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Gladys!
09 February 09 12:14 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
Gladys Kenfack is a pretty remarkable person. She works on the UPG team where she owns our strategy for web and digital marketing. She owns more than just the strategy because she does the actual work as well. She grew up in Cameroon, went to college 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 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...
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 | 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...
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 Stories
15 November 07 11:00 AM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
Yesterday I attended AMD's 50x15 partner summit in Sunnyvale, California. 50x15 is AMD's equivalent to Microsoft's Unlimited Potential, with the idea that 50% of the world's population can achieve access to the Internet and computers by the year 2015. 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...
Will Poole on CNET
10 October 07 12:20 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
CNET ran a nice interview with Will Poole today. It was based on a series of meetings we did down in the Bay Area a few weeks ago. Will is one of the VPs who runs the Unlimited Potential Group here at Microsoft. The interview includes a video clip of Read More...

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