crisscrossedcrisscrossedThis blog aims to explore and develop social changes through communication. It focuses on tools such as internet, it's impact, potential and challenges it faces within different cultures around the world. It also approaches network learning and highl Articles
4 examples for innovative mobile phone use in Africa
2007-08-29 23:10:00 According to the latest statistics from the New York Times and the World Bank, the Africa n continent is lagging behind in mobile phone subscribers and Internet users. However, African countries have one of the highest quota of mobile phone subscribers. The rate of subscribers varies a lot –between 724 in South Africa to 32 in ... More About: Mobile , Phone , Mobile Phone , Examples
Weekly links: About Twitter and the future of the social web
2007-08-27 13:59:00 Who owns web2.0? Amy Webb made an interesting listing on the latest acquisition of media and web companies. A rather spooky video shows the outcome of too much media concentration: Prometeus - The Media Revolution Thinking about Twitter Nancy White wrote two excellent posts about the use of Twitter to share knowledge and its different effects on ... More About: Social , Future , Links , The Future
Why to blog? What difference does blogging make?
2007-08-26 13:07:00 There are many different types of blogging. Rohit Bhargava shows us 25 different ones in his presentation, starting from insight over piggyback to bridge blogging. What fascinates me the most, it is the reasons why people blog. Throughout the last months bloggers tagged each other: Why Do You Blog ? These are some examples showing how ... More About: Blogging , Make , Difference , Ferenc
Open public relation - a contradiction?
2007-08-24 01:02:00 The authors of the book wikinomics left the last chapter open to be written by the interested community. This experiment worked very good and proved the authors main thesis: we are entering the era of mass collaboration. With great results, their experiment got extended. Now various authors write together on different themes. Recently, they wrote ... More About: Public , Open , Contradiction , Relation
Local blogs for politics, media and activism
2007-08-22 14:25:00 I found two very interesting articles recently which describe how politics, activism and media are influenced by the web. Joe Garofoli from the San Fransisco Chronicle wrote the article “Local blogs are key to future of politics,” reporting from the Yearly Kos convention. He describes how local politics are already influenced by a mixture of citizen ... More About: Politics , Media , Activism , Blogs
Local blogs for politics, media and activism
2007-08-22 14:25:00 I found two very interesting articles recently which describe how politics, activism and media are influenced by the web. Joe Garofoli from the San Fransisco Chronicle wrote the article “Local blogs are key to future of politics,” reporting from the Yearly Kos convention. He describes how local politics are already influenced by a mixture of citizen ... More About: Politics , Media , Activism , Blogs
Feed Mashups: RSS 1 + RSS 2 = RSS unlimited
2007-08-20 23:45:00 Dana Gardner’s article “RSS feeds begin to bleed into enterprise applications” talks about mashups of RSS feeds or “feed bleeds,” how he calls them. Although his article is quite technological, it still has interesting insights and goes in the same direction as my recent post about the hidden potential of RSS feeds. What?s newly powerful is ... More About: Feed , Unlimited , Mashups , Limite , Mash
Feed Mashups: RSS 1 + RSS 2 = RSS unlimited
2007-08-20 23:45:00 Dana Gardner’s article “RSS feeds begin to bleed into enterprise applications” talks about mashups of RSS feeds or “feed bleeds,” how he calls them. Although his article is quite technological, it still has interesting insights and goes in the same direction as my recent post about the hidden potential of RSS feeds. What?s newly powerful is ... More About: Feed , Unlimited , Mashups , Limite , Mash
Does Twitter make sense?
2007-08-19 15:44:00 To begin with, I have to say, I am not a Twitter user. I have signed up for an account but have not used it at all. I, personally, prefer tools such as Skype. But still, I am willing to be convinced that it does bring an advantage for personal use. I imagine it ... More About: Sense , Make
Does Twitter make sense?
2007-08-19 15:44:00 To begin with, I have to say, I am not a Twitter user. I have signed up for an account but have not used it at all. I, personally, prefer tools such as Skype. But still, I am willing to be convinced that it does bring an advantage for personal use. I imagine it ... More About: Sense , Make
Weekly links: Advocacy2.0, development2.0, knowledge worker2.0 and office2.
2007-08-18 18:34:00 Advocacy2.0: Network-centric advocacy A nice presentation about new potentials for activism over the web. GlobalGiving Decision Markets GlobalGiving is a platform to initiate projects and find partners for them. In August, they started a kind of stock-market experiment to speculate about which project has the greatest chance of succeeding on GlobalGiving.com (via Giulio) How wiki software is changing communication Although ... More About: Links , Knowledge , Weekly , Develop , Worker
Weekly links: Advocacy2.0, development2.0, knowledge worker2.0 and office2.
2007-08-18 18:34:00 Advocacy2.0: Network-centric advocacy A nice presentation about new potentials for activism over the web. GlobalGiving Decision Markets GlobalGiving is a platform to initiate projects and find partners for them. In August, they started a kind of stock-market experiment to speculate about which project has the greatest chance of succeeding on GlobalGiving.com (via Giulio) How wiki software is changing communication Although ... More About: Links , Knowledge , Weekly , Develop , Worker
E-democracy: participation next? (2) Germany
2007-08-13 18:37:00 Overview First of all, I would like to thank Jan Amos and and Rolf Lührs for their comments. Yes, I agree that in Germ any some initiatives around e-democracy have been taken (e.g. e-petition in the German parliament), however, in comparison to German’s vibrant political life, its web is politically inactive. In that regard, politik-digital.de is a ... More About: Democracy , Participation , Artic
E-democracy: participation next? (2) Germany
2007-08-13 18:37:00 Overview First of all, I would like to thank Jan Amos and and Rolf Lührs for their comments. Yes, I agree that in Germ any some initiatives around e-democracy have been taken (e.g. e-petition in the German parliament), however, in comparison to German’s vibrant political life, its web is politically inactive. In that regard, politik-digital.de is a ... More About: Democracy , Participation , Artic
An Email alternative: four dimension of feeds (RSS) in organizations
2007-08-10 18:19:00 To continue with my post “What is enterprise2.0,” I wrote a case study for organizational blogging. Inspired by the posts from EnterpriseRSS, Paul Dunay and Splash Cast, I want to focus this time on RSS and feeds. In my opinion feeds can make a decisive difference in getting the right information at the right time ... More About: Email , Alternative , Organizations , Dimension , Alter
An Email alternative: four dimension of feeds (RSS) in organizations
2007-08-10 18:19:00 To continue with my post “What is enterprise2.0,” I wrote a case study for organizational blogging. Inspired by the posts from EnterpriseRSS, Paul Dunay and Splash Cast, I want to focus this time on RSS and feeds. In my opinion feeds can make a decisive difference in getting the right information at the right time ... More About: Email , Alternative , Organizations , Dimension , Alter
Weekly links: ICT4D, TED in Africa and enterprise2.0
2007-08-06 15:30:00 Online platform for South Asian community development Still in beta, this group blog offers insights into ICT4D projects in all over South Asia. Stories are for example: wireless computer technology in Nepal or a rural ICT center along with Digital Photography Lab in Bangladesh. Best way to understand information and communication technologies for development Heloise Emdon from ... More About: Africa , Links , Weekly
Weekly links: ICT4D, TED in Africa and enterprise2.0
2007-08-06 15:30:00 Online platform for South Asian community development Still in beta, this group blog offers insights into ICT4D projects in all over South Asia. Stories are for example: wireless computer technology in Nepal or a rural ICT center along with Digital Photography Lab in Bangladesh. Best way to understand information and communication technologies for development Heloise Emdon from ... More About: Africa , Links , Weekly
10 lessons learnt from ICT4D
2007-08-05 15:33:00 Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D) is still a fairly new theme in the development arena. Throughout the years ICT4D has diversified in many different sub-themes such as e-governance, e-agriculture, e-health, education, etc. Although there have been successful stories, the high hopes had often not been realized in many projects. Many initiatives did not ... More About: Lessons
10 lessons learnt from ICT4D
2007-08-05 15:33:00 Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D) is still a fairly new theme in the development arena. Throughout the years ICT4D has diversified in many different sub-themes such as e-governance, e-agriculture, e-health, education, etc. Although there have been successful stories, the high hopes had often not been realized in many projects. Many initiatives did not ... More About: Lessons
E-democracy: participation next? (1)
2007-07-31 01:02:00 The concept of e-democracy dates from the early days of Internet. To my understanding, it embraces everything that connects political processes and the web. Back in the 90s high promises were linked to the web and its implications for democracy and participation. One early example is the Electronic Town Hall, but nowadays e-democracy stands for ... More About: Democracy , Participation , Artic
E-democracy: participation next? (1)
2007-07-31 01:02:00 The concept of e-democracy dates from the early days of Internet. To my understanding, it embraces everything that connects political processes and the web. Back in the 90s high promises were linked to the web and its implications for democracy and participation. One early example is the Electronic Town Hall, but nowadays e-democracy stands for ... More About: Democracy , Participation , Patio , Artic
Weekly links July (4): Africa and ICT
2007-07-30 00:43:00 This week I selected some interesting articles on Africa n countries and information and communication technologies. Mobile Phone Reporters in Africa White African has an interesting blog post on Africa’s Voices experiment on mobile phone reporters. For Ugandan Farmers, Agricultural Tips Just a Phone Call Away An example for a project, which offers a text message service for farming methods. ... More About: Links , Weekly , July
Weekly links July (4): Africa and ICT
2007-07-30 00:43:00 This week I selected some interesting articles on Africa n countries and information and communication technologies. Mobile Phone Reporters in Africa White African has an interesting blog post on Africa’s Voices experiment on mobile phone reporters. For Ugandan Farmers, Agricultural Tips Just a Phone Call Away An example for a project, which offers a text message service for farming methods. ... More About: Links , Weekly , July
Connect lessons learnt through tagging
2007-07-25 18:55:00 Yesterday, I read a blog post about “How do you convince people to share failures?” and I also heard about an interesting lessons learnt website project which was implemented some years ago. In that project station masters were asked to give regular information about their stations such as statistics. Secondly to list problems and challenges throughout ... More About: Tagging , Connect , Lessons
Connect lessons learnt through tagging
2007-07-25 18:55:00 Yesterday, I read a blog post about “How do you convince people to share failures?” and I also heard about an interesting lessons learnt website project which was implemented some years ago. In that project station masters were asked to give regular information about their stations such as statistics. Secondly to list problems and challenges throughout ... More About: Tagging , Connect , Lessons , Esso
Can free and open source software make a difference in developing countries
2007-07-23 23:09:00 I have already written before about the concept of open source, but this time I want to highlight the potential of free and open source software (FOSS). I attended a while ago an interesting presentation on free and open source software by Andrea Götzke and Balthas Seibold. What I found most interesting about the presentation ... More About: Software , Open Source , Open , Free , Source
Can free and open source software make a difference in developing countries
2007-07-23 23:09:00 I have already written before about the concept of open source, but this time I want to highlight the potential of free and open source software (FOSS). I attended a while ago an interesting presentation on free and open source software by Andrea Götzke and Balthas Seibold. What I found most interesting about the presentation ... More About: Software , Open Source , Open , Free , Source
Weekly links July (3)
2007-07-22 15:34:00 How Will Web 2.0 Change Journalism? A short video about the future media landscape with interviews of some “web gurus.” Not much new but nice to listen to. Blogs As the New Frontier in Human Rights “A blog with ten readers could potentially get human rights groups further in 2007 than a petition with one million signatures ... More About: Links , Weekly , July
Weekly links July (3)
More articles from this author:2007-07-22 15:34:00 How Will Web 2.0 Change Journalism? A short video about the future media landscape with interviews of some “web gurus.” Not much new but nice to listen to. Blogs As the New Frontier in Human Rights “A blog with ten readers could potentially get human rights groups further in 2007 than a petition with one million signatures ... More About: Links , Weekly , July 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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