As many of you know, I work for Global Voices, so I have a vested interest in following the instructions that Solana posted here. But I also believe passionately in the work being done by Global Voices Advocacy (GVA), the section of our organisation that seeks to defend free speech online. While Trinidad and Tobago’s [...]
Why Has Globalization Led to Bigger Cities? – Economix Blog – NYTimes.com "Globalization and new technologies attract people to big cities, by increasing the returns to urban proximity. While it would be technically possible to sit and write software somewhere in the Vale of Kashmir (at least if you didn’t mind the bullets), the innovators [...]
Marvellous Boy – Calypso From West Africa : Honest Jon's Records "The inter-war dance bands of British West Africa are often strikingly similar in sound to Trinidadian orchestras like Lovey's String Band (credited with the first calypso recordings, in 1912). However, the first West African calypso recordings in the modern style are from Freetown, Sierra [...]
My Favorite Financial Blogs — Seeking Alpha What appears to be a very comprehensive list of econ/financial blogs. (tags: economics finance blogs)
Rainforests | Growing on trees | The Economist A Guyanese rainforest enters the global economy, as the Iwokrama rainforest conservation project records a profit. (tags: guyana environment conservation caribbean rainforest)
Image taken with my iPhone of the traffic on the highway leading into Diego Martin, Trinidad on May 1, 2009 (this evening). The overpass referred to in the photo’s title is a fancy new interchange officially opened today at the intersection of the Churchill Roosevelt and Uriah Butler Highways just outside of Port of Spain. [...]