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As I recently lamented how infrequently I blog, but regularly engage on Twitter, I can’t help but at least make an effort to post something. Anything. I have a few posts in the works, most of which will have to wait until my semester officially ends in two weeks. Some of what I’m working on: [...]
NEED Magazine, whose slogan is “We are not out to save the world but to tell the stories of those who are,” has a need of its own. The beautiful Minneapolis-based magazine, which features stunning humanitarian photography alongside profiled NGO’s, has been in publication since 2006 and is working hard to stay afloat amidst the [...]
Farm Radio International Launches 3rd Radio Scriptwriting Competition Google Steps Up Its Darfur Genocide Coverage In Google Earth (via TechCrunch) When Society Expects Us to Fail, We Usually Do (from Nathaniel Whittemore via Change.org Social Entrepreneurship blog) Ten reasons why Chinese are despised in Africa (via African Politics Portal) Navigating Africa With OpenStreetMap (via 27 [...]
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 [...]
I thoroughly enjoy the blog of Erik Hersman, aka White African, and his wonderful Twitter feed. They have both inspired me tremendously and opened my eyes to the generous network of technical people in this world who have dedicated their lives over to making this world a better place. Erik is truly a trooper and [...]
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