Craig Newmark of Craiglist recently gave a talk as part of my Social Entrepreneurship class. I’ve attached my notes from the talk here (Notes: Craig Newmark on Craigslist), and you can listen to the audio on the ischool podcast.
Craig, as a self-proclaimed-and-proud-of-it geek is a fun speaker with lots of interesting perspectives. As [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2007’
Craig Newmark Speaks: we listen
A Cool Viz – Inhabitant:Doctor ratios throughout the world
Rowena sent me this cool visualization (courtesy of Coye):
And this is why I work in Africa…
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Talk: Musings on Going to Goma
As a follow-up to my missions trip to Goma this past summer my teammates and I did a two hour presentation for our church, talking about what we did, and what we’re planning to do.
Normally I’m pretty skeptical about missions. I mean really – what depth is there to going out to beaches over [...]
Talk: The New Wave of Social ICT Impact
Eventually I’ll post these talk announcements before the fact! The announcement for the panel discussion is below. Click on the “more” link for my notes on the discussion and speaker bios…
HARNESSING COMMUNITIES & MARKETS – NEW WAVE SOCIAL ICT IMPACT.
Please join us for a panel discussion on
‘Harnessing Communities & Markets- The New Wave of [...]
GPS Mapping for a Logging Community in Congo-Brazzaville
An interesting (although not altogether informative) article on how handheld GPS devices are being used by a logging community in Congo-Brazzaville…
Logging with care in Congo
By John James
BBC News, Congo-Brazzaville
The Mbendjele people of Congo-Brazzaville are using the latest satellite mapping technology to stake claim to a rainforest, two-thirds of which may be gone in [...]
Event: Blum Student Symposium – Smartphones and Healthcare Information Management in Uganda
Hi all,
I gave a presentation at the Blum Student Symposium last Thursday.
For anyone that’s interested, the slides (65MB) are downloadable here:
http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu/~melissa/blum-symposium-oct-04-07.ppt
The talk was about current health information practices in rural health clinics in Uganda, how PDAs have been integrated into a particular district, and our projections for what we’re working on now.
The future symposiums look [...]
I never dreamed…
Tonight I saw an incredible performance – no, not just one incredible performance, but feat after feat of phenomenal artistry. The China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe is composed of talented dancers and musicians, each one visual or hearing impaired, with three additional performers with physical disabilities. Somehow, despite the fact that they performed in [...]
Planned Obsolescence and Rapidly Changing Markets
A little while back Fast Company published an article on Grameen Phone’s phone ladies:
Unplanned Obsolescence
Grameen’s famous Village Phone Program lifted thousands out of poverty– and helped Muhammad Yunus win the Nobel Peace Prize. The problem: It’s not working anymore.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/118/unplanned-obsolescence.html
There is a counterpoint to this article on the website for one of the about-Yunus books:
http://www.youcanhearmenow.com/?p=97
Primarily, [...]
IUI '08: Workshop on IUI4DR – Intelligent User Interfaces for Developing Regions
Call For Papers:
Workshop on IUI4DR – Intelligent User Interfaces for Developing Regions
(in conjunction with IUI ‘08)
Canary Islands, Spain
January 13, 2008
http://research.ihost.com/iui4dr
Organisers:
* Sheetal K. Agarwal, IBM Research, India
* John Canny, UC Berkeley, USA
* Apala Lahiri Chavan, Human Factors International, India
* Nitendra Rajput, IBM Research, India
Advisory Committee:
* Michelle X Zhou, IBM T J Watson Research Center, USA
Program Committee:
* [...]
Event: Goma, Congo Report on work with HEAL Africa
Hi all,
What: Goma Adult Ministries/Global Strategies Teams Report
When: October 14, 12:15–2:15 PM or 6:30–8:30 PM
Where: First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, G202
On Sunday, October 14th, the Goma Missions Teams (including mine) will be giving a report on the Congo, what we did, and what we’re planning to do. We’ll have two sessions, one at 12.15pm (following [...]
