Dear Friends on the DDN list,We are currently part of a project to examine of
past and current trendsin ICTD research and practice. As a first step, we are
conducting a surveyof students/scholars and practitioners of ICTD (Information
andCommunications Technology for/and Development). In view
I am not sure where to start in this conversation seems it started with
Taran's post about geographical distribution of the use of social networking
sites...
Anyhow... the original topic seems to have morphed to hardware... then
again.. is Second Life the same as a social network like
I regret that I do not understand what is being argued here.. Are we for or
against corporate success or marketing or what have you?..
From the point of view of Development and technology for it, I would
rather look at what gets achieved in terms of helping those who need help to
get included in
I am not very amused when I read about OLPC as a tool for 3rd world. It sounds
a patronizing attempt by the so called 1st world to experiment with 3rd world
children. For your Phd, I am sure you will find it wont work since the
intentions seem more experimental than anything else.
So i agree
Norbert Bollow wrote:
Yes, sure, but at the same time, it makes sense with respect to any
given project to limit attention to what can conceivably be affected
(positively or negatively) by that project.
Being a pragmatist, I agree with you to an extent. However in this
context, limiting
Like others, I think a very interesting topic. On more practical concerns,
given that you will be writing up your thesis in 4 years time, around
2012, will the OLPC still be a leading issue or will the technology have
moved on to a totally different area?
Alongside the legitimate human rights
Thanks for sharing this with the digitaldivide list.
- Andrew
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Hi all,
According to FT and other sources, Google has announced their support for
a new initiative called O3B to bring internet access to 3bn people in
Africa and other emerging markets by launching at least 16 satellites to
bring its services to the unconnected in 2010.
They will... order 16
Dear Magda,
This is my opinion.
Frankly I do not believe in this one PC per child concept. Giving one PC per
Child is a project that would never work. The cost of implementation nationally
for any country would be too high.
It is one thing to give one PC for each child even if it is for
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Marketing and corporate success can't be judged in isolation from the
values that power them. Legitimate questions are: What ends is marketing
being used for? How do it affect the well-being of the society? Is marketing
responsible, truthful, positive? Same for corporate success: How does it
help
Sarah Blackmun-Eskow wrote:
Marketing and corporate success can't be judged in isolation from the
values that power them.
To at least a few, the values that power the word marketing and the
phrase corporate success are implicit due to heuristics. Your point is
valid, but changing the values
Thank you all for this interesting discussion.
As someone embarking on a project similar to OLPC I'm interested in what
advice you have on effective and ethical marketing and corporate
relationships.
School Key is One KeyFob per Child. Basically, we question that the best
way for children to
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