Regarding the messages of Herman Wasserman and Cliff Missen, this is
interesting but there is a danger I think in any strategy that seeks to
rely on intermediaries. Cliff uses the word "griot" but in fact it may
be more like "marabout" or priest (although these latter analogies are
not perfect eith
On November 14th, Thaths (Sudhakar Chandra) wrote:
> This brings to mind something that the satellite radio outfit WorldSpace
> is doing. The idea is brilliant, in my opinion. You basically buy this
> satellite radio (approx. $70-100 depending on model). You also buy a
> computer card to interface
I am a Digital Vision Fellow at Stanford and the focus of my work is to
develop a rural messaging service that will give villagers a voice to
the world.
What I am proposing is a youth-led process to help villagers that don't
use computers or the Internet, but want to "communicate" with their
loved
Joe McCannon has some very good points here. That said, I'd like to
inject a new idea into this debate:
Scaling up can be a problem, but scaling down is the bigger and more
relevant problem.
Big ICT systems can and are created all the time, though less often in
development work. These large scale
Its increasingly clear to us:
That there are no standard answers to it - people have begun using what
they have access to - GSM, TDMA, WiFi, cable (even where there is no
telephone and it is primarily used for TV), VSAT or what have you.
That each piece of technology gets created to (a) either ad
Dear Colleagues,
I am not sure that what I have to say can be described as "valuable
input and insights!", but here goes anyway!
> 1. What new "high impact" technologies are on the 3-year horizon? Who
> (exactly) needs to do what (concretely) to make those technologies
> widely available?
Afford
Time for peering into the crystal ball, I guess. First, three years is
about the outer limit IMO for any kind of computer technology
predictions. I tend to look at trends that are coming in the next year
or two and that's quite challenging enough...
> This week we ask GKD members to consider the d
