Category Archives: Travel

Changing the World is Cheap

By Allen | Published: January 28, 2010

I harp on the power of the internet as a tool for philanthropy a lot. It’s hard not too. The increases in communication and financial payment platforms on the web have crushed the barriers that used to block access to third world countries. Now, anyone can set up an online fundraiser to [...]

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Library For Laos: Updates and Photos

By Allen | Published: January 24, 2010

Last week I received an email with photos from the crew at Big Brother Mouse in Luang Prabang, Laos updating me on the reading programs we funded through the Library For Laos campaign. For those that don’t know, Library For Laos was a blitz fund raiser run by Ryan Graves and myself last spring [...]

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Platform for Personal Growth . . .

By Allen | Published: September 19, 2009

After significant personal resistance to the idea, I’ve finally taken the “personal blogging” plunge. This isn’t a flocking to the blogging bandwagon or a need to express myself in a public forum, but instead an effort to build an educational platform for myself and others. I hope to use the blog as a [...]

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