I sense a growing movement of people starting to question the old models, and believe that – as I mentioned in my comments to a Change.org post earlier this year – that we’ll see increasing support and awareness for the true grassroots approach.

Let’s visit this again in eight months or so.

There is nothing more powerful than an open, simple platform. We see this on the for-profit side of the equation too, it’s that simplicity and ease of use that let’s normal people get involved. That’s when you see real change happen, when non-technical people can get involved and start experimenting on their own. FrontlineSMS is a good example of this on the non-profit side, as is something like Microsoft Office on the for-profit (love it or hate it!).

Ken, congrats on building a platform, a simple one that we can all use whether we’re techies or normal blokes.