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I decided to choose Professor Iqbal Z. Quadir as my hero in this game. I was struck by his innovative strategies for using cell phones to help overcome poverty, first in his native Bangledesh, then in Africa. See his TED Talk. At the time, he was working in NYC for Citibank. I occasionally wondered if he was still in NY because I wanted him to visit my ITGS (Information Technology in a Global Society) class.



He does not appear to be a… Continue

Although I read the entire list, it was the first secret that I came back to as the closet to my own center:

Innovation (often) comes from constraint (If you’ve got very few resources, you’re forced to be very creative in using and reusing them.)

Not sure how this will help me change the world. I have always prided myself on making do with make-shift tools and materials that are already around me. At the moment my Macbook Pro 17" laptop is literally falling apart at the… Continue