I don't want to raise my kids in a place with too much aid, or too little development.
(But I do want them to experience it)
Monday, May 9, 2011
I don't want to raise my kids...
I don't want to raise my kids in a place that doesn't have Halloween and more importantly, trick-or-treating.
(Well, I at least want them to experience it, like, once or twice)
(Well, I at least want them to experience it, like, once or twice)
a guide to the international development blogosphere
I was at first pretty overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information flowing out of this community, and intimidated by the fierce sophistication of both the data and ideas being discussed (picture that scene in Clueless where Amber remarks that her plastic surgeon "doesn't want me doing any activity where balls fly at my nose"). And at first I thought I'd need to go into battle with some pretty tough skin to combat the snark and cynicism, but I've found the community to simply be a really honest bunch, extremely candid about (often personal) stories of success and failure, willing to own (to a suspiciously enjoyable degree) any and all of the contradictions that come with working in the field of international development, whether its a post calling bullshit on some article, or a comment completely blasting some post.
I've pared down this list of international development blogs (which is apparently kind of a big deal) to the ones that have really sustained my interest and focus. I stumbled across the list when I first started my Global Health Corps fellowship with the Infectious Diseases Institute, and its been a great way for me to dive into the world of international aid, development, ICT4D, public health, relief, sustainability, etc, and after the initial shock, although being American, you'd think lots of choice wouldn't induce all that much shock, I've got what I feel is a balanced diet of thoughts, words, and ideas:
ict4d:
ICTWorks
Google Africa
SciDev.Net
TechCocktail
aid and development:
Aid Watch
Find What Works
Good Intentions Are Not Enough
How Matters
Roving Bandit
Tales From the Hood
wronging rights
I read other blogs, too, and those also fall into two categories: friends, and other miscellaneous stuff (cooking, poetry, software development, etc).
I've pared down this list of international development blogs (which is apparently kind of a big deal) to the ones that have really sustained my interest and focus. I stumbled across the list when I first started my Global Health Corps fellowship with the Infectious Diseases Institute, and its been a great way for me to dive into the world of international aid, development, ICT4D, public health, relief, sustainability, etc, and after the initial shock, although being American, you'd think lots of choice wouldn't induce all that much shock, I've got what I feel is a balanced diet of thoughts, words, and ideas:
ict4d:
ICTWorks
Google Africa
SciDev.Net
TechCocktail
aid and development:
Aid Watch
Find What Works
Good Intentions Are Not Enough
How Matters
Roving Bandit
Tales From the Hood
wronging rights
I read other blogs, too, and those also fall into two categories: friends, and other miscellaneous stuff (cooking, poetry, software development, etc).
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