Charity: water looks great

April 23, 2009

Charity: water is an organization started by a guy named Scott Harrison. I don’t know the first thing about Scott, other than what I read in his bio, but that guy has worked magic. His site looks great, his videos are compelling and he Twittered the hell out of his recent Ethiopia trip. He also […]

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Interlude – The Most Beautiful Thing Ever Filmed

April 19, 2009

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Reuters – Gunmen kidnap two MSF aid workers in Somalia

April 19, 2009

According to Reuters AlertNet several MSF-Belgium staff in Somalia have been kidnapped. From the article: MOGADISHU, April 19 (Reuters) – Gunmen kidnapped two aid workers, believed to be Belgian and Danish, in central Somalia on Sunday, a local elder and another relief worker said. “Unidentified armed men kidnapped two MSF-Belgium aid workers in Bakol region,” […]

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‘USAID’s Private Air Force for Afghanistan’

April 18, 2009

WIRED’s Danger Room has an interesting article about a plan by USAID to roll out it’s own air service. Apparently, they’ll be putting out a tender with the requirement that the contractor provide: “..between 10 and 14 fixed-wing and rotary aircraft to support development teams in Afghanistan. The contractor will be required to provide a […]

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TimeSpace – A brilliant piece of work by The Washington Post

April 17, 2009

After a week full of Twitter news, Susan Boyle and Paul’s admission that crowdsourcing isn’t total crap 😉 I was delighted to find this morning that The Washington Post has been diligently working away on a project that makes Google Maps sparkle and shine like it hasn’t in a good many months. TimeSpace is a […]

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What is Hoongle?

April 16, 2009

I came across this NYT story about Hoongle this morning and have been wondering about this new creative endeavor ever since.  Apparently, for every search you run through their service they donate the proceeds, minus server maintenance costs, to the World Food Programme‘s (WFP) “Fill the Cup” campaign. I see that there is speculation on […]

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Loband for iPhone – The App I wish I had

April 13, 2009

This weekend I am laying low in my new apartment on the outskirts of Rome with no Internet other than my trusty AT&T iPhone roaming on an Italian Vodaphone network. God knows how much this will all ultimately cost me but I think I have figured out a way to cut my losses. Right now […]

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Twitter is dead. Long live the microblog!

April 4, 2009

Yesterday I referred to Twitter as a bloated, rotting corpse.  Ok, now that’s a bit over the top but more and more Twitter has begun to mean less and less to me.  Perhaps a better analogy is to an overripe fruit that will soon burst spewing forth it’s seeds far and wide. I think Twitter […]

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Moving to Rome

April 1, 2009

Alright folks, that’s it for me.  At least for a while.  I am heading to Rome this evening to start work with a UN agency on a system roll out.  (That’s one of their planes up there dropping food over Sudan. Check out other great shots by clicking on the photo.)  I am really looking […]

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Wanted: IT professional/web developer for a 3-6 month paid stint in Tanzania

April 1, 2009

If you are looking to break into the aid biz this is probably a pretty good way to do it.  TechnoServe is looking for either a volunteer or consultant who is willing to spend 3-6 months in Tanzania helping to build out a system which they already have up and running.  They’ll cover the cost […]

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