From the monthly archives:

August 2009

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Citizen scientist – how mobile phones can contribute to the public good

Aug / 31 / 2009

Imagine we do not only use our mobile phones to make phones calls and SMS, but to contribute to science. How does that work? We can directly engage in micro-voluntarism or contribute valuable information without doing much more than carrying our mobile phone with us. Just as volunteers share computer processing power or look out [...]

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Mapping the 400+ ICT4D Twitter members

Aug / 25 / 2009

Inspired by a post on ICTWorks, I have compiled a comprehensive list of 400 ICT4D twitter members. Almost a year ago, I started a second Twitter account for news around ICT4D. I had previously offered the ICT4D feed (subscribe) for a while and publish the best pieces of that feed on Twitter. Although the feed has [...]

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Social media literacy: The gap between normal Internet users and social media enthusiasts

Aug / 18 / 2009

Does social media or Web 2.0 flourish from itself?  Will Internet users consequently adopt social media? Lately, I have had my doubts and on the contrary, I see a widen gap between the social media contributors and enthusiasts and the “normal” Internet users, who conform the part of the Internet community which still has a [...]