Posts Tagged ‘tech’

Why Open Collaboration Spaces like the *iHub_ Matter

{ Posted on Mar 14 2010 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Categories : On the road
Last week I attended the much anticipated iHub Nairobi launch, as well as participated in a pre-launch gathering of African tech hub pioneers (more on the latter in a follow-up post). A number of bloggers in Kenya and elsewhere ...Read More »

‘Bamboo Magic’ Mobile Phone & Laptop Case

{ Posted on Dec 17 2009 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Categories : Off the beaten path
I had an opportunity to stop by the 2009 South West Regional Agro-Pastoral Show, an annual exhibition for local farmers and craftsmen, here in Limbe this afternoon. The event was held on a community field ringed by exhibition booths overflowing ...Read More »

Quick Hits for Oct 11

{ Posted on Oct 11 2009 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Categories : From the home office
While Google & PayPal leave cash on the table in Sub-Saharan Africa, smart ePayment solutions are left up for grabs. In a video interview, Oluniyi David Ajao describes the business opportunity for West Africa. (via @ICT_Works & @niyyie) ICT4D.at has ...Read More »

Swaziland’s First BarCamp Announced

{ Posted on May 08 2009 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Categories : From the office
BarCamp Swaziland is one day "unconference" to provide a platform for technology practitioners in Swaziland to share and learn in an open environment. The event—the first of its kind for the country—is scheduled for Saturday, June 27th in Mbabane, ...Read More »

The Virtues of Small Software

{ Posted on Mar 09 2009 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Essayist, poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson had this to say on the subject of beauty: We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of ...Read More »

Kiva and the Case For Nonprofit Open APIs

{ Posted on Feb 10 2009 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Recently, Kiva announced the official launch of the Kiva API and a new developer website, build.kiva.org. This is a smart move for them, as freely opening up their micro-lending database both increases data interoperability with their partners and fosters ...Read More »

Announcing the Village Diary Project

{ Posted on Feb 07 2009 by Bill Zimmerman }
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We’ve been hard at work for the past couple of months laying the groundwork for a new free and open source software (FOSS) initiative. I alluded to this in an earlier post, Gearing Up for an Offline Application. Around October ...Read More »

A Man, A Plan, A Cyber Café

{ Posted on Feb 02 2009 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Sometimes, it’s the small successes that make everything worthwhile. This isn’t a story about a Gates Foundation grant, a fabulous new software project, African tech startup, or a microfinance program designed to serve the needs of thousands. Rather, ...Read More »

Hacking the OLPC v2

{ Posted on Jan 27 2009 by Bill Zimmerman }
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There’s been a veritable bevy of blog posts and rebuttals lately debating what went wrong with the OLPC and what sort of device should follow in its wake. Like a lot of other technology devotees, I’ve watched from ...Read More »

How-To: Pocket-Sized Maps for the iPod

{ Posted on Jan 23 2009 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Categories : From the workshop
This is the result of an experiment to put a topo map of Mt. Cameroon on my iPod nano. I’m hardwired with a fascination for maps of all kinds (my post Crowdsource Mapping Cameroon is but one example) so ...Read More »
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