White House taps private sector to help feed world’s hungry

May 26th, 2012 § Comments Off on White House taps private sector to help feed world’s hungry § permalink

White House taps private sector to help feed world’s hungry

White House taps private sector to help feed world’s hungry By Christopher Doering, Gannett Comments WASHINGTON – President Obama vowed Friday to accelerate efforts to relieve hunger and malnutrition in Africa and unveiled as part of his plan a $3 billion commitment from multinational companies to make it easier for small farmers to grow their…

via: www.usatoday.com

this is a hard topic. here’s why:
  1. they are trying to raise $3B, which is arguably a lot of money. however…
  2. semi-random college startup just IPO‘d at $104B market cap, Apple has $10B cash reserves, Microsoft $10B cash reserves …
  3. also, USA yearly defense budget is over $500B, the new fancy UK aircraft carrier will cost $12B, war in Afganistan cost $500B so far.
  4. … and in the end, the hard problem is not cash to buy food, but how to actually distribute it in the end. if they have a good plan for that, the cash should be easier to find.

and the geeks shall change the world… of politics

May 21st, 2012 § Comments Off on and the geeks shall change the world… of politics § permalink

Springfield, Illinois, USA. Barack Obama, his ...

Springfield, Illinois, USA. Barack Obama, his wife Michelle, and daughters. “The Future First Family Waves. Senator Obama’s family was on hand for the announcement, and he invited them on stage to wave to the crowd before he began his speech.” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Everyone around the world remembers Obama‘s superb grassroots campaign nostalgically, knowing that something so organized won’t happen anywhere else anytime soon.

Well, now at least we are getting a proper campaign management system:

Joe Green and Jim Gilliam, the founders of a new software platform called NationBuilder, envision a world where any campaign — from local school board to issue-based protest movement, without regard to ideology — could access the same versatile, inexpensive suite of software and instantly have at its fingertips the ability to connect with voters and donors online, a capacity that was supposed to reshape American politics in the age of the Internet, but has yet to be fully realized.

Via The Atlantic

next step? NationDashboard.

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