Gates @ TED

Video for the much talked about Gates presentation at TED is now available.  I can't help but like the guy and even if you don't agree with his methodology you've got to respect his passion and the considerable footprint he has in the development world.

I also noticed via the TED blog that Hans Rosling presented again this year and it sounds like he utilized Gapminder's recently updated HIV/AIDS data sets to do so, I love his presentations so I'll be keeping an eye out for it and hopefully he swallows another sword. 

Philanthropoly*

Does the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have a philanthropoly on global health development? The Economist poses that question (more or less) in this piece centering around malaria research. (By the way, don't you imagine that there are an innumerable amount of slightly awkward photos of Bill and Melinda like the one accompanying this story.)

* Yes, I did just coin that word so be sure you reference accordingly boys and girls.