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Data explosion: The many ways to get content online (or how we digitize the world)

Sep / 13 / 2010

The same way the fishing industry has found more efficient methods to get most fishes out of the oceans, is exactly how we find more ways to digitze information that was previously only available offline. Imagine a massive fishing-net bringing us the greatest fishes, but emptying the oceans. What would be then the fishing-net or, [...]

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What we can learn from farmers about ICT4D and trust

Jun / 25 / 2010

There is often that notion that once you have access to the Internet or to other information and communication technologies (ICT), the whole world of information lies rights at your feet, so you only need to pick the best of it. But in contrary, it can become incredibly time consuming to verify information and to [...]

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Talking with the audience: Development organisations and social media

May / 28 / 2010

In addition to my recent Twitter analysis, I wrote another article on development organizations and social media on the web2fordev blog, which I crosspost also here. Many organizations have approached the social web and new technologies from different angles during the last years. Large organisations have engaged in one or another way, in social media. [...]

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