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They stole our coffee
There is a chain of coffee shops in Addis Ababa called “Kaldis”, named after the shepherd…
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How to use and understand statistics: good briefs
Regular readers will have noticed that things have been quiet around here for a while. I’ll…
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Spreading some love
Here is really nice animated talk by Dan Pink on what really motivates us. He says that…
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Innovation and prizes
An interesting Economist article about the uses of prizes to promote innovation is a missed opportunity…
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Geo-coding aid: powerful and not that hard
This is very cool. A team of researchers from Development Gateway and AidData have worked with…
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Back from backpacking in the alps
We are back in Addis after backpacking through France, Italy and Switzerland on the Tour de…
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Global integrity is hiring
If you read this blog, you might be interested in this job with the good people…
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An important step towards aid transparency
I was in Paris last week for meetings about aid transparency. At the International Aid Transparency Initiative…
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Tech tips for development workers (3) – software
This is the third post in a series providing non-technical advice about affordable and practical IT…