Alexia Tsotsis has a great post that recaps TechCrunch Disrupt, summarizing the event through human curation. Pearltrees is an incredibly interesting, easy-to-use curation tool that allows you to capture content on the web with a...
Madame Coulibaly does something that many seed dealers in Mali and other parts of Africa usually don’t —she keeps her prices low enough for small, cash-scarce farmers to afford. And instead of packaging seeds in...
@Dewittn talks about his life story on the 140 Conference stage this past week in Los Angeles. He grew up in Boston and had a traditional American 'upbringing' until a phone call one day changed...
As we do a series of interviews with the top management of the companies in the running for the Porter Prize, I have realized the importance of asking questions. Based upon their written submissions, we...
On a Friday night, there’s no better way to greet the weekend than with cheap beer, food and a live band. Surprisingly, you can find all three at the Taiwan Beer 346 Warehouse Restaurant, right...
This is the first blog in a series about our visit with the International Center for Research in the Semi-Arid Tropics in Niger.
At first glance, the road from Niamey to Tanka village in Niger looks...
I was traveling in the jungle region of Ecuador, in Zamora Chinchipe near the border to Peru in the south of the country. I learned about new culinary traditions, like a green banana soup with...
There is now a Computer Engineer Barbie. This is Barbie's 126th profession (My personal fav is the paratrooper). Yea, us! And, wow, it only took - what - 40 years? Mattel's selection of the profession was,...
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