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Bring on Open Knowledge Conference 2011

I am about to head into Berlin to join #okcon2011. As described at http://okcon.org/2011 (check that out for more info about the conference) “OKCon is a wide-ranging conference that brings together individuals and organizations from across the open knowledge spectrum … Continue reading

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Negroponte’s “$100 laptop” plans: yeah, right!

By way of the very useful and positively glowing with goodwill and open source optimism mailing list Bytes for All, I learned about India’s ambitious $10 laptop answer to Negroponte’s $100 laptop. The Times of India article reads like The … Continue reading

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Casting a ballot for Africa at netsquared.org

I was psyched to see my Casting a ballot for Africa blog post on the frontpage of the Netsquared.org website, and various blog postings about the Kabissa 2.0 proposal at WhiteAfrican.com, globalvoicesonline.org, and Meandering Passage – wow, thanks everyone for … Continue reading

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Audioblogging by Mobile Phone? Round 2: Nigerian Election Blog Blueprint

When considering a Civil Society Election Blog for Nigeria, we realized fairly quickly that it has to be possible for people to contribute to it via their mobile phones. Post via the web and e-mail, yes, but also somehow via … Continue reading

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Stockholm 009

I received this photo today. There must be something wrong with the notion of a “Tobias Grill” but I can’t get my head around it. Better than “Grilled Tobias” I suppose! The “Stockholm 009″ photo comes from Eric Berg, who … Continue reading

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XO Man: Sugar and Spice, and all things nice?

This picture looks to me like an old Atari video game a childhood friend had hooked up to his TV, but in fact it’s the One Laptop Per Child answer to the traditional Mac/Windows Desktop. The stick figures are XO … Continue reading

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