Lonny Grafman - April 2012 Platforms Tackling Global Development Challenges Conference

Lonny Grafman - April 2012 Platforms Tackling Global Development Challenges Conference

Sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives.

Build a whole worth more than its parts.

2005 – Pequals.com

2006 – Appropedia.org

Curt Beckmann, Chris Watkins, Cat Laine, et all.

2007 – Appropedia.org: Village Earth, Wikigreen,, etc..

2012 – Appropedia.org: 30 million views, 200 thousand edits

2012 – Appropedia.org: Thousands of pages

interoperability

content platform

Interoperability: Content

CD3WD

Interoperability: Platform

Medical Device Example

http://www.appropedia.org/Medical_devices

Medical Device Example: HIV/AIDS

Medical Device Example: … Commercialized

Medical Device Example: …Preventative

Medical Device Example: … South America

Medical Device Example: … Tara Klamp

Appropedia: Still ugly after all these years.