[GKD] Alternate Connectivity Solution for Bangladesh

2002-11-21 Thread Shahid Uddin Akbar
Alternate Connectivity Solution : Critical Challenge for Developing Countries Bangladesh, like many other developing countries has the infrastructure problem for promotion / utilization of ICT and related service for education and information dissemination. The infrastructure problems kept the

Re: [GKD] Using Instant Messaging with Volunteers

2002-11-21 Thread Guido Sohne
Instant messaging does not have to solely be limited to use of widely distributed chat clients. I wrote an application earlier this year that utilized instant messaging technology but worked by embedding the technology into the application itself. The business case was to improve the situation of

Re: [GKD] Using Instant Messaging with Volunteers

2002-11-21 Thread Sam Lanfranco
I would like to follow up on Margaret Grieco's plea, which we hear from multiple sources, for some way of taking stock of what we know and what we have learned in the area of ICTs for Development. The uses of SMS for development is - of course - just a subset of that larger body of knowledge. It