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To Dubai on an Emirates Airbus 380

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My current business trip started by heading for Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was easier to say yes than usual: I'd never been to Dubai or the region, and the government of Dubai and Emirates airline offered to fly me there business class! My full set of pictures are on Flickr: Dubai, UAE, Oman and Airbus 380 - a set on Flickr

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Seeing the United Arab Emirates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Obviously, there was a lot of buzz about the financial meltdown, especially in a place like Dubai that has built itself up as a major international business center (Dubai as an emirate has relatively little oil compared to some of the other gulf emirates).

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Interview: Kedar Iyer, PickyPolly

Amy Sample Ward

His learnings come from experiences that span an education in electronics and telecommunications, multi-cultural professional engagements in software development and communications, a business administration student life in pretty Paris and experiments in implementing technological solutions for social challenges.

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