I’ve blogged about Kiva before, and my impression of them and their work keeps growing. Instead of talking more about how great they are, and how they make a huge difference, I’d like to simply host a very short documentary-promotion video about them. If you’d like more information, obviously, you can go to http://www.kiva.org. If… Read More
Posts Tagged ‘change the world’
Sunday, January 25th, 2009 Tags: change the world, charity, Kieran Ball, kiva, microfinance
Category: Perspective No Comments
I have begun to see that we may be entering a new age of polymaths, and I’m happy to be involved in a part of the business world which seems to sustain some of the best brains on the planet. I remember reading about the beginners of industry—the pioneers of technology and science. I remember… Read More
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Tags: change the world, chess, development, emergent, Google, ideas, Java, Perspective, review, Robert Fulton, web industry switch
Category: Digital 2 Comments
It’s been a few months since I last spoke about Kiva.org, and I wanted to bring it up again. Since writing, I’ve tried out the lending scheme, and am blown away with the ability to make a difference to places where it’s seriously needed. Not only has Kiva created an infrastructure for microlending which makes… Read More
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Tags: change the world, development, emergent, entreprenours, giving, kiva, microfinance, microlending, peer-to-peer, similar infrastructure
Category: Uncategorized No Comments
