Admittedly, I had solved two thirds of this problem this past summer. But I think it speaks to the rapidity of mobile phone coverage expansion that solving the last third was much easier than I expected it would be. The problem: GPRS/Internet access on my various phones on all three of the GSM carriers in [...]
Posts from ‘November, 2007’
ICTD 2007 Call for Participation
This is where I’ll be come December 15th. I unfortunately didn’t submit a paper this time, since I was in four different countries (not counting layovers) in the week before the deadline. But! a lot of my colleagues have papers that got in, and it promises to be a good chance to talk to other [...]
Epocrates for developing countries?
So I’m talking to my doctor about possible drug interactions between various prescriptions and he pulls out a… (drum roll) palm treo. Oh okay so that’s probably not a major revelation.. doctors love Palm devices and have loved them pretty much since 3COM started making them back in the 90s. (Can I say that yet? [...]
Where are we going with what we are doing?
Fulfillment Elusive for Young Altruists In the Crowded Field of Public Interest By Ian Shapira Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, November 2, 2007; Page A01 A friend pointed out this article for me. I have to wonder that if in our efforts to look at ICTD academically if we’re going to create another glut of [...]
Event: Investing in Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries 11/14 6pm
Investing in Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries — A Talk Sponsored by The Blum Center Wednesday, November 14th 6:00pm Hearst Memorial Mining Building, Room 290, UC Berkeley Campus Please join The Blum Center for Developing Economies for a talk on: “Creating an online investment platform for entrepreneurs in developing countries” Thierry Sanders and Koen Wasmus, Directors [...]
