Comments on: Kiva http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/05/17/kiva/ Mai Tais and Blinky Lights, Ahoy! Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:46:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: may http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/05/17/kiva/comment-page-1/#comment-34588 may Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:15:52 +0000 http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/05/17/kiva/#comment-34588 although, now that I think about it, I'm not entirely sure why it wouldn't work without microfinance institutions in the middle since Kickstarter.com seems to work... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/10/DD7P1AG0SL.DTL although, now that I think about it, I’m not entirely sure why it wouldn’t work without microfinance institutions in the middle since Kickstarter.com seems to work…

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/10/DD7P1AG0SL.DTL

]]> By: may http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/05/17/kiva/comment-page-1/#comment-34587 may Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:11:48 +0000 http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/05/17/kiva/#comment-34587 I read this article yesterday and David Roodman's blog post. It's unfortunate that Kiva wasn't entirely transparent about how it works. But one thing I noted was that Roodman wrote "I hasten to temper this criticism. What Kiva does behind the scenes is what it should do..." If it actually worked the way it lead people to believe it worked, it wouldn't actually work very well at all. I kind of wish Roodman had approached Kiva about it's misleading copy *before* writing his blog post so we'd have a better idea of how they might have reacted to private criticism first (i.e. if they were to make changes in response to private criticism then I'd feel a little more reassured about their intentions since people with the best intentions can sometimes make mistakes...) If they were to ignore his private criticisms then he'd have cause to write a very critical post... I read this article yesterday and David Roodman’s blog post. It’s unfortunate that Kiva wasn’t entirely transparent about how it works. But one thing I noted was that Roodman wrote “I hasten to temper this criticism. What Kiva does behind the scenes is what it should do…” If it actually worked the way it lead people to believe it worked, it wouldn’t actually work very well at all.

I kind of wish Roodman had approached Kiva about it’s misleading copy *before* writing his blog post so we’d have a better idea of how they might have reacted to private criticism first (i.e. if they were to make changes in response to private criticism then I’d feel a little more reassured about their intentions since people with the best intentions can sometimes make mistakes…) If they were to ignore his private criticisms then he’d have cause to write a very critical post…

]]> By: shag http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/05/17/kiva/comment-page-1/#comment-34585 shag Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:23 +0000 http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/05/17/kiva/#comment-34585 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/business/global/09kiva.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/business/global/09kiva.html

]]> By: EJ http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/05/17/kiva/comment-page-1/#comment-809 EJ Fri, 26 May 2006 01:57:44 +0000 http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/05/17/kiva/#comment-809 Oh yeah I worked with Matt before he left to do Kiva fulltime. Oh yeah I worked with Matt before he left to do Kiva fulltime.

]]> By: may http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/05/17/kiva/comment-page-1/#comment-261 may Wed, 17 May 2006 23:31:13 +0000 http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/05/17/kiva/#comment-261 These are the two businesses I'm sponsoring right now! <br /> <br /> http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=433 <br /> <br /> http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=417 <br /> <br /> what's neat is that I can set up a fund and when the loan is paid off I can just lend it to another business. These are the two businesses I’m sponsoring right now!

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=433

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=417

what’s neat is that I can set up a fund and when the loan is paid off I can just lend it to another business.

]]> By: peliom http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/05/17/kiva/comment-page-1/#comment-260 peliom Wed, 17 May 2006 21:20:36 +0000 http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/05/17/kiva/#comment-260 How Sweet. This should give the World Bank a kick in the pants. We should all loan out some cash and see what happens to it. How Sweet. This should give the World Bank a kick in the pants. We should all loan out some cash and see what happens to it.

]]> By: Richard http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/05/17/kiva/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Richard Wed, 17 May 2006 20:27:27 +0000 http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/05/17/kiva/#comment-259 I know Matt Flannery from TiVo. He started Kiva while working in my group. Carl Haynes (now Kiva's "Chief Scientist") was also in my group and was hired away by Matt to do IT work in Africa. I'm glad to see them being such a huge success. It's a wonderful idea. I know Matt Flannery from TiVo. He started Kiva while working in my group. Carl Haynes (now Kiva’s “Chief Scientist”) was also in my group and was hired away by Matt to do IT work in Africa. I’m glad to see them being such a huge success. It’s a wonderful idea.

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