I'm a guest over at my old stomping grounds, Blood Red Pencil. I'm talking about how I got my first book published, it was, like most things I do, unconventional.

My first published book was The Fatal Payout, the first book in my Kate Gomolemo Mysteries series. The entire process, from writing to getting published, was a textbook case of "How-not-to-be-a-Writer". (continued)

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This coming Sunday, July 22, the International AIDS Conference --'AIDS 2012' -- opens in Washington, DC. This marks the return to U.S. soil of this biannual global gathering after a 22 year hiatus. It is a choice opportunity in the midst of our bitter electoral season to tell the good news of the extraordinary achievements, at home and abroad, in both science and delivery of effective treatment, care, and prevention to people living with HIV or at risk of infection. It is a moment to be proud of U.S. leadership in attaining these achievements. It is also a moment to address key obstacles to future progress. U.S. global health strategy is in disarray and there no realistic possibility of a Congressional reauthorization in 2013. Aggregate resources available for global health are ...

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Email has become a part of everyday life. There's so much you do with it: apply for a job, make an inquiry, get notifications from your social network, receive photos or an invitation that makes you smile, and just communicate back and forth with your friends.

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The industrial revolution and the emergence of photography in the 1840s ushered in the modern age. In  Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People, a PBS documentary (consider donating), you can see the new realism of photographs used in combination with older media like newspapers and postcards in administering racial terror to maintain the status quo.

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This week, the House passed a bill worth around $607.7 billion in funding for the Pentagon and U.S. war in Afghanistan--all for just one year. Some $519.2 billion has been appropriated for the Pentagon's "base budget" and $88.5 billion for U.S. wars.

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Last night I saw some interesting tweets about some very important questions around customer services issues with Safaricom Kenya. Salim lead the charge with his post about Mobile Money Statements- he makes excellent points about both the ease of access and the pricing of statements to access a year's worth of M-PESA records. His claim [...]

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              This article comes from my experience as a writer for Venturebeat.com, as well as from my experience as a marketing consultant. The role the media can have on a company is important, particular for startups. Press can help improve a company's bottom line, business relationships, and reputation. In [...]

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IPA 2013 Call for Applications If you're a young and innovative entrepreneur, in a science, engineering or technology field and have an innovative product that contributes towards developing new products, increasing efficiency or saving cost in Africa, then you should apply for the Innovation Prize for Africa 2013.   The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa [...]

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If you're a Nokia Developer here's a chance to show your exciting idea on a global platform, be it a new product or for those still at idea stage, a business plan. Companies from all around Africa will get an opportunity to showcase their products to a global audience through DEMO Africa. DEMO Africa serves [...]

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99% of Kenya's 6.5m internet users access it via mobile, of which Safaricom owns 77% marketshare. In Kenya, when you buy a 1.5Gb internet bundle from Safaricom you pay 1000ksh (~$12). You've paid for the data, and there is no additional cost to Safaricom if you were to use that data today or a year [...]

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