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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...

Filed under: Unlimited Potential, NGO, Education, Access, Affordability, ICT4D, Paul Polak

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...

Filed under: Unlimited Potential, NGO, Relevance, Access, ICT4D

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...

Filed under: Unlimited Potential, NGO, Intel, Education, Access, ASUS, OLPC, Digital Divide, Affordability, Creative Capitalism

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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Will the Digital Divide Widen Before it Narrows?
19 October 07 11:18 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

October 19, 2007 I had a scary thought in Budapest today. What if the digital divide widens before it narrows? The thought occurred to me on Day 2 of our launch event here. I was attending a meeting of an informal group working on a program called "EUGA", Read More...

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Snowing in Moscow
15 October 07 06:40 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

A group of us are in Central and Eastern Europe this week, starting with two days in Moscow. It's snowing. The highlight of our day yesterday was the official opening of an IDEA Center, a community-based computer center targeting unemployed, seniors, Read More...

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