(original photo by Tze Yang Kong)
My idea for a project called UgoTrade came out of my experience working on a proposal to bring ICT training centers to the Tibetan Communities in exile in Southern India.
I imagine a global reality/virtuality where on grid folks – innovative technologists, and social entrepreneurs will work together with off grid entrepreneurs to reinvent global trading and communication from the back of a yak, a canoe on the Amazon, and a houseboat in New Orleans. I hope that Dr Yunus’ Nobel Prize winning model of micro lending can extend to investment in local wireless communications to enable, DIY technologists, mobile experience architects, bloggers, celebrities of online social media, and avant game designers to come together with off-grid entrepreneurs in pioneering projects and bring visibility to off grid communities.
Well this blog is my first step!
Tish Shute, founder of Ugotrade
I love being involved in thinking about how a new industry will turn out. My career in new media and technology began with work in motion control photography, robotics, and special effects for film, television, theme parks and aerospace. Now my writerly and entrepreneurial imaginings are on ubiquitous computing, augmented realities, and the world as a platform for sustainable living.
I have an M.Phil., “Culture and Media,” from NYU, Dept. of Anthropology, where I pursued my interest in the uptake of new technology from a more academic POV.
Also find me, Tish Shute, on Linkedin, Tish Shute on Twitter, and see my Posterous blog (for my shorter posts!)
And below are some pictures of me on a very exciting and happy day for me. I was helping the great director Sidney Pollack on a scene for his film the The Interpreter. The scene featured one of the people I admire most in this world – the world renowned Capoeira Angola Grand Master, Mestre Joao Grande
Thanks Sylvia for taking all these “behind the scenes” photos!
