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Africa

6 Laws of Assignments

June 21, 2010

The 24 hours of assignment reckoning continues. Two term papers have just been handed in to the Exam Schools. Four papers are due to be uploaded within 5 hours, and another formal paper is to hended in within exactly 24 hours. In the midst of this, I’ll be attempting to enjoy a boat cruise (4 [...]

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Something about drive and calmness

June 6, 2010

…today makes these links feel appropriate. It’s a near-lazy day in Oxford, hinting at mugginess. I’m calm and partially refreshed after a couple days away. It’s a day for exploration and productivity, but mostly for those intriguing spaces between the two. Here are some of today’s better links.
Pictory’s Profile of NYC. Pictory takes the weekly “sites I [...]

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Shot of the Day: Sunset Football

May 12, 2010

Time to bring back a classic today: my neighbours playing football, Southern Senegal, 2004. There’s something about dusk that invites…at least a separation from the daily grind.
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Doing it Right: Good Examples of Good Tech Solutions

May 9, 2010

Jackie’s been wandering around SS Africa for nearly two years, working with different organizations. This has given her some insight into what is working and what isn’t in world of appropriate tech development (anyone with a better idea for this stale term?).
This week she posted a series on organizations that are doing a good job [...]

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Signaling Identity: Better a Surfer than an MBA?

May 4, 2010

I love jackets. I don’t actually have that many possessions, but I do have a disproportionate collection of technical jackets. So when I saw a friend’s dark blue softshell, I decided it was time for an SBS version and set up a class purchase. The spec was ‘OXFORD’ across the back. What came back was [...]

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Words, Images and Music

February 22, 2010

For a couple years now, I have been mulling over a project that combines photography and word, collected widely and presented in publishable form (kind of like this). This project has always taken a back seat to current realities, although a few people have heard the concept. At the core, it plays on the power [...]

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Novogratz on Indespensable People

February 20, 2010

Jacqueline Novogratz on how to recognize a linchpin from Seth Godin on Vimeo.
90 seconds I can agree with.
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Launch Week: Skoll Associate Fellows

February 12, 2010

Many times over the past couple years have I answered the questions: why an MBA, why Oxford?
Today’s launch of the Skoll Associate Fellows program indicates why I chose to come here. Recognizing that there was a large and and passionate social entrepreneurship community, far beyond just the Skoll Skollars, the Skoll Centre has kicked off [...]

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Yesterday I Totally Microwaved a Lecture

January 29, 2010

The inventors of the microwave thought their device would be used for cooking whole meals from scratch. It never really was, but users found out that it reheated food pretty well, saving the appliance from the graveyard of failed inventions.
Yesterday, rendered immobile by back pain, I Skyped in to listen to a 3 hour lecture [...]

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6 Great Development Blogs

January 18, 2010

No longer living in Ethiopia or Senegal, I’m not as tuned into the workings of on-the-ground development. Thankfully we have some good folks who keep us in the loop and help us learn more. Here are my favorites.
Blood and Milk. Alanna Shaikh writes all over the place, but her own Blood and Milk blog is [...]

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