Did you, like me, get caught up in the news of the world maelstrom? In between meeting friends from Melbourne at an exhibition opening in the middle of Mitte, oggling over the Monaco Royal Wedding and watching my team get booted out of women’s football world cup, it was all in all, a pretty grand week.
The links, the links you say. Coming right up…
Social Good
Imagine a non-profit which provides work to women, youth, and refugees living in poverty. This charity connects people who have been cut out of the global, mobile job market whether by war, famine or other circumstances beyond their control, with US tech companies providing them with paid, dignified work.
Creative/Innovation/Women’s Biz
Clearly none of these people are frittering their time on Facebook or Twitter or Google+ to come up with the amazing things they do. Find out how.
This is very inspiring and awesome.
Writing
A writer and journalist with a humbling private story, who went public about it.Very public.
Social Media
Wham man, George Michael went all out on his twitter account about the phone hacking scandals which took place at News of the World.
Travel
For history buffs who are not content to just read a guide book and enjoy the dark sides of culture.