Blogs

Washington Post

1. Guest Post In digital era, lectures and textbooks are secondary
2. Guest Post: An "Arab Spring" of Higher Education
3. Guest Post: Athletics: 1 Academics: 0

Edudemic

1. Main author page
2. Online schools are like ATMs
3. The Future of Education: How small schools can build a competitive edge
4. The must have guide to helping technophobic teachers

ProgrammableWeb

1. How to get the most of the New York Times API Suite

ReadWriteWeb

Current blog at the World Bank's great blog hosted by CommGap:

  1. President Obama's "Race to the Top" and Participatory Governance
  2. A 3 part blog on Social Media for Good Governance:
    1. Social Media for Good Governance, No Silver Bullet - Part 1
    2. Social Media for Good Governance, The Quality Challenge - Part 2
    3. Social Media for Good Governance, The Quality Measurement Challenge - Part 3
  3. Elephants on the Autobahn - Development Institutions and Social Media
  4. Myneta.info: India’s Technology Transition From Software Giant to Fighting Corruption
  5. The Real Indian Idol Wins Fights Against Corruption
  6. How Scalable Web 2.0 is Changing the World of Disaster Management
  7. Web 2.0 for Development Professionals - Part 1
  8. Web 2.0 for Development Professionals - Part 2
  9. Web 2.0 for Development Professionals - Part 3
  10. #5: The UN E-Government Survey: Towards a More Citizen-Centric Approach  (#5 most read blog)
  11. The Future of Education: an Amazon or an eBay model ?
  12. The Future of Education: What Happens to Accreditation Under an Open Education Model?
  13. KONY 2012 and Lessons for Development (KONY 2012, Part 1)
  14. Let's KONYIfy Development through Virtual CDD Part 2
  15. Homeless People as 4G Hotspots: Innovative Social Inclusion or Disrespectful?
  16. Addressing the digital divide

Previous blog I wrote for the now defunct "Governance Matters" blog at the World Bank:

  1. Can 140 characters bring about improved governance ? (Link to original blog)
  2. Moving beyond Services  (Link to original blog)
  3. Emerging e-government themes in the Obama Administration (Link to orginal blog)
  4. Governance in the public sector - a new paradigm ?  (Link to original blog) 
  5. Putting governance before the "e"  (Link to original blog)
  6. Talking about a revolution (Web 2.0 and Bangladesh/Iran) (Link to original blog)
  7. Twittering your way to improved governance (Link to original blog)
  8. How can technology in public procurement bring about improved governance
and:
Will mobile social media fuel the spread of Web 2.0 (ICT4D blog)


  1. Bollywood, a love story in The Statesman (2011)
  2. Who are you ? in The Statesman (2010)
  3. Other links