I would love one of these. Christopher Locke constructed this amazing “Analog Tele-Phonographer". A true speaker for the iPhone. Mom, put it on my christmas list! For more info and a video, GO

Here is an incredible project by Candy Chang. Candy Chang is a public installation artist, designer, urban planner, and co-founder of Civic Center who likes to make cities more comfortable for people. This is a project called "Before I Die". Check out her site and enjoy some of her other projects. GO

Here is the image Eva Muraya used in inspiring the small business owners of Kenya. She mentioned how moved she was when she first saw this image, how dark Kenya/Africa was compared to the rest of the world.

She then posed the question, "Who will turn the lights on in Africa?"

Pretty sweet video of an artist who spraypaints an amazing scene in under 5 minutes. Wow.

Here is a good look at the evolution of some of the most familiar brands in business. 

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Here was our reception in Rongo. It's shaky at first, but it settles down in a few seconds.

A late morning, finally, to start off our last day. For me, the day began with a pleasant surprise. Our agency picked up two awards from the CT Ad Club for our work with UConn and the Basketball Hall of Fame. Everyone has packed up. We had our final feedback meeting at Technoserve with Ciprian and Maureen, who put most of this together. Their leader, Fred, came in to say a few final words.

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We had a very long drive back to Kisumu from the Mara, with lunch at a gas station on the way. Now it was time to prep for our “work” days. One of the reasons we were there was to run a series of programs about small business. David and Wynd were to start out with a session on small business management, then Wynd took it over with a piece on marketing. By the way, both of them are excellent speakers. You can tell they’ve done this a couple times. I, however, haven’t given a presentation since college. Of course, I told no one this before today, I just made like I knew what I was doing. I was beyond nervous.

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I cried for the first time today in nearly 10 years. I admit that I teared up at my wedding, seeing Leah step out into the sun. She looked amazing in that dress. But I’m not sure any tears found there way beyond my eyes.

See, I turned 34 today.

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