Visualizing Human Rights with the Google Charts API

Smartly presented information is a nonprofit’s best friend. If you can’t communicate the problem, no one is going to give a damn. Hash’s blog just pointed me to some powerful charts Sokwanele mapping project , which I’ve mentioned previously. These charts are extremely important data to have in the public domain, and it’s great that [...]

June 20 2008

The United Nations Report on Technology And Human Development

Here’s a great PDF version of a slightly dated — but far-seeing — report from the UN on the uses of emerging technologies in human development. It’s optimism is tempered with a good deal of experience — it is clear that there is no single, technological solution to the problems of extreme poverty and inequality. [...]

July 6 2004