Defeating Ego in Development
I commented on NextBillion’s ongoing series responding to Michael Edwards’ new book, Just Another Emperor;<blockquote>I see the majority of this discus...
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Being the IT Guy
While I want to quickly and decisively move away from being “The IT Guy” in my career, I must admit that at some level I fear losing that control over my own...
$10 laptop in India?
I’ll believe it when I see it, but the Times of India is reporting that the promised $10 laptop is closer to a reality, but right now it’s as real as the cra...
Small is bigger than big for OLPC deployment
Via Morgan Collett we learn that OLPC is discontinuing it’s “small” deployment support of 100-1000 XO laptop purchases:<div style="float: right; margin-l...
The XO Files Part IV: New Years Resolutions for 1CC
This entry is the beginning of a four part series, "The XO Files: I Want to Believe in the XO" Read Part I here, then Part II, The New 4PC Market, and its Fa...
Drupal Mapping IV: Filtering and Customization of the Map
This is the continuation of my journal on getting mapping to work for Global Youth Service Day in Drupal, which starts with an overview of maps and drupal, a...
Holiday Computer Shopping
People always come to me for advice on computers and technology options over the giftmas season. To head this off somewhat at the pass, let me remind everyo...
Drupal Mapping III.5 - moving up in the world
It's been a while since I posted on my Drupal Mapping project, and that's partially because I've been spending some time getting a great site that aggregates...
What’s happening in Mumbai: Twitter and Real-time Citizen Media
Initial reports are now showing up on news sites; this very light-on-details article on BBC seems to be the first up on major news sites - but it's been burn...
Microsoft, the “third world” and anti-virus
For the past year or so, I've repeatedly been trying to bring up what I see as a huge, gaping hole in any project which uses Microsoft products for an ICT4De...
Drupal and Maps III: Getting Dirty.
This is the continuation of my journal on getting mapping to work for Global Youth Service Day in Drupal, which starts with an overview of maps and drupal, a...
TCO for low-cost computing in Education
The video archive of last Thursday's discussion at the World Bank on the total cost of ICT4E projects is now online at the Bank's eDevelopment thematic group...
Tomorrow: Total Cost of Operation and ICT4Education
Come by for a lively discussion on TCO (that I get to start out!) From the world bank: EVENT REMINDER A World Bank ICT and Education Community of Interes...
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World Bank webcast: How much does it really cost to introduce and sustain computers in schools?
I'll be leading the discussion at the World Bank this Thursday with a presentation by Vital Wave Consulting on their recent TCO calculations for low-cost com...