Archive for April 2006
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Incomprehensible
In The Worst President In History?, Rolling Stone’s Sean Wilentz reports the following:
According to the Treasury Department, the forty-two presidents who held office between 1789 and 2000 borrowed a combined total of $1.01 trillion from foreign governments and financial institutions. But between 2001 and 2005 alone, the Bush White House borrowed $1.05 trillion, more than [...] -
Rhythmic Uprising podcasts
Ben Watkins and I are pleased to announce the launching of Rhythmic Uprising podcasts. Rhythmic Uprising, based out of Bahia, Brazil, seeks to bring opportunity to at-risk youth in the culturally rich, but economically depressed, region. For more on the project’s goals, see their mission page.
Ben produced the videos on-location and handed them off to [...] -
SXSW 2k6
SXSW Badge
Originally uploaded by jgarber.Casually late, it’s a ridiculously brief wrap-up of this year’s trip to Austin for SXSWi. The panels were good, but definitely different from last year. Travelling with more people was fun, but at times daunting. The Driskill Hotel is awesome. I met a ton of awesome people at the bowling tournament [...]
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Grassroots and The New Web
I recently handed over the reigns of the Global Youth Partnership for Africa site to their team. I’m happy to see that things continue to go well. They recently added a blog to the site and continue to expand the photography on their Flickr page. Now that I think about it, having their events on [...]







