ict4dev
Yet another of the many ruaral wireless projects that are springing up around the world. Wireless Ghana - Broadband for the West African village. Having been an active advocate and tech trainer on this type of project for about 3 years, it warms my heart whenever i see a project
kajakpolo
a lot has happened in the year since I last blogged regularly. I I honestly expect most of my readers to have been shaken off by the 1 year hiatus, and the finality of my parting statement. But that's fine, because then I can go back to blogging
Mixed Bag
After a years hiatus from blogging, I've decided it's time to pick up this beast again. Mostly, I miss this opportunity to break wind in public, tell my international friends a little about my thoughts, and generally just procrastinate for half an hour every few days.
krag.org
Well mine wasn't. I don't think i've ever wanted that, in fact i've often shied away from it, during the dot-com heydey, and consciously chosen the boring default. I'm not sure why exactly, whether it's sharing a name
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This is very likely to be the VERY last post on this blog. I haven't quite decided what the future holds for me in terms of blogging, but at the moment I've had enough. I've been blogging for about 6 years now. Here is
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since1968.com: Mahabir Pun Nepal Wireless Interview A nice interview with Mahabir Pun about his project to bring wireless networks to rural Nepal. This is a project that my colleague Sebastian has been somewhat involved in as a sort of online volunteer. It is also one of the projects that
ict4dev
Open-source Wi-Fi links remote communities - ZDNet UK News ZDNet UK has an article about our ongoing Wireless Roadshow. They interviewed our colleague Simon Crab, who is the UK branch of our gig, and heads up Informal, the UK non-profit that we are doing the Roadshow with. It's
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Muniwireless: IDRC funds project to teach Wi-Fi implementers in Africa Archives If MuniWireless can report it, then so can I. We, as part of a consortium consisting of a number of teams working with wireless in development, have just gotten IDRC funding for a joint wireless curriculum project. The object
ict4dev
One of my favourite blogs dealing with ICTs in development, Deeshaa, mentions a recent keynote by prof Ken Keniston of MIT. He laid out 5 important points when dealing with ICTs for development. They may be obvious to many, but they are valid and important to remember, nevertheless: Prof Ken
Free Software
Yesterday on the last full day of WOS3, I was sitting in the cafeteria getting a little help from Marcell, to get a connection between my laptop and my bluetooth phone. During a routine google search marcell's machine uddenly returned this instead of the normal google front-end. Turns
Free Software
Well, retrospect is unfair, as i am currently in one of the last panels, featuring free software experts from remote corners of the world (when seen from a berlin/copenhagen axis viewpoint). It's saturday evening, and i'm looking forward to an evening of whisky and dinner
The Web
More people need to hear Eben Moglen and Lawrence Lessig speak. In the past 3 days, i've had the fortune to hear 2 extremey eloquent presentations about "Freedom", as in Free Software, Hardware, Networks and especially culture. Both of these gentlemen are incredibly eloquent, moving and