List of Publishing-Related Things I Want to Figure Out or Do in Laos (Take 1)

Not necessarily in this order...
1. Can I help? How?
2. How much of health care need is due to lack of health information? What are the other needs?
3. Is electronic distribution of content a possibility to remote areas? How best?
4. What are the language barriers? How many languages? Written or oral? Literacy?
5. Is it Health or Culture improved content delivery can most help? Or something else?
6. Is there a use and place for a POS (Print on Site) device like the Espresso? What about power, maintenance, supplies?
7. What percent of the population have cell phones? In rural areas?
8. What electronic devices will be widely available in remote areas?
9. Meet people in the Minister of Culture and Information's Publishing and Libraries Department
10. Meet Madame Dara and David Wharton and learn about the Palm Leaf digitizing projects. Think about digitizing. Visit Atiz in Thailand on way home?
11. Spend a lot of time at Dokked Books and meet Duang Duane.
12. Meet Peter Kovet. Other writers. Colin Cotteril?
13. Think about translations into Lao. Meet Ajahn Siri at the university.
14. Find out more about Sasha's Big Brother Mouse project.
15. Honor Andy.