From Microrate: January 12, 2012, Washington D.C. – On December 20, 2011, MicroRate, with the support of LuxFLAG and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, launched Luminis™ the first web-based, analytical platform focused on microfinance funds, also known as microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs). With the success of microfinance and the growing interest in impact investments that [...] Continue reading →

For those of you who don’t follow me on Twitter or Facebook, know that I arrived safely in Thailand about a week ago. I met up with two friends from college on the 29th, spent a few nights (and New Year’s Eve) in Bangkok, and am now down on the island of Koh Tao. More updates to come, but I’m trying to stay off the computer for the next week or so if I can help it.

This is hilarious. I know for a fact that all the cats I grew up with would run really fast in the opposite direction if you turned a blow dryer on anywhere near them. But not this kitty. [via CatFails]

As you may know, ESM Exec Designs is following the One for One movement that Toms has brought to center stage. What does that mean? Pretty simple actually. For every custom website we build, we are buying a computer/laptop for someone in need in the developing world. I read Toms founder Blake Mycoskie’s book, Start Something [...] Continue reading →

#retechchat is taking a holiday break — the next Monday evening discussion will take place on January 9th. As many of you know, I’m taking a trip to Southeast Asia and will be off the radar for a few weeks. In my absense, Mike Price will k… Continue reading →

Lady Gaga is seriously really freaking talented.

Sorry to be a downer on Christmas Eve, but what does it say about our society when we see news articles like this? Violence, mall closings, mace, police injuries over the new Jordan shoes? Has it really come to this…today’s youth needs new Jordan shoes so badly that they resort to violence? Really? I’m appalled. This stems from the materialistic BS mindset I hate about the US.