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What Computers Can’t Do
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Tagged Computer Weekly, ICT4D, ICT4e, Negroponte, OLPC, social media, Tahrir
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Reflecting on 15 years of ICT4D
Last week the not-for-profit agency Computer Aid International celebrated providing its 200,000th computer to education and health organisations working in 112 countries worldwide (including the UK). Computer Aid’s Founder & ex-CEO Tony Roberts reflects on changes in the field of information … Continue reading
Open-Source Technology in ICT4D
This week I had to prepare a tutorial on ‘Open & Subversive Technologies’ for students of ICT4D at Royal Holloway, University of London. It got me thinking about the importance of enabling users to genuinely ‘appropriate’ ICT for Development, and … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Freire, ICT4D, Open Data, Open ICT4D, Open Source
Tagged chambers, development, freire, ICT4D, open-data, open-source, openness, sen
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Raspberry Pi – Total Cost of Ownership
The Raspberry Pi is a computer on a single printed circuit board. It centres around a mobile phone micro-processor and has various input/output sockets that allow you to attach the essential peripherals that you need but which are not included in … Continue reading
Top Ten ICT4D Conferences of 2012
It seems that we need some sort of clearing house for scheduling ICT4D conferences. A quick review of events already announced for 2012 reveals that we have some ICT4D Conference Clashes this year. If you are still planning your event … Continue reading
Rant in Defense of ICT4D
Erik Hersman is due a great deal of respect for his work with Ushahidi and iHub Nairobi. I am a confirmed fan of both. On a personal level he’s a genuinely nice guy. However, in my humble opinion, his rant on ‘The … Continue reading
