Feb
10
Visits with Farmers and Agents of Change in West Africa
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Had a fantastic trip to Burkina Faso, an inland country in western Africa.
Since the readership of this blog is deservedly low, please see my posts, with video and photos, in the World Wide Web Foundation blog:
Videos from Day 1 of Visit with Farmer Innovators in Burkina Faso
Farmers and Promoters in Burkina Faso: More Videos and Pictures
Cheers
Jan
6
Happy 2010! Holidays and Sunday River.
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Hope everyone had a wonder holiday season. Was great to have all kids around for much of the Christmas and New Years period. The only road trip we took was to Sunday River, Maine for some skiing (not much, as the weather was a bit nasty for a couple of days), and relaxation in a home with a nice big room with fireplace. A few pics are below…
Dec
20
Winchester’s premier party band, SIX, competed in the “Battle of the Bands” at Berklee College of Music’s Cafe 939 on 16 December 2009. We played about as well as we ever have (at least during my short tenure). What a blast! Thanks to everyone who supported us that night. We placed 2nd in the popular vote (2 votes out of first).
See the videos of our 6 songs.
Nov
18
Web Foundation Officially Launched
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http://www.webfoundation.org/2009/11/world-wide-web-foundation-launches-global-operations/
I’ll continue to blog about this exciting endeavor on the Web Foundation site …
But, from a personal perspective, this is very, very exciting. I’ve always had the belief that helping people to use the Web as an agent of empowerment, and as a means of improving their lives and communities held much more promise than it has been given credit for.
See picture above of Tim Berners-Lee announcing and Tweeting the launch of the Foundation at the Internet Governance Forum meeting in Egypt on Sunday.
Oct
1
SIX at 939
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SIX, “Winchester’s Premier Party Band”tm played Cafe 939 last night. It was my debut with the band. I had a blast! The gig was my first in public since — hmm — 1975. Thanks to my bandmates Bruce, John, Scott, Steve C, and Walter for inviting me to join the group, and for tolerating my incompetence. Amy took some nice photos. I messed up badly on “Mony Mony” and messed up less badly on many other occasions. But can’t wait for the next practice and the next concert! Rock on!