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ICT4D Explained
12 August 08 07:38 AM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
ICT4D, or "Information and Communication Technologies for Development" is the name for the multidisciplinary academic approach involving the application of high tech to address international development problems. Kentaro Toyama - who leads Microsoft Read More...
We Have a Name: "Creative Capitalism"
25 January 08 01:21 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
Bill Gates gave a great speech at Davos this week around the concept of Creative Capitalism , an approach where governments, businesses, and non-profits work together to stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or gain Read More...
OLPC in the News (Part 2)
05 December 07 02:17 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
Well, I will be flying out to Cambridge next week for my first meeting with some of the people at the OLPC , and I have to say I am looking forward to it. Some of my UPG co-workers from Microsoft have been meeting with the OLPC team for about a year now, Read More...
OLPC in the News ...
28 November 07 09:09 AM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
Well, it seems like the OLPC organization is in the news a lot lately, even more so than usual. Stories that caught my eye over the last  week included a CNN report , a BBC story from Monday, and of course the Wall Street Journal page A1 story that Read More...
Beyond Travel
09 November 07 05:22 AM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
It has been over a week since I returned from my trip to Helsinki , which makes it three out of the last five weeks that I have been on the road outside of the US. While I was in Finland, some of my colleagues in the Unlimited Potential Group were scattered Read More...
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