My Work Here is Done
When I started at Development Gateway in late 2012, it was, well, stuffy. Its heritage as a World Bank spinoff was clear and present as the high cubicle walls. Then we went OpenGov Hub and blew away all the physical barriers. Open plan for everyone, including the CEO. That put a zap to the bureaucratic […]
Read MoreWhy I Do Not Worry About Facebook Privacy And Neither Should You
There is much hand wringing about Facebook and its ever-changing privacy settings. Why just last month there was yet another attempt by Facebook to link users to purchases, this time at certain brick-and-mortar stores. . Now all this privacy hoopla started back when Facebook introduced Beacon, an advertising system that caused a serious online uproar. […]
Read MoreWhat is your 20% project?
We are all busy. But you should never be too busy to experiment, explore, and build something new, especially something new that could be a new income stream or professional achievement. I call this the 20% project. Yes, that implies you should be spending 20% of your time on new projects, be they for work […]
Read MoreCheck Out Inveneo’s New Website!
As one of my last acts at Inveneo, I helped design and launch their new website. Well, I did a bit more than that. I spent the last two years bemoaning our old website and lobbying for a new one. For a small company that sold best though in-person meetings, it was hard convincing others […]
Read MoreMy First Week of Accelerated MBA Graduate School at George Washington University
In addition to switching jobs, I am now starting my Masters of Business Administration at George Washington University. Why? Because I don’t have enough going on in my life, what with a new job, a wife, two kids, a dog, house, and all my ICT4D friends. So to just make it that much more intense, […]
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