“Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things — with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.” –Corazon Aquino Ang araw bago sumikat nakikita muna’y banaag. (Early dawn precedes sunrise.) For the past year, I have been collaborating with [...] Read more – ‘Early dawn precedes sunrise: traveling to the Philippines’.
corcovado Originally uploaded by alexdecarvalho One of the advantages of traveling on a major holiday is that no one else does, and so my flight to Rio was empty as my calendar turned its page to 2010 at 30,000 feet. Corcovado (the Christ the Redeemer statue) is an inspiration to many for religious reasons. Standing [...] Read more – ‘Soaring’.
Panel on “Breaking Boundaries: Mobile Web Access in Emerging Economies,” with: G Kofi Annan — Annansi LLC Charles McCathieNevile — Opera Software Matt Womer — World Wide Web Consortium David Rogers — OMTP Ltd In many regions, the mobile phone is the primary tool for Web access. As mobile Web connections increase in developing nations the [...] Read more – ‘Breaking Boundaries: Mobile Web Access in Emerging Economies’.
Last year flew by and I didn’t get the chance to spend time with family and friends in Brazil during the holidays. Instead, I spent a week in Israel, right as the war started. I’m in Brazil now, though, and I look forward to meeting a number of people I’ve corresponded with on Twitter. Social [...] Read more – ‘How’s the social media scene in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo?’.
My mind is filled with questions as I ponder the history, culture, and current events of the region. I’ve heard so many positives and negatives, and it is with a great sense of curiosity and excitement that I travel to Israel and Jordan next week. In particular, I am anxious to meet some people from [...] Read more – ‘A week in Israel and Jordan’.
