I'm currently developing a mobile phone programming curriculum at the University of Nairobi, while simultaneously pursuing my ever growing list of research areas as a Research Scientist at MIT.
After 5 years of work, my paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is finally coming out! Essentially we show that we can identify behavioral signatures associated with friendship (hanging out on Saturday nights, traveling together, etc). These...
I attend an increasing number of keynotes where CEOs and EVPs of both major mobile handset manufacturers and mobile operators trumpet their role in bringing the internet to the bottom of the pyramid in the developing world. It's a total fallacy. The phones that are designed and marketed...