In the Company of Giants: I am an infoDev Mobile Apps Labs Implementer
infoDev is implementing the ambitious “Creating Sustainable Businesses in the Knowledge Economy” program with the Government of Finland and Nokia to expand the impact of mobile applications in the economic and social advancement of the developing world. A major component of the Creating Sustainable Businesses program are five regional mobile application laboratories, in Africa, Asia […]
Read MoreGoogle AdSense: Stop Teasing Me with YouTube Revenue Sharing
What a tease!
So my Belly Button Window videos of my worldwide travels, One Laptop Per Child, and my daughter Hanalei, have found quite a following on YouTube. I have several videos with over 5,000 views:
- Windows XP on the XO Laptop
- OLPC Pedal Power – Human Power Machine for XO Laptop
- Michael Jackson is Alive! He’s a Traffic Cop in Abuja, Nigeria
- OLPC XO Challenge: XO-1.5 vs. Overclocked XO-1.0
- XO-1.5 Laptop Gnome & Sugar Dual Boot Demo
- Landing at Lagos, Nigeria – Murtala Muhammed International Airport
- Sugar on a Stick on HP Mini Note
Each time a new video crosses the multi-thousand viewership, YouTube sends me an email like this:
Read MoreMy Standing Desk Home Office
Since I live in Washington DC and work for a company in San Francisco, I can’t exactly go into the office every day. Instead, I work from home. Yet even there I am a little different from the rest. I don’t have a sitting desk with a chair – I stand to work. Yes, I […]
Read MoreEducational Technology Debate: an expanding community of practice
In May 2009, infoDev at the World Bank launched the Educational Technology Debate in conjunction with Unesco with its first topical discussion, “Are ICTs the Best Educational Investment?” between Tim Kelly of infoDev and Wayan Vota, consultant to infoDev. From this humble beginning, the Educational Technology Debate is now an expanding community of practice. The […]
Read MoreVenn Diagram Location of m4D and Apps4D in ICT4D
Recently, Ken Banks put forth an interesting question in his post “Mobile community: The holy grail of m4d?” He essentially asked “Who is the mobile community?” and hinted that there is a lack of clarity in the definition and therefore the need for a specific mobile community. Taking his hint, Nate Barthel suggested we think […]
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