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Systems thinking and eliminating blame codeascraft.etsy.com/2012/05/22/bla… 5:41 AM May 25th via web
Here, have some despair for the future leasthelpful.com/post/236079662… 10:35 AM May 24th via web
I was totally gripped by this article on face transplants newyorker.com/reporting/2012… 10:15 AM May 24th via web
@CMcGranahan That article is just so shocking and weird. 9:27 AM May 24th via web in reply to CMcGranahan
Anyone else hate the word "needy"? 8:36 AM May 24th via web
Risk intelligence - males me think of disaster prep slate.com/articles/healt… 4:02 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
And publishers if you're listening, I'd LOVE to write a long book that goes deeper into global health than easy bites! @viewfromthecave 11:48 AM May 23rd via web
@viewfromthecave Thanks for moral support! 11:45 AM May 23rd via web in reply to viewfromthecave
@viewfromthecave I wanted it to be a book of easy bites. That's the book that doesn't exist. 11:43 AM May 23rd via web in reply to viewfromthecave
@viewfromthecave There have been a few reviews that really hate the whole why worry/what we can do format, but I think it works. 11:42 AM May 23rd via web in reply to viewfromthecave
@viewfromthecave I was thinking the same thing; reviewer dislikes whole structure of book. Which, fair enough. 11:40 AM May 23rd via web in reply to viewfromthecave
@natmandu Well, no, but you are an imaginary person who lives in my computer :) 11:39 AM May 23rd via web in reply to natmandu
@natmandu At least they read it! It's proof people not related to me are reading it, right? 11:36 AM May 23rd via web in reply to natmandu
Bad review has me thinking about meaning of "poorly written." Does that mean ugly word choices? Bad structure? General dullness? 11:36 AM May 23rd via web
Scathing review of my TEDbook. Apparently it reads like an expanded powerpoint presentation. amazon.com/Whats-Killing-… 11:34 AM May 23rd via web
@tompaulson @viewfromthecave and now I;m just thinking of ugly shoes 11:23 AM May 23rd via web in reply to tompaulson
@mfbellemare My internet is too slow for pinterest. 11:22 AM May 23rd via web in reply to mfbellemare
@adrianhong Or bounce them back, I'd like that. Couldn't we do that with pine back in the day? 11:21 AM May 23rd via web in reply to adrianhong
@blakehounshell You can choose between effective and not-annoying but as far as I can tell you can't have both. 11:17 AM May 23rd via web in reply to blakehounshell
Who makes the best interviewer for surveys? blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati… 11:16 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck

Name Alanna Shaikh
Location Central Asia
Web http://www.alanna...
Bio International development optimist & skeptic, global health & int'l dev blogger at Blood & Milk, UN Dispatch. TED fellow. All tweets my opinion not employer's.