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Oct 23, 2013

What #SmartVillage means now


Tomorrow (24 OCT), I will be speaking about "Smart Village" at Google Business Group's "Mobile for Business" event.

This is from the event page,
Can smartphone help develop rural communities on education and improve economy? and can a very personal device like smartphone be a shared device?
"Smart Village" an innovative project since 2010, created by Sarvodaya-Fusion (a social enterprise) to see the response for above questions and we were led in to remarkable insight. Isura will share how those insights, which show the potential for using internet and devices to uplift rural small enterprises can help your business.
It is amazing to see how Fusion has evolved since SmartVillage inception in 2010. Something that started as an experiment, is now a country wide movement.

Here's the thing though..." Can we truly reap the benefits knowing that rural communities are ready for internet and devices?" " What is stopping us as a nation?"

Let's discuss, tomorrow.

Oct 18, 2013

Writing my first book.


Writing a book is hard. First I needed to find a topic I was passionate, and then to brainstorm and check if that is something people would buy.
This 'buy' thing was Gihan's idea. I wanted to publish as a e-book. But Gihan said, "if you need to be serious about writing a book, it should be printed." 
I guess he's right.
I have set 3 month deadline for the first draft. That is January 12, 2014.

So blogs on this space will be slow to come. I am putting effort each day in to the book. Mostly it is about one page per day. Not bad, considering the 'writer's block' I had been.

My wife, Muditha, seeing the first few pages, said "go ahead". A rare spontaneous 'yes' from her!
She's right behind me on this.

Crystal was helpful, motivating me on twitter. She will go through the first draft. Thanks.
https://twitter.com/isura/statuses/389025083768848385

The conversation must build. Hence I will be sharing updates on hashtag #theBookProject on twitter and facebook.

Your thoughts, comments, critique would be lovely. 
Let me type.

Cheers !

Pic Credit: Tetra Images