Wire James wrote the following on 01/02/2007 02:54 PM: > > 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.
this was only a drop.. i can list a million others . > 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. this falls under industry and manufacturing that i mentioned earler. good idea though. > 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?) She needs some education, infrastructure, etc... how will she avail it online? > 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. let them first learn how to write and read. You need to ask yourself why the mechanix are gambling? Basically, you have answered your own questions. Things that enable us to have local content stretch to as far as basic educatiion, you see? 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. ---------------------------------------
