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Gearing Up For An Offline Application

{ Posted on Jan 14 2009 by Bill Zimmerman }
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We’re in the early stages of building a web application with a big requirement: the ability to work seamlessly in an offline and online mode. The Internet and cloud computing are great, but you can’t always be plugged ...Read More »

Top Twenty Tools for 2008

{ Posted on Jan 09 2009 by Bill Zimmerman }
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This began as a post specifically about TiddlyWiki, but seeing as many bloggers do retrospective “year in review” posts around this time, I thought I’d chip in my own. I may yet reprise the TiddlyWiki how-to I started around ...Read More »

Anthropology, Tech & the Developing World

{ Posted on Nov 28 2008 by Bill Zimmerman }
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This post was largely inspired by the views of Ken Banks, the man behind FrontlineSMS and Kiwanja. I only recently discovered him via Twitter, and feel that I’ve met a kindred spirit. His essay on anthropology’s “technology-driven Renaissance” ...Read More »

What Obama’s Win Means To Me

{ Posted on Nov 11 2008 by Bill Zimmerman }
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I spent the night of November 4th like most Americans abroad—and indeed much of the world with cable TV, I suspect—watching the election results trickle in until dawn. We were a mix of Americans, Cameroonians and a token Canadian. ...Read More »

Fresh Blog Goodness: Tags and Tweets

{ Posted on Aug 17 2008 by Bill Zimmerman }
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I made a couple of enhancements to ye olde blog worthy of mention. First, I finally got around to retroactively tagging my posts with keywords. This may sound like drudgery, but it was actually quite easy with the ...Read More »
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