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MultiPoint and the Simplicity of Sharing

Sometimes the best ideas are the simplest ones. In emerging market education, there has been so much...

Author: jamesu1 Date: 03/24/2009

Meanwhile, Back in the US, We Are Elevating America!

                  China isn’t the only country during...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 Date: 02/24/2009

Gladys!

Gladys Kenfack is a pretty remarkable person. She works on the UPG team where she owns our strategy...

Author: jamesu1 Date: 02/09/2009

“Phone First” in Boston

Last month I had the opportunity to attend NextLab 2008: Designing Mobile Technologies for the Next...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 Date: 08/12/2008

ICT4D Explained

ICT4D, or "Information and Communication Technologies for Development" is the name for the...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 Date: 07/15/2008

Western China Project

A group of people from Microsoft's Unlimited Potential team are heading out to Western China next...

Author: jamesu1 Date: 05/30/2008

Skills Seminar

Tara Prakriya is one of the technical leaders on the UPG team. In addition to driving a really...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 Date: 01/25/2008

Cambridge

  A team of Microsoft people flew out to Cambridge, Mass. to meet with engineers from the OLPC...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 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....

Author: jamesu1 Date: 11/28/2007

Beyond Stories

Yesterday I attended AMD's 50x15 partner summit in Sunnyvale, California. 50x15 is AMD's equivalent...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 Date: 11/09/2007

Hanging With the APMs

Academic Program Managers (APMs) are the people at Microsoft responsible for implementing the...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 Date: 10/20/2007

Buchalost

October 17, 2007 I began the morning in Bucharest today by going for a run and getting terribly and...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 Date: 10/15/2007

"The Bottom Billion"

I just had a chance to read "The Bottom Billion",  a book by by Oxford University...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 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....

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 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...

Author: jamesu1 Date: 10/04/2007