Though I have not been yet, there is a great buzz around the iHub in Nairobi, described as an “open Space for technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers in Nairobi.” (I have also been told they sell great coffee). They just clocked their first year in existance last week, and it is great to see…
Tag Archive: Technology
Repost: Update from Harrassmap
Conclusions from HarassMap’s First Progress Report
November 1st, 2010 to December 29th, 2010
Tech/Touch Matrix – See it, feel it, touch it
There seems to be a lot of interest in the tech/touch matrix, so I thought I would update it from my previous post of October 4th. The Tech/Touch Matrix (above) was put together after my twitter attendance of the International Conference on Crisismapping 2010 and as part of my response to a great summary of…
Digital Access for all (2): For Africa, the Time is NOW
This post is a follow-up to my Digital Access for All post in August where i commented on an article out of Tanzania by Declan McCormack on the impact of mobile technologies in East Africa. McCormack reported that in Africa, mobile phone use has increased by 550% in the past 5 years and subscriptions have…
Part III: Whose Tweet Counts Anyways? Egyptian blogger demonstrates the power of Social Media
So, I meant to send this last week, but in changing over my blog it got lost in the move. Yet, in light of the missive by Gladwell, what happened here is a case study in the value of social media. The Egyptian government is notorious for its heavy handed, anti-democratic actions. Yet, through the…
Youtube and the Infinite Monkeys
I blame the monkeys. For what? Well, I’ve noticed something very interesting in the last year or so, something which a year ago I would have been shocked but very happy about. My kids are watching less TV. A cultural revolution I cry! Our kids finally are getting the message – be like your grandparents,…
The Tech/Touch Matrix
FOR AN UPDATE ON THIS POST GO HERE: Tech/Touch Matrix II– See it, feel it, touch it The Tech/Touch Matrix (see below) was put together after my twitter attendance of the International Conference on Crisismapping 2010 and as part of my response to a great summary of the conference by Kim Stephens. The conference was…
Whose Tweet Counts Anyways? A response to Malcolm Gladwell.
Recently the twitter/facebooker/bloggers sphere has all been a-twitter about Malcolm Gladwell of Tipping Point fame’s slam of social media as a tool for advocacy. Seems Gladwell does not believe that social media creates very strong “links”, which especially effects those who would wish to use twitter as an advocacy tool. He states that the twitter…
Steps into Mapping the Unmapped – via Mapping: No Big Deal
No big deal?? Yeah right! This is an excellent and detailed step-by-step process on how to do mapping in remote areas, and for a great purpose as well (the successful referendum held in Kenya. Check out my blog post Transparency + Accountability = Democracy, Kenya Style to see how mapping was used there). Here are…
What it means to "get it" – Mikel Maron on Building Digital Technology for Our Planet
I am going to go out on a limb here and state that I think Mikel Maron and his crew of openstreetmap people are some of the leading experts globally in understanding how technology – specifically spatial technology – can be used in the developing world. Why you ask? Why them? Well, because they aren’t…