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Guns4Development – A Parable of Technology and Development

January 6, 2011

In the far, far away land of Developmentia, the field of security in developing countries has a long and venerable history. Security for Development or S4D as the field has come to be known…

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  • development organisations, , handgun, issue, nobel prize winner, venerable history,

Fellowship 2010

December 3, 2010

As 2010 draws to a close, the end of my fellowship at the Shuttleworth Foundation also draws closer. It officially winds up at the end of February next year. From then on most of my waking hours…

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WGSDIA – Launch Gmail Zero

September 13, 2010

This entry is part of a series, What Google Should Do In Africa» This is yet another post in a series in which I have the temerity to offer Google my unsought armchair strategic advice on what…

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  • dublin ireland, Google, mapping work, , zero hits

Africa, Innovation, and The Incredibles

April 9, 2010

Philip Auerswald recently took advantage of arch-villain Syndrome (from the Pixar movie The Incredibles) to paint a tongue-in-cheek picture of his relationship with Bill Easterly. Entertained and…