On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 14:40 +0200, Ernest Byaruhanga (AfriNIC) wrote: > Hmm, i dont agree with you Wire. > > Such a revival can only happen when the information that surfers are > looking for is available locally, such as: > > - Online retail stores and shopping > - Industry > - Good universities and college institutions > - Used stuff marketplace > - lots and lots manufacturing (industry). > > till then, forget local content. what surfers want is currently only > available in europe and the US.
Ernest, tat is your opinion. Having interacted with people from all walks of life that are either using or are keen on using ICTs, I have come to realise that even the information that many of them want is not readily available in a format that they would appreciate it. When you talk of Universities, online shopping etc, you are only addressing a tiny elite. Have you thought of that herbalist that my want to know an alternative use for the omuteete grass? This is content that can best be developed and served locally. We need a multidimensional approach that among others encourages people of all walks of life to become content creators (Why for example doesnt my mother write down her favourite recipe and avail it online foe others?) Culturally we have grown up taking mental notes of our experiences and never documenting them any where and that is the biggest challenge we have to local content even be4 you get to the technological hurdles. Why is it that our local car mechanics always approach a similar problem in different ways and with so much gambling along the way? If they wrote down the procedures they followed to rectify problems, they would reduce on subsequent gambling sessions and even enable others learn from them. That among others is my perspective of local content bwana Ernest. Wire > > eb > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
