Molotech

UN meets Silicon Valley

The second day of the “UN meets Silicon Valley” conference was open to the public. The event was organized by Intel and the UN Global Alliance for ICT & Development (UN GAID). Held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, it provided an interesting opportunity to explore the overlap between the developmental agenda of the UN and associated non-profit organizations and the market-driven, entrepreneurial and high-tech innovative spirit of Silicon Valley.

An extensive summary of the day by UN staff will be posted on the UN GAID website.

As an aside, Steve Vosloo and a few of other Digital Vision Fellows met Dr Craig Barrett, Chairman of Intel.

Add comment February 28th, 2007

Learning from Streetside Stories

Steve Vosloo recently met Linda Johnson, Executive Director of Streetside Stories, a San Francisco-based non-profit literacy arts program. In 13 years, it has helped over 7000 students to share their life stories, connect with the arts, and improve their literacy skills. There is much overlap between the work of Molotech and Streetside Stories. Steve hopes to volunteer on their Tech Tales digital storytelling program and learn from this wonderful organization.

Add comment February 27th, 2007