Wednesday evening. Pillows, popcorn, pizza, and drinks. As the evening set in, aspiring humanitarians representing countries all over the middle east gathered in a small-ish room in Tbilisi, Georgia to watch a film. Poverty Inc. bills itself as a film unearthing...
David Miliband wrote back. It was unexpected, short and sweet, but he wrote back. Impressive. He invited me to engage with IRC's economic recovery expert about possibilities to work together. Nice. So the ball is back in my court. I've followed up with the...
This week saw us launch the Speed Evidence Portal publicly. It was an exciting time for us as it was the culmination of a year of building and testing in countries like Philippines, Somalia, Iraq, Lebanon, and the UK. The Speed Portal is an information management...
Things have been changing over here in recent months - quite a number of projects have been ending, new ones starting, and we've completely redone the website, which has been long overdue. I anticipate it will continue to evolve over the next few months as we work add...
Two and half months ago, I moved houses in London and have spent most of those most shocked by the customer service or lack of it, when it comes to basic services like a phone line or plumbing repairs. I’ve dealt with multiple service providers and been promised many...
This is a blog I wrote for one of the projects I'm currently working on.
Yesterday, both Google and Square announced the ability to send cash using email. The future of cash is continuing to change as we are seeing mobile money taking off and now cash transfer through email. At the moment the email money is only in the USA, but as this...
A colleague sent me this video. Simple. Catchy. And as one person said, "Brilliant - this is likely to have more impact than any guidelines!!" I'd have to agree - brilliant and...
I love creativity. I wish I had more of it and more courage to express the bits I have. Inspiration can be one of those allusive things that we all search for and yet it can be found anywhere we find ourselves. And when I say anywhere, I do mean anywhere, which is one...