This simple story helped World Bank staff and managers envision a different kind of future for the organization.

FORBES: Connect

Can you imagine what kind of pressure that is on an individual and how simple the technology is that we were using today to do all the things that Mom used to do for me?

NPR: 'Future Home' Adds Ease to Living for Everyone

And now anyone with a modem and a few dollars can become his own publisher by using simple software to create a blog -- a kind of diary of opinion or a running journal that also provides links to articles and other Web sites.

WSJ: Caught in the Web