusiasm. Many of them became ‘trainers of trainers’ via the ‘Personal Information Technology Workshop‘, holding weekend workshops for university students and getting them started on email & basic blogging. These included Hou Virak, Bun Tharum, [...]
Posted in cambodia, current events, Fashion on Jun 1st, 2014
This last week garment workers took time out of their very busy working days to organize a showing of the clothes they spend hours putting together. It was a very opportune moment as a number of labels were in town to meet with manufacturers. I can’t recall the last time I’ve seen reenactments of state [...]
