In my previous blog I introduced myself through my questioning of typical assumptions people make about ICT for community development. I also advocated the need for a sympathetic meeting of minds in ICT for development (ICT4D) efforts. In this blog I...
Being a communicator and debating knowledge is probably a central (and mostly subconscious) concern of most skills and traits. Sadly though, it seems that the skill of interpersonal communication or facilitating the "sympathetic meeting of minds" is ...
At the Web4Dev conference in New York I met with the founders, inventors and creators of some pretty amazing mobile-for-development projects. Below are my top five with some thoughts on how they could be used for education.
Ushahidi
Ushahidi -- w...
A quick mention this so you can be one of the first to dive in and test drive Google's latest release on their ever growing list of wares and services.
The new browser by Google called Chrome was officially announced on Tuesday, September 2 20...
After a couple of weeks of development we’re putting the finishing touches on a brand-spanking new feed reader: yes, the internet does in fact need yet another feed aggregator! If you have time to spare please check it out and let us know if everyt...
This week I managed to get Mark Forrester on to Let's Talk. I am chuffed that I was able to talk to Mark about his design work, company and what it is that he really does.
What exactly do you do Mark?
Good question, I was trying to work that o...
I have had the pleasure of spending some time on the VeloCITI business incubation programme with Brett Simpson of Breadbin Interactive, one of the entrepreneurs going through the paces of taking a technology-focused business to the greater South Afri...
The Information Technology sector has over the years developed, tested and implemented new ways and processes to developing IT systems. To name a few and to bring this into perspective, we have the traditional SDLC, the JAD (Joint Application Develop...
The battle between Development agencies and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) agencies is almost as widely discussed as the Search Wars (battles between MSN, Google and Yahoo for web dominance).
In South Africa, as the importance of search engine mark...
Internet users in South Africa hold their breath as they wait for the arrival of new undersea cables which promise to bring much higher bandwidth at much reduced prices. Hopefully.
But what constitutes a good deal in buying access to undersea fib...
