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MultiPoint and the Simplicity of Sharing
24 March 09 05:19 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
Sometimes the best ideas are the simplest ones. In emerging market education, there has been so much energy and discussion spent on attempts to make computers affordable enough so that every kid can get their own computer. But for 99% of students in the Read More...
Meanwhile, Back in the US, We Are Elevating America!
24 February 09 09:21 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
                  China isn’t the only country during these troubled times that is looking for creative solutions for how to prepare its workforce for modern, technology-enabled jobs. At the US National Governor’s Read More...
iCafés in China
24 February 09 04:01 PM | jamesu | 1 Comments   
I spent the last week in China learning more about Internet Cafés (or iCafés) , which are becoming a key area of focus for the Unlimited Potential Group. This is part of our “shared access”strategy, where we are developing solutions for computers that Read More...
“Phone First” in Boston
24 January 09 06:41 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
Last month I had the opportunity to attend NextLab 2008: Designing Mobile Technologies for the Next Billion Users . It was a one-day conference at the MIT Media Lab involving projects from an interdisciplinary class there focused on how to apply cell Read More...
Paul Polak and the Art of Listening
19 November 08 02:56 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
Paul Polak is a hero of mine. He created a nonprofit organization called International Development Enterprises (IDE) and spent 25 years there developing creative ways to make poor people in Asia and Africa less poor. His specialty is developing sustainable Read More...
Innovative Teachers, This Time in Hong Kong
06 November 08 09:33 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
It’s time again for Microsoft’s Innovative Teacher’s Forum (ITF), an annual event where we celebrate the 100 or so coolest teachers from around the world, all who are doing great things in terms of integrating technology into their classrooms. This year Read More...
The Real Problem With Windows AND Linux In Emerging Market Education
23 September 08 07:05 AM | jamesu | 1 Comments   
  The Ecosystem Impact of Affordable Computing This is a post I've been meaning to write for a while. This past spring Microsoft hired Vital Wave Consulting to create a five year Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) model to help us and our customers better Read More...
The Delightful People from Aga Khan
12 August 08 02:07 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
I had the opportunity to participate in a signing ceremony today between Microsoft and the Aga Khan Development Network , a group of agencies administering a broad set of programs in education, health, and social development. Shown here is a photo of Read More...
Netbook Momentum ...
24 July 08 08:14 AM | jamesu | 1 Comments   
I haven't seen much about this in the press yet, but yesterday Intel and Carlos Slim in Mexico announced a deal to deploy 50,000 Intel Classmate Netbook computers to poor students in Mexico. These machines will be running Windows and Office. The agreement Read More...
How to Build Solutions for MOP and BOP
22 July 08 03:53 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
Channel 9 is running an interview with with Tara Prakriya, a solutions architect here in the Unlimited Potential Group, as their featured video right now. Tara focuses on designing education solutions for poor schools and has some interesting ideas on Read More...
Recent Recap (Rural)
15 July 08 04:32 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
I was out of the office over the last 5 weeks, and during that time we had a lot going on in the Unlimited Potential Group, especially around some of our efforts involving rural computing. For starters, we have posted a video and have engaged in a public Read More...
Look! Windows on the OLPC XO!
15 May 08 04:00 PM | jamesu | 1 Comments   
Today Microsoft and the OLPC are announcing support for Windows on the OLPC XO computer. The two organizations will work together on several pilot programs in emerging market countries starting next month, and the offering will RTM in August or September. 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...
Cambridge
12 December 07 04:00 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
  A team of Microsoft people flew out to Cambridge, Mass. to meet with engineers from the OLPC Foundation yesterday. Here is a photo of my coworkers Bohdan Raciborski (demoing) and John Gunabal (smiling) as we showed some software to Walter Bender, Read More...
OLPC in the News (Part 2)
05 December 07 02:17 PM | jamesu | 1 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...
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