Hi folks

New blog

2007-12-12T05:41:17Z

Hi folks (as it were), I've moved my blog to a new site and platform. Check it out at www.ccjrnl.com or www.chriscoldewey.com.

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Ning is the thing

2007-09-24T10:34:18Z

I hadn't looked at Ning, a site for building your own social network, since they relaunched to much fanfare a few and a half months ago. Then I got the idea to build a site for my capoeira group in Mumbai, so I gave it another look. Wow! Built the...

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Unintended consequences: donated mosquito net edition

2007-09-24T09:16:08Z

Ethan Zuckerman points to a Zambian blogger claiming donated mosquito nets are used by fishermen for destructive drag-netting in rivers and streams. A bit of googling turns up similar stories in Namibia and Rwanda. I wonder if these are marginal c...

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Earning interest with pre-paid mobile accounts

2007-09-12T08:17:22Z

O world wide web, a question: There is a lot of talk in social enterprise circles about the need to encourage savings behavior and formalize the practice of saving among the BOP in India. At the same time, an astounding number of the urban and r...

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Busy Signal -- The Days

2007-09-11T08:40:00Z

Excellent dancehall track on repeat here...

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Wonders of the World

2007-09-10T21:07:59Z

Fascinating interview on BLDGBLOG with the editor of The Wonders of the World series -- who knew archaeology and architecture could be so engaging? The Tomb of Agamemnon is going on my to-read list immediately.

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Time Pass

2007-09-08T07:41:22Z

I love the way this family has documented the passage of time through yearly photos -- I had seen their Arrow of Time project before, but was recently reminded of it... ...when I saw the pattern of repeated elements over time echoed in reverse i...

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Financing Non-Profit Organizational Infrastructure

2007-08-06T07:27:37Z

Good to see the concept of supporting overall organizational development -- not just program development -- given some press in the NYT. Killer quote: “Imagine an investor saying, ‘I want to buy 1,000 shares of FedEx but I want my money only to g...

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Is it me you're looking for?

2007-08-02T18:38:25Z

I was just checking out top 40 charts in the UK from the mid 80s (don't ask), and was reminded of the awesome force that was Lionel Richie at that time... Classic LR video: Recommended viewing to follow: The Hello Experiment, which explores a va...

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Disco Dancer

2007-07-26T08:28:39Z

My new mission in life is to get a hold of this 1982 Bollywood film on DVD. These clips are unbelievable. I think I'm in some kind of shock right now. M.I.A covers the first track here pretty faithfully on her new album Kala. Jimmy Adja I Am...

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