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Kathmandu: Down Memory Lane & What Not To Do

By Puneet Sidhu on March 21, 2011 in Asia, Central Asia, Featured, Kathmandu, Nepal, Photos

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Looking back, my visit to Nepal was a befitting what-not-to-do lesson. That my friend Richa and I, both travel-crazy colleagues at Singapore Airlines, had a reasonably splendid time learning it, regardless.  With the oppressive mugginess...

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Ushahidi’s Open Source Platform Lowers Barriers; Accelerates Storytelling

By Renee Blodgett on March 21, 2011 in Africa, East Africa, Kenya, North America, Photos, USA

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I ran into Juliana Rotich in Long Beach during TED, who is a Program Director with a non-profit organized called Ushahidi. They specialize in developing free and open source software for information collection,  visualization and interactive mapping. Their tools help democratize...

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Testing Out Solar Cooking in The Gambia

By Danielle Nierenberg on March 21, 2011 in Africa, Featured, Gambia, Photos, West Africa

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Check out these photos from a board member of Worldwatch Izaak Van Melle who is currently testing out solar cookers in The Gambia. Solar cookers work by absorbing and concentrating heat from the sun to...

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Documentary BUCK Plays SXSW: An All American Story

By Renee Blodgett on March 20, 2011 in Austin, Events, Festivals, North America, Photos, Texas, USA, Videos

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BUCK previewed at SXSW this week, which was a touching and visually stunning film. The story follows Brannaman from his abusive childhood to his unusual approach to horse-training. A great description from the Houston Press: "Buck...

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Global Short Films at SXSW: From Afghanistan and Poland to HK and Israel

By Renee Blodgett on March 19, 2011 in Afghanistan, Asia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, England, Europe, Events, Featured, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Kabul, Middle East, North America, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Photos, Poland, Scotland, Videos

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One of the first series of films I saw at SXSW this year was close to two hours of shorts, ranging from 5 minutes long to about 20. The global short 'series' covered a number...

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Not Okay to Laugh at Charlie Sheen

By Renee Blodgett on March 19, 2011 in Featured, North America, Photos, USA

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By Guest Blogger, Mary Schmidt, Marketing Troubleshooter. I’ve always been a bit uncomfortable laughing at Two and A Half Men. Hey, It’s not real life…until it is. I grew up surrounded by bad, sad alcoholics (luckily, my parent weren’t….but...

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Gowalla’s Josh Williams: LBS Won’t Work Unless We Do Something Meaningful With It

By Renee Blodgett on March 18, 2011 in Austin, North America, Photos, Texas, USA, Videos

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In this very short video clip (the last few minutes of his talk at SXSW this year), Gowalla's Josh Williams talks about the importance of contribution. If we're only creating apps and using game mechanics...

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Chiseled Swann Memorial in Logan Circle Represents the Delaware River

By Christian Carollo on March 18, 2011 in Delaware, North America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Photos, USA

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The male figure, of the Swann Memorial Fountain in Logan Circle, represents the Delaware River....

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