Link Roundup: From Social Media to Emmanuel Jal

by Josef Scarantino on August 11, 2009

How Social Media Is Like Sharecropping (via Conversation Agent blog)
Why You Need Empathy to Be an Innovator (via Guy Kawasaki’s “How to Change the World” blog)
Conferences that Matter Fall Edition 2009.2.1 (via Philanthropy 2173 blog)
Emmanuel Jal: The music of a war child (via TEDTalks)–From Sudan, this musician is going places. Check out the video.
Quickie on Google Grants (via onPhilanthropy)–Get the skinny on the new Google Grants.
Do governments spend too much on foreign aid? (via The Road to the Horizon blog)–The answer might surprise you in this video.
The Curious Case of Africa Blindness (via WhiteAfrican)–Erik Hersman muses over the possibility of African blindness in tech. As expected, a great read.