This post has been needed for quite some time, but now I’m finally getting around to writing it. I started writing thinking that I would have a few tips here and there to offer, but now I’m finding out that it’s becoming this colossal blog post of epic proportions full of life lessons I’ve learned [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Currently available for Skype chats/calls/etc
I put down Skype about a year ago because it was distracting me too much from my work, but the time has come to start utilizing it more for calls, chats, and everything else it has to offer. It is an invaluable tool for international calls and I use it frequently for calling to Africa. [...]
Graduating Crowdsourcing into Turksourcing: Employing Opportunity
This is an excellent blog post that I couldn’t help but write about. In “From Netsourcing to Crowdsourcing to Turksourcing Crisis Information” @patrickmeier uses the example of Ushahidi and asks the proverbial question, “How do we move from netsourcing to crowdsourcing and on to turksourcing?” In his post, Patrick Meier talks about how Ushahidi was [...]
“Enemies of the Internet” alive and kicking
If there’s one thing that gets my blood curdling, it is Internet censorship. Reporters Without Borders just released their annual report on Internet freedom & censorship entitled, “Enemies of the Internet”. Among the violators: Saudi Arabia, Burma, China, North Korea, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Uzbekistan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, and Vietnam. Also important to note: Among the [...]
Are you a programmer? The Kasumi Project needs your help
The Kamusi Project has been an online living and breathing Swahili dictionary for some time now. I have used it numerous times myself. The project is a collaboration of two organizations, the Kamusi Project International (KPI) and Kamusi Project USA (KPUSA), “dedicated to the creation of dictionary and learning resources for African languages.” Lately, the [...]
Have you heard? Tech incubators growing in Africa
In case you haven’t heard, tech is growing across the continent of Africa. And, no, not just the typical innovation hubs of South Africa and Nigeria. Tech is spreading all over the place to varying degrees, the latest being the new iHub in Nairobi that opens this week. Computerworld starts the conversation: “Availability of affordable [...]
Ecological innovation coming from Factor e Farm = Concepts applicable to Africa
I recently discovered the website of Factor e Farm, which started out as a 30-acre soybean field in rural Missouri and is now a bubbling source of ecological innovation. What makes Factor e Farm so unique is that they are completely self-sustaining in every regard, from energy production to drinking water. This project is truly [...]
Hey London, your books are needed for Sudan
As reported by Roving Bandit, one of my favorite bloggers from Sudan: “This looks like a great project. There is a container at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London waiting to be filled with academic books for Juba University. Get down there if you have any and you are based in London; [...]
