Archive for September, 2006

Happenings in my world

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

A few interesting news items have come through recently... AIG Launches Multimillion Dollar Global Microfinance Innovation Program with AccionAccion is a microfinance network - in some ways a peer to Grameen Foundation (my employer) - who've received a three year $5.25 million commitment from insurance giant AIG to expand Accion's reach ...

Overheard at BTP

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

So I'm here at the bar, blogging merrily away, and an extremely drunk woman sits down next to me, leans her head on my shoulder, and asks if I mind if she reads what I'm writing. No problem. Her (also extremely drunk)male companion (who looks vaguely like that actor who ...

WTF is Mifos?

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

I think I've made some allusions over the past several months to my not-so-new-anymore gig at Grameen Foundation, but I've never really laid out what it is that I'm working on... and now seems like as good a time as any to do that. When I moved back to Seattle after ...

Trivia, Season 3

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

Trivia night at Belltown Pizza starts up again on Monday, October 2, 2006. It's our third season and I think it'll be a doozie. I've got the whole first night written a couple of weeks ahead of time (which is directly opposed to my usual routine about 4-24 hours prior ...

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