Kiva, a leading Microfinance organization, recently published a video which depicts the sum total of their loans and repayments overlayed upon a map of the globe.
Archive for tag: anthropology
In 1960′s America, Men Did Not Know How To Make Their Own Coffee
Video of 1960′s coffee ads in which the men are real jerks.
Call Data Sheds Light On Cross Border Connections
IBM & MIT worked together to analyze AT&T calling patterns and what emerged were pockets of telephonic connected-ness that often span traditional U.S. State boundaries.
Maps Of Africa – A Visual History
BBC launches an online feature concerning African Maps. Excellent resource.
Low Tech Light For The Developing World
A Brazilian inventor has created a low-tech solution to indoor lighting.
A Prophet (2009) – Movie Review
A Prophet is a great film that peers into the ethnic rivalries in the modern day French underworld.
U.S. Dollar Rede$ign Project
Creative community project seeks to add new life to the old greenback.
Mongol (2007): Movie Review
Biopic of a formative Genghis Khan entertaining and insightful.
Image: Homo Habilis to Homo Sapiens Sapiens
Image = NSFEP (Not Safe For Evolution Phobic)
Rob lives and works in the town of Jackson, MS where he leads the interactive department at an awesome advertising and branding agency. Life is slower than most places in Mississippi, and Rob tends to like it that way. Some of his favorite life experiences include sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in a 44ft sloop, learning to speak Swahili while living along the lower slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, and zipping along the curviest of Mississippi country roads in his VW Rabbit.