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JamesU on Microsoft's commitment to create sustainedsocial and economic opportunity for the next 5 billion
MultiPoint and the Simplicity of Sharing
Sometimes the best ideas are the simplest ones. In emerging market education, there has been so much...
Date: 03/24/2009
Meanwhile, Back in the US, We Are Elevating America!
China isn’t the only country during...
Date: 02/25/2009
iCafés in China
I spent the last week in China learning more about Internet Cafés (or iCafés) , which are becoming a...
Date: 02/24/2009
Gladys!
Gladys Kenfack is a pretty remarkable person. She works on the UPG team where she owns our strategy...
Date: 02/09/2009
“Phone First” in Boston
Last month I had the opportunity to attend NextLab 2008: Designing Mobile Technologies for the Next...
Date: 01/24/2009
Paul Polak and the Art of Listening
Paul Polak is a hero of mine. He created a nonprofit organization called International Development...
Date: 11/19/2008
Innovative Teachers, This Time in Hong Kong
It’s time again for Microsoft’s Innovative Teacher’s Forum (ITF), an annual event where we celebrate...
Date: 11/07/2008
A Little Zippier
Last week we loaned an OLPC XO laptop running Windows to Ina Fried at CNET, and today she posted an...
Date: 10/24/2008
The Real Problem With Windows AND Linux In Emerging Market Education
The Ecosystem Impact of Affordable Computing This is a post I've been meaning to write for a...
Date: 09/23/2008
The Delightful People from Aga Khan
I had the opportunity to participate in a signing ceremony today between Microsoft and the Aga Khan...
Date: 08/12/2008
ICT4D Explained
ICT4D, or "Information and Communication Technologies for Development" is the name for the...
Date: 08/12/2008
Netbook Momentum ...
I haven't seen much about this in the press yet, but yesterday Intel and Carlos Slim in Mexico...
Date: 07/24/2008
How to Build Solutions for MOP and BOP
Channel 9 is running an interview with with Tara Prakriya, a solutions architect here in the...
Date: 07/22/2008
Recent Recap (Rural)
I was out of the office over the last 5 weeks, and during that time we had a lot going on in the...
Date: 07/15/2008
Western China Project
A group of people from Microsoft's Unlimited Potential team are heading out to Western China next...
Date: 05/30/2008
Skills Seminar
Tara Prakriya is one of the technical leaders on the UPG team. In addition to driving a really...
Date: 05/22/2008
Look! Windows on the OLPC XO!
Today Microsoft and the OLPC are announcing support for Windows on the OLPC XO computer. The two...
Date: 05/15/2008
We Have a Name: "Creative Capitalism"
Bill Gates gave a great speech at Davos this week around the concept of Creative Capitalism, an...
Date: 01/25/2008
Cambridge
A team of Microsoft people flew out to Cambridge, Mass. to meet with engineers from the OLPC...
Date: 12/12/2007
OLPC in the News (Part 2)
Well, I will be flying out to Cambridge next week for my first meeting with some of the people at...
Date: 12/05/2007
OLPC in the News ...
Well, it seems like the OLPC organization is in the news a lot lately, even more so than usual....
Date: 11/28/2007
Beyond Stories
Yesterday I attended AMD's 50x15 partner summit in Sunnyvale, California. 50x15 is AMD's equivalent...
Date: 11/15/2007
I Guess I'm Famous Now
Will Poole and I did a video blog interview with Chris Pirillo last week, and Chris just posted the...
Date: 11/13/2007
Beyond Travel
It has been over a week since I returned from my trip to Helsinki, which makes it three out of the...
Date: 11/09/2007
Hanging With the APMs
Academic Program Managers (APMs) are the people at Microsoft responsible for implementing the...
Date: 10/30/2007
3.6 Million Innovative Teachers Can't Be Wrong
Helsinki, October 29, 2007 I am attending the Worldwide Innovative Teachers Forum, a...
Date: 10/29/2007
Will the Digital Divide Widen Before it Narrows?
October 19, 2007 I had a scary thought in Budapest today. What if the digital divide widens before...
Date: 10/20/2007
UPG Launch in Budapest
October 18, 2007 We held our big press event in Budapest on Thursday and Friday this week. With most...
Date: 10/20/2007
Buchalost
October 17, 2007 I began the morning in Bucharest today by going for a run and getting terribly and...
Date: 10/18/2007
Snowing in Moscow
A group of us are in Central and Eastern Europe this week, starting with two days in Moscow. It's...
Date: 10/15/2007
"The Bottom Billion"
I just had a chance to read "The Bottom Billion", a book by by Oxford University...
Date: 10/14/2007
Will Poole on CNET
CNET ran a nice interview with Will Poole today. It was based on a series of meetings we did down in...
Date: 10/10/2007
More from Omar Dengo
In an earlier post, I talked about a visit I made to the Fundacion Omar Dengo, an NGO in Costa Rica....
Date: 10/10/2007
What Do We Mean By "Sustained"?
Friday, October 5th. I went on my first "Unlimited Potential" school visit today. It was a...
Date: 10/05/2007
Technology and Education Summit in Guatemala
Thursday, October 4th I had the opportunity today to give a keynote speech at a technology and...
Date: 10/05/2007
Fundacion Omar Dengo
Tuesday, October 2nd. While I was in Costa Rica I had the opportunity to visit with Eduardo Monge...
Date: 10/05/2007
Hello, Again
This is a renewal of my blog to reflect my new job at Microsoft. My name is James Utzschneider, and...
Date: 10/04/2007