Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 17, 2013
So I was recently taken by surprise when I discovered by mere coincidence that he had become the Chief of Staff for the Interim President of Paraguay, Federico Franco! It was a daring venture: Paraguay was then still under a military dictatorship and it was extremely difficult to advance social work.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 25, 2014
Bottom-Up Innovation Joi’s new motto underscores the need for more than just tech demos to change the world. We must also treat our beneficiaries as customers and partners in social change, not as passive recipients of charity. Technology has advanced to a point where it is easy to do so.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 24, 2010
This was first introduced (to my knowledge) in the Stakeholder's Platform discussions, which were the quickly ginned-up alternative option created in response to the original introduction at WIPO of the Treaty for the Visually Impaired ("TVI") by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay (and now co-sponsored by Mexico). The concept of TIs uses U.S.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 31, 2006
I learned that my buddy Martin Burt was on the front line of a revolution in Paraguay when mayor of the capital city, by calling in garbage trucks and bulldozers to surround the congress building while the army was busy shooting people. He tracked me down to explain what we were doing in our new environmental project!
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 14, 2009
That would be the responsibility of the Copyright Office, to advise Congress on any changes to domestic copyright legislation. ratifies it, then there probably would need to be changes to Chafee and U.S. In our conversation, I got the impression that the Copyright Office is getting ready in case Chafee is revisited. copyright law.
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