MotionX-GPS – The latest and greatest GPS App for the iPhone

December 24, 2008

I came across Navigadget’s MotionX-GPS App review a few days ago and decided to spend the $2.99 for the download.  It is a user friendly App that boasts six main screens: MotionX-GPS, MotionX-Stopwatch, MotionX-Navigation (compass), and MotionX-Track (map), MotionX-Waypoints and MotionX-Logbook.  While most GPS units have either too many or not enough navigation features MotionX-GPS […]

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Tit for tat – Google’s Map Maker gives it back in the Congo

December 22, 2008

In my haste I completely missed Google’s massive efforts with Map Maker.  Brady Forrest‘s excellent GeoData Explorations write-up over at O’Reilly Radar reminded me to dig deeper and give credit where credit is due.  Part 1 covers Google’s Map Maker efforts while Part 2 covers Open Street Map and all that they have accomplished. This […]

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BBC World Service Trust

December 22, 2008

I returned last night from a few much needed days in the snow.  One of the first bits of correspondence I received this morning was from the BBC’s World Service Trust.  They have a new blog up with a variety of humanitarianesque stories including this one covering their event “Left in the dark: the unmet […]

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Wind power in the field

December 16, 2008

I apologize for the sporadic nature of my posts these last few weeks.  It’s just that I recently became immersed in all things green because of my new gig and my mind is churning away on all the possibilities.  It is actually a welcome change from the IT world which seems to be offering woefully […]

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‘Arrested Development – Making Foreign Aid a More Effective Tool’

December 16, 2008

The latest issue of Foreign Affairs has an interesting article written by three former heads of USAID including the latest one, Andrew Natsios.  It’s a long read so grab your coffee before making the jump.  From the article: Washington’s foreign aid programs have improved in many ways during the Bush presidency. Official development assistance has […]

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Microsoft’s Seadragon App for the iPhone makes Google’s Earth App look like child’s play

December 13, 2008

Techcrunch posted this evening on Microsoft’s Seadragon App for the iPhone.  It is an impressive piece of software that leaves you wondering how they get imagery to load in such a fast and fluid manner.  It helps to view while you are on a WiFi network but even so it is a refreshing addition to […]

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AIDG – My new favorite NGO

December 6, 2008

AIDG is my new favorite NGO.  I know nothing about these people, other than what I read on their site, but they seem pretty straight-up.  Plus, I dig the fact that the founder, Peter Haas, received his B.A. in the Liberal Arts.  (As a graduate of St. John’s College I have a soft spot for […]

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‘Skype: BitTorrent Protocol Change Might Kill Service (EBAY)’

December 5, 2008

Silicon Alley Insider has an article on what a potential BitTorrent protocol change would mean for Skype.  Apparently, by rerouting their traffic to time a sensitive Internet channel BitTorrent might disrupt Skype’s traffic.  Let’s hope not. But Skype insisted the BitTorrent change wasn’t really a problem, because it’s technically easy to distinguish VoiP traffic from […]

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‘Nokia’s Flagship: The N-97 Smartphone’

December 3, 2008

I was actually up when this thing launched but the whole event was so uneventful I fell asleep before I got to the end of the keynote speech.  It doesn’t much matter as I always wait for Sam Churchill over at Dailywireless to post his incredibly comprehensive write-ups so that I can cross post.  Sam […]

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MSF + SMS = ‘Surgeon saves boy’s life by text’

December 3, 2008

For the last few days I have been having a spirited discussion with Janet Ginsburg of InSTEDD offshoot Trackernews over at Paul Currion’s blog humanitarian.info.  This new blog post has helped bring me back to reality.  This is what it is all about: A British doctor volunteering in DR Congo used text message instructions from […]

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