Assignments in Nigeria and Zimbabwe, talks at W3C in India, the development of several new projects, work with UNEP, a Fellowship at Stanford, an increasingly popular website, new volunteers… all in a years’ work. And at the root of it all – kiwanja.net Despite all of this, I’m still unsure how to describe kiwanja. Ten … Continue reading Reflections on kiwanja: Four years on
Month: December 2006
2006: The people’s year?
If it wasn’t enough that Muhammad Yunus recently won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the poor, Time magazine now makes ‘us’ (that means ‘you’, according to the front cover) all ‘People of the Year’. According to Time: “The ‘Great Man’ theory of history is usually attributed to the Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle, … Continue reading 2006: The people’s year?
Craigslist: The capitalist conundrum
As a Visiting Fellow in the Reuters Digital Vision Program at Stanford University, I often find myself sitting in on some pretty amazing talks and lectures from some of the most amazing people. Love ’em or hate ’em, I even had the chance to hear from the likes of Bill Gates and Arnold Schwartzeneger recently. … Continue reading Craigslist: The capitalist conundrum
On the eve of India, fame at last? ;o)
I’m not sure if anything I’ve done before has ever made homepage news. Maybe FrontlineSMS when it hit the streets late last year? Or maybe wildlive!, backed by the ‘Vodafone factor’? Homepages have moved on, so I’ll never know… So maybe the news of my impending trip to India, on the Reuters Digital Vision Program … Continue reading On the eve of India, fame at last? ;o)