January 2010
26 posts
Twitter Message Sparks Big Rescue Effort in Haiti... →
PopTech Fellow Josh Nesbit has played a big role in the 4636 Haiti work— “The idea was to reach out to people to set up a gateway where people could share information,” said Nesbit, the co-founder…
How a tweet brought makeshift 911 services to life... →
“Hours after the earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, 23-year-old Josh Nesbit (pictured right), who heads a non-profit delivering health care in Sub-Saharan Africa through mobile phones, thought that an…
Reinventing Education in Kenya →
Ending Poverty and Personal Genomics →
5 lies we tell ourselves (and funders) when... →
Beware the solution in search of problem! Is the technology addressing a real need? And can you articulate it through a business plan – a business plan that includes research of prior art, your…
Nicholas Felton's 2009 Annual Report Released →
Kris Krug Images of Streb RAW Flying Dancers in... →
Brooklyn's Elizabeth Streb Brings 'Streb: RAW'... →
Kris Krug posted on his experience photographing Elizabeth Streb’s dancers this past weekend in Vancouver.
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Kris Krug Images of Streb RAW Flying Dancers in... →
BBC News - Social networks and the web offer a... →
Article on Ushahidi (work of two PopTech Fellows) and its role in the Haiti earthquake.
Help Count the Homeless Tonight in NYC →
Jason Aramburu on the Promise of Biochar :... →
Privacy Is Over. Here Comes Sociality. →
FLAP Bags to Haiti; Dr. Serena Koenig on Health... →
Say What? Contest Opens Today →
PopTech Fellow Emily Pilloton on Colbert Report →
You Can Help a UN Citizen Ambassador in Haiti →
Haiti: Ways to Find Information and Take Action →
The Doomsday Clock: It is 6 minutes to Midnight →
VIDEO: Willie Smits and Katy Payne →
What it Takes: America's Best High Schools |... →
It was while pursuing one of those connections that O’Brien learned about PopTech and the opportunity to be a Social Innovation Fellow. The fellows program brings together an elite group of change…
Winterhouse World Tour | Flap Bag →
“Some months ago, I acquired a Flap Bag at the PopTech conference made by Timbuk2. But mine was special — one of 100 prototypes for a solar-powered bag that will light a room, or charge a cellphone….
Built to Last with Saul Griffith - The Slow Issue... →
Saul Griffith (former PopTech speaker): An enormous amount of the energy we use [industrially] is locked up in “embodied energy.” It’s trapped, or embodied, in the materials our stuff is made of….
Doin’ It For The Love – Reflections On The Future... →
Kris Krug: “Here at Journalism that Matters, Chris Jordan gave a presentation about the photographs he took during his trip to Midway Island. He presented a video that he made, which was first…
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“Andrew Zolli, who leads PopTech, a New York charity that supports efforts to use...”
– PopTech Executive Director Andrew Zolli in “Technology Gets More Interactive,” from Philanthropy 2020 on philanthropy.com