Things in the media that caught my eye for the week ending February 7, 2010
Pepsi passes on Superbowl ads in favor of social entrepreneurship
Social Media, Technology & Haiku
Have you heard the one about an economist who walks into a bar?
Why politics is stuck in the Middle
Armenians making music in Ethiopia
Bosnian-American writer Aleksandar Hemon, Not Melted into the Pot
What’s on my iPod? Instruments dominate
Turkish caterwauls meet Afro beats in Behind the Mask
Sade is back, though nothing can beat Punchdrunk
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I stumbled upon the story of Alexander Hemon thanks to your notes. Now I know the concept of immigration writers – if writing in the second language is what it means, then I might be a wannabe. It is interesting to see that he connected with many fellow Bosnians while writing in English. Probably it is about the power of English as a global language or about its filtering effect for finding out “bondable” people…