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Reimagining the Power of One Billion Dollars

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Having just heard the new director of MIT’s Media Lab, Joi Ito , present the Labs’ latest approach to innovation—“Deploy or Die”—I was inspired to answer the question. To make them truly count, we must put our technology innovations into the hands of real people and see what actually works. Let me explain. Let me explain.

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Meet the Nonprofit Hero Behind the Hardware: Charles Brennick

Tech Soup

The winner of this year's award is Charles Brennick, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit refurbisher InterConnection. The organization created more than 100 websites and then expanded to supply low-cost computers and technology training to underserved communities in developing countries. Paying His Nonprofit Dues.

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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We believe that print disabled people should be able to buy accessible books at the same time and at the same price as nondisabled people. But, we’re not willing to lose the copyright exemption and let down the next two or three generations of print disabled people during the transition to equal access nirvana!

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