Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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Bookshare and the Power of We

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Blog Action Day is today, October 15, and the international community of bloggers is blogging about this year’s theme, The Power of We. Converting and delivering these accessible books was expensive and time consuming. It is the Power of We that changes the way we create transformative positive change.

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Serendipity and Twitter

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Via Twitter, we set the time and he gives me the Tube stop (White City). And, as a huge Dr. Who fan, I had Tim take a picture of me in front of the Tardis (Doctor Who's time travel machine disguised as a standard old English police box). He invites me to come by the BBC in London the next day for a tour of the newsroom.

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Wrapping Up the 2007 Skoll World Forum

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Sundance had sent two senior executives and four director/producers to spend time with us. He then went to point out that Martin is in San Francisco and he is in Nairobi, and the time difference made for late night calls talking about KickStart! The second was all about story-telling. That was the best part for me.

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Two or three times a year, I publish a president's update for Benetech. Craig Wing An electrical engineer, MBA student, South African of Chinese descent, founder of not one but two companies, world traveler, former missionary, and current blogger, it's pretty hard to keep up with Craig Wing, let alone categorize him.

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Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The event kicked off with talks by two activists who may go to prison as a result of their online activities; Alaa Abd El-Fatah, an Egyptian blogger and software developer and Thai journalist Chiranuch Premchaiporn. Premchaiporn was charged after comments allegedly insulting the Thai royal family appeared on a website she edited.