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Danny Crichton is passionate about many things, including web development, entrepreneurship, labor economics, diplomacy, and East Asia. He is currently traveling in South Korea this year before returning to Silicon Valley to continue changing the world through the Internet.
You can find my contact information, resume, research and projects on my personal website.
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Author Archives: Danny Crichton
Image of the Week: Traditional Family Lunar New Year Celebration
This week marks the start of the new year in lunar-based calendars, and the New Year’s Day is the largest holiday of the year in Korean and East Asian cultures. The New Year’s Day celebrations can be quite elaborate depending … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Features, Image of the Week, Korea
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Why Vinod Khosla is Wrong on Gamification of Education
Vinod Khosla, writing on TechCrunch in his continuing series on how algorithms are going to replace everything, believes that there are two trends in the future confluence of the internet and the web: decentralization and gamification. His arguments regarding decentralization … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Internet, Technology, Uncategorized, United States
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Image of the Week: Korean Hanbok Market and Random Snow
Markets are quite common throughout Korea, and each has their own reputation for the kind of goods that are for sale. Some markets are known for their fabrics, while others might be known for their imported goods or foods. This … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Features, Image of the Week, Korea
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Image of the Week: Suwon and Hwaseong Fortress
A few weeks ago, I visited Suwon, a fairly large city just to the south of Seoul. The city is famous for Hwaseong Fortress, a castle from the Joseon Dynasty that is today designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Features, Image of the Week, Korea
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Android versus iOS: The Power of Culture and Tools
My friend and former intern colleague Andrew Munn has raised quite a ruckus over the laggy behavior experience by users of Android. His original contention has been that Android lacks a dedicated UI thread, and thus is unable to compete … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Mobile, Technology
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The End of Democracy? [2]
Democracy is supposed to provide a means of aggregating diverse views into a coherent, consistent outcome. However, what happens when activists, interest groups, special interests, and other organizations start to understand the policy process so well that government screeches to … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, United States
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