Innovative Solutions
Google + 2008 GOP Convention = Awesome
Note: This post means to be politically neutral.
I was just browsing Techmeme and came across an awesome conversation thread... Google is the Republican National Convention's Official Innovation Provider.
What will Google bring to the 2008 GOP Convention?
They are going to help streamline the convention organization and and expand its online reach across websites, mobile devices, blogs, [...]
International Banking is Fun
In May 2007, we did a post on "How to Become an International Banker in Four Easy Steps".
We had just made a microloan through Kiva to an Azerbaijan entrepreneur by the name of Karimbayli Mammadov to help expand his budding welding business. You can see Karimbayli's Kiva page here or just view the screen capture [...]
“Web Presence” is the New Resume
Union Square Ventures an early stage venture capital fund located in NYC is looking to hire a new analyst.
How are they hiring for this analyst position?
Here's how:
"If you are interested in this position, please comment on this post with your name, email address, and a link to your web presence. Web presence could by [...]
Carl Malamud: Local Rockstar
Carl lives in Sebastopol, CA, which is about a 12 minute drive from my place.
Carl is a rockstar. Not a conventional rockstar, but one nonetheless.
What do I mean?
He has been finding innovative ways to get government data and public works online for years and years.
Carl was the person who put the US Securities and Exchange [...]
3A Bazaar: Retail Markets on Wheels
Driving through rural India you will run into thousands of village corner shops (or shacks) carrying everything from tea to rice to fruit to basic medicines and ointments.
These rural corner markets are all run by entrepreneurs that live on very small profit margins (as they usually get their stuff via a middleman's middleman or make [...]
Wachter Meet Jay
Bob Wachter, MD is a blogger who also happens to have a day job as both Professor and Associate Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (he also holds a couple other "Chief" positions around UCSF but I can only fit so many words into this post).
Jay Parkinson, MD [...]
Bill Gates Calls for “Creative Capitalism”
Bill will call for "creative capitalism" at the World Economic Forum in Davos today, WSJ reports.
What is "creative capitalism"?
Bill says that "creative capitalism" uses market forces to address poor-country needs that he feels are being ignored.
Wow. That is right up BUZZYEAH's alley. We fully support "creative capitalism" around these parts.
Bill says, "We have to find [...]
My OpenCongress: Facebook For Congress Nerds
Update: Near the bottom of this post I suggest that OpenCongress and Facebook should find ways to better integrate since the results could be socially powerful (plus, I can only be a part of so many social networks).
Well, good news!
David Moore over at OpenCongress' blog says, "... Andrew, yes definitely, we look [...]
Tata Nano: $2500 Car For Developing Countries
I usually don't post this frequently but I can't help myself since so many new products are popping up in the news aimed at the lower brackets of the socio-economic spectrum.
This is definitely a space that I'm interested in and as you can see in the left sidebar BUZZYEAH has a whole Socio-Economic category devoted [...]
What Is Dr. Jay Parkinson Up To??? (Update: Check His Blog)
Photo: darkshapes
Back in October, I wrote a post about Dr. Jay Parkinson who also goes by the name of darkshapes on the photo site Flickr (he's a pretty popular Flickr photographer).
In short, he took the news world/blogosphere/doctor care world by storm with his innovative use of technology in his small Brooklyn-based practice. He is known [...]
