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...
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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...
Drupal and GYSD Maps II: Modules in Play
Series: Overview | Modules | Structure and Taxonomies | On Drupal 6 | Functionality Drupal by itself is pretty powerful, but where it really shines is when ...
How I made a map for Global Youth Service Day 2009
Series: Overview | Modules | Structure and Taxonomies | On Drupal 6 | Functionality This is my "journal" of work in creating a user-modifiable map of the Gl...
The latest OLPC Upgrade
OLPC Upgrading - like an old defrag!Last Thursday, I upgraded my OLPC over some beers – sometimes, the best (and worst) ways to really test technology’s limi...
Linux Audio Server amusement
I'm currently using the laptop as the interim solution / testbed for the LAS idea. It's struggling to run amarok, but works nicely with qiv running a slides...
Social Media and ICT in Kenyan Agriculture
CropScience.org has a great paper on the potential use of social media and Internet access for rural farmers. What sets it apart from most Social Media for ...
A Linux Audio Server
I admit it. I have a Windows laptop at home. For a very long time, it was my primary system. For the past year or so, I've been using a Linux laptop as my...
What’s old is new again
Thin Clients - a.k.a. "dumb terminals" have a long history in computing, and tend to come up every few years (seems to be a ten year cycle) as the Grand Solu...
SMSing political questions
This is pure brilliance, courtesy BoingBoing: This giant billboard, posing hard questions for Sarah Palin, was lit up across the road from her LA rally site...
Venezuela Chooses the Intel Classmate over the OLPC XO - kinda
The Chavez likes Intel – but not Windows? (BBC)The BBC is reporting that Venezuela has ordered a million laptops “based on the Intel Classmate” in partnershi...
The 3G OLPC Laptop
That’s three grand, not third generation.
Tech Salon: Information Sharing and Development
This week's Technology Salon was on information sharing and ways to use social media and peer-generated content in international development. Less of a lect...