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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Communication is everything – watch this one
See the video of Jujurha Early Learning Centre from Carlos Francisco on Vimeo. A while ago I was skyping with a friend who runs a revolutionary outfit called the Bulungula Incubator (BI) in rural transkei, 4 hours from anything remotely urban … Continue reading
Facebook places arrives – check yourself in
Facebook has thrown it’s hat into the ring with location based services and launched Facebook Places. It looks an awful lot like foursquare and gowalla, but of course it’s revolutionized the location based game, because facebook is the most popular … Continue reading
Alistair Fairweather – social media is not a fad
These days, the proliferation of social media means that everyone is a publisher. That can create some angst for journalists whose bread and butter comes from publishing good journalism. However, Alistair Fairweather* says that social media creates some good tools … Continue reading
Clay Shirky on civic value and cognitive surplus
A few weeks ago when I signed up to tech4Africa and started to feel the hype of Clay Shirky, I asked my bookshop for a copy of his latest book, Cognitive Surplus. Fortuitously, the day before the conference, they phoned … Continue reading
Content, conversation, community – Social media is about people, not brands
Social media is about being genuine. The buzz of “social media” has created a pool of people calling themselves social media gurus, experts, mavens, you name it. This frenzy and popularity, still largely in the IT bubble (and where it … Continue reading
Is it disempowering to pay people a few cents for a job?
It’s pretty tricky to criticize someone who’s trying to do good and seems to have the best intentions in the world. Laila Chirayath Janah (the darling of tech4Africa yesterday) heads up Samasource, whose strap line is “We bring dignified, computer-based … Continue reading
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Tagged content, development, economics, human dignity, minimum wage, samasource
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The knowledge economy is the kitchen of ideas
Curry paste? … what on earth does curry paste have to do with the knowledge economy? Steve Song says the knowledge economy is like the “kitchen of ideas”. If you don’t have access to the recipe, you waste time making … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, content, ICT, ICT4D, mesh potato, Shuttleworth, Steve Song, telephone costs, Village Telco
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Ushahidi – packing a powerful (and honest) punch
Who hasn’t heard about Ushahidi? That was the first question posed by Erik Hersman at his tech4Africa presentation today. Astoundingly, about 30% of the crowd raised their hands. My first thought was sheer disbelief – They don’t know about ushahidi? Where … Continue reading
We need to talk about content, not infrastructure
The race to lay to lay fibre optics cables into Africa is on, with around 10 cables either landed or planned by 2012*. What does this mean for business, consumers, rural areas, and communications service providers themselves? An interesting debate … Continue reading
the power of social media to ease ethnic tension
This is truly a beautiful story about how the world is changing. Alanna Shaikh talks about how a mix of “the web … social media … email … widgets… twitter…” made a real difference in ethnic tensions in Southern Kyrgyzstan. … Continue reading
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