April 2010
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Apr 29th
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Apr 23rd
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Episode 12 of The AshokaTECH Podcast: Martin... →
For those of you interested in international development, you should definitely check out the most recent episode of the AshokaTECH Podcast: my interview with Martin Fisher, the cofounder of Kickstart.  In it we talk about the work he is doing in Africa bringing simple technological advances to rural farmers — helping them become more efficient and effective at their work and as a result...
Apr 23rd
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“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be...”
– Steve Jobs
Apr 22nd
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Apr 17th
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Apr 17th
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Monkeying Around in Udaipur →
Thanks so much to Steph from Twenty-SomethingTravel.com for sharing my most recent ridiculous travel writing about my adventures at a Jewelry store in India.  My buddy was looking to buy a monkey figurine, but it turned out to be an “erotic monkey statue,” so some surgery had to be performed on its “Curious George,” and then craziness ensued.  Check out her site for the...
Apr 16th
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“Public service is a calling. I truly believe that.”
– -Congressman Jeff Fortenberry, (R-NE) Last night I had the opportunity to attend a Georgetown “policy dinner” with Congressman Jeff Fortenberry a 1986 graduate of GPPI.  It was a great experience to meet with a representative in such an intimate setting, and I was very impressed with...
Apr 16th
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Tumblr Asks Part I
Thanks for your questions and messages submitted through the awesome Tumblr Ask feature!  A few of the questions I’ve received, and my answers: This is Alisha asked: “What’s the best empanada you’ve ever had?” A very important question!  After spending a quarter in DC during undergrad 2 blocks from Julia’s Empanadas, I have to say that I go to Julia for all of...
Apr 15th
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Should Kids Be Bribed to Do Well in School?  →
Time has an interesting article about Harvard Economics Professor Roland Fryer Jr.’s experiment to see if paying children for performance in school results in better outcomes.  This case, in my opinion, brings up three important issues surrounding policy making and education: -Try something!  Analyze it.  If it doesn’t work, try something else!  Policymakers and leaders are often too...
Apr 13th
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Apr 12th
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Apr 11th
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Episode 11 of the AshokaTECH Podcast: Jim...
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Apr 9th
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Apr 9th
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Worst Job Posting Ever
So with graduation looming, I’m spending a lot of time reading job descriptions on Idealist, Jobs.Change.org, Georgetown’s listings, and other job sites.  I have yet to come across a less-interesting, more make-me-want-to-kill-myself-instead-of-apply job requirement than this one: “The employee must have the ability to maintain acceptable standards of office conduct; the ability...
Apr 8th
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Apr 7th
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Camel Riding in Rajasthan →
Thanks to OneTravel.com for publishing my guest post about my crazy camel riding experiences in India.  You can check out the whole article (teaser: there’s a photo of me with my camel Lalu) on their blog.
Apr 7th
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Apr 6th
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Apr 6th
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Apr 5th
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Apr 5th
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Guttenfelder’s iPhone Photos →
Further proving that it’s not the camera it’s the photographer, check out this photoset by AP Photographer David Guttenfelder.  He took all of the shots, including the one below, with his iPhone — resulting in one of the most captivating series I’ve ever seen.  Not bad for the device I send text messages and play shuffle board on.  
Apr 4th
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Apr 3rd
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10 mobile apps for social good  →
SocialBrite put together a great list of 10 mobile apps for social good.  Mobile apps are clearly the future of computing, so to see such a robust offering of ways to do good from your phone this early on gives me a lot of optimism for where we’ll be years from now.   My personal favorite, for obvious reasons, is The Extraordinaries, though I wish they had also included Citysourced. Do you...
Apr 2nd
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Apr 2nd
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