Comments on: Can Silicon Valley Help Save Iraq?

By: pc repair

pc repair — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:54:25 +0000

It is sounds like they did reward him! I’d take a trip like this to Iraq over oprah any day.

By: peter

peter — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:47:50 +0000

This article can’t be serious.

By: Uncarved » Mesopotamia 2.0

Uncarved » Mesopotamia 2.0 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:21:00 +0000

[...] can’t decide whether this is pure genius or utter madness. [Via TechCrunch] Share [...]

By: Silicon Valley visita Irak ¿Para Qué? | POWERPYMES

Silicon Valley visita Irak ¿Para Qué? | POWERPYMES — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:23:47 +0000

[...] la soberbia, o estupidez, humana depende del punto de vista que se vea me entero del viaje a Irak de un grupo de ejecutivos de alto nivel de Estados Unidos que fueron invitados, al parecer, por el Departamento de Estado (Secretaría de [...]

By: WTF

WTF — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:00:17 +0000

Yes, all the problems in Iraq will be solved by free-cloud-computing-Web 2.0-user-generated-content-crowd-sourcing-open-source-sticky-mobile applications…

I guess some one outside the valley is over dosing on the koolaid..

By: LEADSExplorer

LEADSExplorer — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:33:30 +0000

Like the Romans did: give the people bread and games.
Games/entertainment: YouTube
Bread: you can’t live from Twitter messages

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:59:53 +0000

LOL, srsly? Twitter is gonna stop sectarian violence?

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:52:30 +0000

Uh, you missed WordPress! Raanan Bar-Cohen (blog, twitter) is there representing.

By: chrisff

chrisff — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:06:39 +0000

Agreed that Iraq has already been saved by a large cast of characters (led by Bush). This article title diminishes the efforts and sacrifices made to get to this point.

Just add it to the LONG list of countries saved by the US.

By: revenue f*ckers

revenue f*ckers — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:48:19 +0000

Sectarian violence is major problem in iraq with 60-30 ratio. Obama is right in withdrawing americans from combat, which bush should have done soon as Saddam was hanged. Iraq is the reason for economic meltdown?

By: Sal Wortzik

Sal Wortzik — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:56:50 +0000

People there in Iraq are a$$h0le terrorists. Why do you need to save them? Why to waste money on them? Let them d!e…

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By: Mauricio

Mauricio — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:38:10 +0000

Twitter is very powerful. Remember that guy that got arrested overseas and tweeted “Arrested”. That alone got the attention of many including lawyers and it eventually got him out I believe. Awesome.

By: technotopia

technotopia — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:02:57 +0000

Why does Iraq need saving? Didn’t we waste enough money overthere?

By: TECHNOLOGY « Daily Marauder

TECHNOLOGY « Daily Marauder — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:57:22 +0000

[...] with the local government and private groups to see how technology can help rebuild the country. (http://www.tech...help-save-iraq/ 4/20) 0 Comments No Comments so far Leave a comment RSS feed for comments on this post. [...]

By: Falafulu Fisi

Falafulu Fisi — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:34:09 +0000

I agree Robert. Give them the basic necessities setup before introducing them to time-wasting Twitter.

By: Falafulu Fisi

Falafulu Fisi — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:30:02 +0000

The reps from AT & T and perhaps Google are needed on that Irag trip. WHY? Irag right now needs to build and modernize its telecommunication infrastructure. Once that’s fixed and their laws allow freedom of expression with no censorship, then perhaps Google’s advise is useful. The rest of the other executives will have to wait until 5 years from now , they can take a trip to Irag then, when the country is prosperous and people have time to waste on Twitter, etc… This is not a time to entice the population of Irag to waste their time on Twitter, they should be encouraged to use their time wisely to rebuild their country especially their telecommunication infrastructure.

By: bdmaroon

bdmaroon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:26:14 +0000

I found your headline quite offensive not to mention retro. Iraq, since it’s obvious few seem to realize it, is technically a sovereign nation. Given America’s financial mess right now would it be reasonable for us to have headlines reading “EU rallies to Save America” ? Let alone the suggestion that small segment of foreign businesses might need to “Save” America. As we struggle through the mess of a poorly run, poorly strategized, poorly monitored war let’s not make matters worse by engaging in poor journalism.
I’d also like to affirm the comments of the soldiers on the board. If you don’t truly understand the on the ground conditions in Iraq then you ought not be making assumptions about how to “save” the people there.

By: Eamon McDermott

Eamon McDermott — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:18:41 +0000

Send over engineers. Internet/Silicon valley types are a layer that exists on top of basical social infrastructure that most take for granted…

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:51:52 +0000

Meetup and Howcast are noth NYC-based. Blue State Digital is in DC. How exactly is this Silicon Valley?

Better yet, when are you guys going to start acknowledging that the Valley is not the heart and soul of web technology anymore?

By: Robert Basil

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:43:22 +0000

Negative? You really need to read my comment again. Nothing negative about wanting everyday Iraqi’s to be afford the basic necessities of life BEFORE we worry about trying to help them build “Web 2.0″ communities.

Oh, and I’ve spent time in Iraq to be able to voice my opinion. How about you? (I didn’t think so).

By: Matt Lawson (forestcall)

Matt Lawson (forestcall) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:32:21 +0000

Seems like today all i read is a bunch of ignorant statements….perhaps mine included.

But at least the appearance of trying to help the situation is happening.

“Robert Basil” why are you so negative? If you were one of the people going to Iraq would you have a different outlook? Complain…complain….complain…..thats all I am hearing from you.

Lets hear something constructive

By: Robert Basil

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:28:40 +0000

Matt,

I guess you missed my comment from above so let me post it for you again…

One thing you are missing here. Most Iraqi’s don’t even have electricity let alone their own computer.

This is a TOTAL waste of taxpayer money.

Let’s help them get the basic necessities setup before we worry about showing them Twitter.

By: musicextreme

musicextreme — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:16:53 +0000

Perhaps these guy’s will come back with a keen perspective of what is happening there, aside from news government hype. Cant wait to read their views. Be safe…

By: ispy

ispy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:58:11 +0000

I have been saying this for years. Here was a chance to build a country 100% by technology companies and they pissed it away because they put BS in front of the opportunity.