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Kindle Paperwhite Review
I just received my new Kindle Paperwhite. My old Kindle e-ink screen crapped out on me (see picture below). The e-ink broken display shows part of the screensaver and part of the standard message to plug-in your Kindle. Bottom line: It was unusable and my 1-year warranty ran out. Amazon will give you a small discount [...]
Platform: Getting Noticed in a Noisy World
Platform: Getting Noticed in a Noisy World by Michael Hyatt is a great resource for building a platform that will help promote your product, service, or yourself. Hyatt uses his own blog, www.MichaelHyatt.com, his books and his speaking engagements as examples of products that can be promoted by a solid Platform. Hyatt has an email list [...]
Mobile Money
Will Starbucks Replace Cash?
I love receiving a Starbucks gift card. It’s a special treat to buy a coffee for “free” and I am thankful to the giver as I enjoy my drink. But, did you ever think how Starbucks gift card system works behind the scenes? Gift cards are a huge business for Starbucks: Starbucks and their affiliate [...]
Spark
In 2008, I worked on a concept called the Spark Humanitarian Suite in partnership with World Vision International. The goal of “Spark” was to capture the high-level requirements for a modern Humanitarian IT System and explain it to a diverse audience using multi-media in 10 minutes. The Spark presentation covers fundraising to field-management for a typical [...]
Better than Cash
According to the February 2012 USAID blog titled, “We must do better than cash,” USAID is planning to use it’s $22B/year aid “footprint” to motivate it’s grantees to transition away from cash-based development to innovative mobile payment solutions. Based on USAID’s observations in Kenya, Haiti, Mexico and Brazil, USAID believes that their implementing partners will [...]
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