Biomass charcoal in eastern DRC
One of the challenges of innovation in the developing world is getting innovators to work on the right problems. This is especially tough when trying… Read More »Biomass charcoal in eastern DRC
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Incremental ideas: solar-powered GSM towers
I wrote a bit last year about the idea of “incremental infrastructure“. Basically, the idea is that there might be a future for infrastructure projects… Read More »Incremental ideas: solar-powered GSM towers
Egypt: Lots of bloggers, fewer wikipedians
My friend Kevin Donovan has an interesting post today, wondering about the size of the Arabic-language wikipedia. As he observes, it’s smaller than the Esperanto… Read More »Egypt: Lots of bloggers, fewer wikipedians
The Fallacy of Examples, and the problems of extrapolating from media
David Weinberger has an intriguing post up today about the “Fallacy of Examples“. He’s reacting to a column from Nick Kristof in the New York… Read More »The Fallacy of Examples, and the problems of extrapolating from media
A goofy dance, a sweet lullaby
There’s this guy, Matt Harding. He describes himself as “a 31-year-old deadbeat from Connecticut who used to think that all he ever wanted to do… Read More »A goofy dance, a sweet lullaby
GV Summit: Elections and citizen media
If you’re not with us here in Budapest, please join us on the video stream. All the coverage is archived, which means that if you’ve… Read More »GV Summit: Elections and citizen media