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Monthly Archives: July 2010

The Social Thermometer

Monday, July 19, 2010

In the 1990s if you could get a sales guy, a designer and a programmer to work together for three months, you could get venture funding. It was not always quite that easy, but the money was fast, the skills were rare, and the whole thing felt like that most quintessential American phenomenon – a [...]

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On growing up in a tribal society

Monday, July 19, 2010

I came of age in an internet tribe. It was the 1990s. Internet tribalism, loft living and a lot of long haul train travel connected me to an amazing network of some of the smartest, most vivid, most alive people I’d ever met. Creative magic happened, adventures were had, communities were built, lives were changed, [...]

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The Future We Deserve

Sunday, July 18, 2010

The Future We Deserve is a book about the future which I am working on with a group of friends, new and old, mostly from Twitter. The purpose of the book is really simple – it’s to show lots and lots of great perspectives on the future, and to showcase the power of collaboration to [...]

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Three reasons for hope: energy, fuel and food

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Introduction I was recently asked if I had hope for the world. I do. There are lots of reasons why, but the three biggest areas are breakthroughs in energy, fuel and food production. These are not all technologies, but they are often technologies. Have a read and see what you think. Energy 1>Nanosolar Nanosolar has [...]

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Bonnie Branch Middle School Hexayurt

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Bonnie Branch Middle School built a great hexayurt to raise funds for Haiti. Great stuff.

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TEDxEWB Enabling Humanitarian Innovation

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Talk slides (PDF) Lovely video. Professional quality which makes a nice change.

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New and Developed – Vinay Gupta – Hexayurt Project – Africa Gathering London 2010

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Click to Play http://africagathering.org http://hexayurt.com http://hexayurt.com/plan – bio

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