Author: Brian Wesolowski

06 Dec

Qatar’s Winning World Cup Bid Unfolds on Twitter

by Brian Wesolowski

Unless you have been camping out in your favorite secluded tent the past few days, you well know that Qatar was chosen to host to 2022 World Cup. Mabrook Qatar! Like many people in the country, I am still trying to digest what this means (yes, look for a blog post soon on this from [...]

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01 Dec

Jumo: The Facebook of Social Causes

by Brian Wesolowski

This week Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes launched Jumo, which he bills as “the social network connecting individuals and organizations who want to change the world.” Well I definitely think changing the world could be fun, so I decided to check it out. Jumo (which means “come together” in Yoruba) is currently in beta, so you [...]

29 Nov

Give Orphan Works a Loving Home

by Brian Wesolowski

Likely sitting in a dusty storage room somewhere in Doha are reels of film from the Qatar’s past 50 years. In another storage room there are probably equally dusty tapes from radio broadcasts chronicling events such as Qatar’s independence, the rapid growth in the country, political changes and the unique Qatari view on world events. [...]

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