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
Good practice: Group blogging in an organization
2007-07-20 14:05:00 For the “I collaborate, e-collaborate, we collaborate“ blog, I wrote a post about internal organizational blogging, as an example of how web2.0 can be used to change communications and enhance knowledge sharing. Behind “e-collaborate”, there is a great community of pratice to exchange experiences for online knowledge sharing and collaboration. Blogging changes communication. This post ... More About: Organization , Practice , Good , Group
Good practice: Group blogging in an organization
2007-07-20 14:05:00 For the “I collaborate, e-collaborate, we collaborate“ blog, I wrote a post about internal organizational blogging, as an example of how web2.0 can be used to change communications and enhance knowledge sharing. Behind “e-collaborate”, there is a great community of pratice to exchange experiences for online knowledge sharing and collaboration. Blogging changes communication. This post ... More About: Organization , Practice , Good , Group
Implications of knowlegde sharing through the web
2007-07-18 12:06:00 While reading “everything is miscelleanous“, I found a quote by Michael Gorman, president of the American Library Assiciation, in Library Journal back in 2005: “Given the quality of the writing in the blogs I have seen, I doubt that many of the Blog People are in the habit of sustained reading of complex texts. It is ... More About: Sharing , Implications , Shari , Hari
Implications of knowlegde sharing through the web
2007-07-18 12:06:00 While reading “everything is miscelleanous“, I found a quote by Michael Gorman, president of the American Library Assiciation, in Library Journal back in 2005: “Given the quality of the writing in the blogs I have seen, I doubt that many of the Blog People are in the habit of sustained reading of complex texts. It is ... More About: Sharing , Implications , Shari , Hari
Weekly links July (2)
2007-07-15 12:45:00 Howard Rheingold about our mobile world An insightful interview with the author of the book “Smart Mobs.” 11 deadly knowledge management sins Interesting post by David Snowden. One quote I liked particular:” Knowledge is all about action, making decisions creating innovative ideas. It is always contextual and is by necessarily entangled and messy.” Wiki it An easy presentation of how ... More About: Links , Weekly , July
Weekly links July (2)
2007-07-15 12:45:00 Howard Rheingold about our mobile world An insightful interview with the author of the book “Smart Mobs.” 11 deadly knowledge management sins Interesting post by David Snowden. One quote I liked particular:” Knowledge is all about action, making decisions creating innovative ideas. It is always contextual and is by necessarily entangled and messy.” Wiki it An easy presentation of how ... More About: Links , Weekly , July
Social webs in Africa
2007-07-15 01:15:00 Today I was interviewed by the German radio station “Deutschland Radio Kultur.” The interview is now available as a podcast at blogspiel.de. The interview’s main topic was Social Webs in Africa , stressing general issues about connectivity in Africa and social web such as the blogosphere. Thanks to Sokari Ekine I got a latest update particularly on web activism in Africa. I began the interview by explaining that the development of the web in Africa varies between countries, in particular inside countries. If you take the example of Egypt, you will find that in Cairo the broadband connections are easily available and a dial-up connection costs about 15 cents an hour. But in landlocked countries such as Uganda, satellite connection is often the only choice and is much more expensive. Consequently, the Internet is still used only by a minority, and participation in the social web is much smaller compared to Europe or Latin America. I also explained that it is not only ... More About: Social Web
Social webs in Africa
2007-07-15 01:15:00 Today I was interviewed by the German radio station “Deutschland Radio Kultur.” The interview is now available as a podcast at blogspiel.de. The interview’s main topic was Social Webs in Africa , stressing general issues about connectivity in Africa and social web such as the blogosphere. Thanks to Sokari Ekine I got a latest update particularly ... More About: Social Web
The open source approach for organizations
2007-07-09 21:57:00 I just finished reading Allison Fine’s book “Momentum igniting social change in the Connected Age.” I really liked it because it explains in detail how we should reconsider cooperation and external communication in an organizational context. Fine speaks mainly of civil society such as activist organizations but I think her thoughts can be applied for ... More About: Open Source , Open , Source , Open-Source , Organizations
The open source approach for organizations
2007-07-09 21:57:00 I just finished reading Allison Fine’s book “Momentum igniting social change in the Connected Age.” I really liked it because it explains in detail how we should reconsider cooperation and external communication in an organizational context. Fine speaks mainly of civil society such as activist organizations but I think her thoughts can be applied for ... More About: Open Source , Open , Source , Open-Source , Organizations
10 challenges for web2.0 in organizations
2007-07-05 00:05:00 I previously wrote on a post about the great effects that web2.0 tools can have in organizations or enterprises. This time I want to list 10 main challenges which organizations face when putting into action tools such as blogs, wikis, social bookmarking etc. I deem that it is much more about the working culture and ... More About: Organizations , Allen , Halle , Organ
Weekly links July (1): politics and the web
2007-07-02 21:37:00 This weeks links are all about politics and the web. It is fascinating to see how the latest developments of social media and community driven websites slowly hit arena or bypass the government as Jonathan Freedland from the Guardian says. The internet will revolutionise the very meaning of politics Comment by Jonathan Freedland from the guardian: ... More About: Politics , Links , Weekly , July , Poli
What effects does web2.0 have on development aid?
2007-07-01 17:42:00 The new web does not only offer a great potential for development in different domains, it also has its implications for traditional development aid, said Giulio Quaggiotto and Pierre Wielezynski in their recent article, “Develop ment 2.0: A New Paradigm for the Non-Profit Sector?” The authors highlight different facets of web2.0 (e.g. free development data, the ... More About: Effects
A learning story: My way to web2.0
2007-06-27 00:37:00 Lost in the old web Throughout the last years I have had mixed emotions about the Internet. On one hand, I was amazed about people, news, themes etc., but on the other hand, I was not satisfied with the overwhelming load of information and the difficulty of obtaining it when needed. Running around to collect information ... More About: Story , Learning , My way , Tory , Earning
Weekly links June (4)
2007-06-23 20:22:00 Web 2.0 and Your Own Learning and Development A great presentation by Stephen Downes about how everybody can use these new tools of interaction to enlighten their personal learning. Mobile Phones and Social Activism Interesting article by Ethan Zuckerman about “Why cell phones may be the most important technical innovation of the decade“ The center for graphic facilitation This blog ... More About: June , Links , Weekly
KM4DEV workshop 2007 - peer learning as its best
2007-06-21 19:58:00 I have just spent three days of intensive discussions with interesting people from around the world, who work in different areas of knowledge management for development (KM4DEV). Besides of some sessions, the three day event had an open sharing and learning approach by leaving it up to the participants to fill in the agenda. The ... More About: Workshop , Peer , Learning , Earning
Challenges of web2.0 in Africa
2007-06-18 19:03:00 Recently I met Toni Eliasz from Ungana-Afrika in Pretoria. We discussed over web2.0 in the context of development. His thoughts were interesting on that of the potential and challenges of the collaborative web, given his experiences in South Africa and the region. Ungana is a NGO which devotes its work to find solutions for the ... More About: Allen , Halle
An overview on Egyptian bloggers and activism
2007-06-17 20:43:00 In the arab region activists use sophisticated and creative blogs and tools to network nationally and internationally and to tackle issues such as human rights, freedom of speech and democracy. Especially in Egypt, where the blogosphere is very vibrant, in contrary to European political bloggers. On Egybloggers more than 320 blogs alone are listed in the ... More About: Activism , Bloggers , Logger , Blogg , Egyptian
Weekly links June (3)
2007-06-16 16:30:00 Full text of Blair’s speech on politics and media An interesting speech by soon resigning Prime Minister Tony Blair on politics and media. “The news schedule is now 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It moves in real time. Papers don’t give you up to date news. That’s already out there. They [the media] have ... More About: June , Links , Weekly
NPK4DEV ? a collaborative tagging experience
2007-06-14 02:16:00 I remember when I came across those weird looking different size word aggregations on websites and wondered what were they? When I read about tagging and tag clouds I was first skeptical about it and asked myself what is the benefit of them? Nowadays I am fascinated, how tags can solve or at least improve how ... More About: Experience , Tagging , Peri , Coll , Erie
What is enterprise2.0? Five pillars for efficient knowledge sharing
2007-06-10 18:04:00 Imagine you can share your bookmarks with your colleagues, find your documents and emails quickly through tagging, write about your work experiences on your personal homepage (blog), and document all project team work in a wiki. The result is a revolutionary different way to share knowledge online within an organization. How does it work and what ... More About: Knowledge , Enter , Sharing , Rise , Enterprise
Weekly links June (2)
2007-06-09 14:28:00 Interview with Jimmy Wales An interesing interview from a German blog about community and Wikipedia. Karlsruhe wiki A great example of a wiki for a city in Germany with over 13 thousand articles. Eyes on Darfur After Google offered satellite photos of Darfur, Amnesty put together a great campaign website. Wiser Earth A new great portal to network activism, civil society ... More About: June , Links , Weekly
How can Web2.0 contribute to development?
2007-06-08 10:54:00 I ampart of the organization team for the web2fordev conference in Rome, this coming September, and therefore I am excited to anounce our new blog here too. Dear friends, colleagues, bloggers and readers, Here are a few questions for you. How can Web2.0 contribute to development? What are your experiences in using Web2.0 tools for knowledge sharing ... More About: Development , Contribute , Bute , Tribute , Tribu
Do new web applications benefit the poor?
2007-06-04 23:49:00 I was curious when an article titled Web 2.0 can benefit the world’s poor appeared on Scidev.net. The authors Waleed al-Shobakky and Jack Imsdahl see in new web applications, such as Google docs, a great potential for developing countries. They write, “Web 2.0 can help these students create documents, track their families’ or villages’ business ... More About: Applications , Bene , Poor , Application , Benefit
Weekly links June (1)
2007-06-02 15:34:00 Communication Nation: What is language? A nice visualization about different dimensions of language. WikiMindMap A mindmap created out of any wikipedia term with links to all other related topics. Great! Evolution of Communication: From Email to Twitter and Beyond “We barely have time to pause and reflect these days on how far communications technology has progressed.” Video: Wikis in Plain English After ... More About: June , Links , Weekly
Sun blogging turns communication upside down
2007-05-31 20:22:00 Sun Microsystems’ blogging approach changes the company’s communication and knowledge management. In wikinomics I encountered Johan Schwartz, the CEO of Sun, with his unusual approach of not being him the only one blogging but also his colleagues, whom he encourages to blog publicly about their work and anything else they are interested in. His concept ... More About: Communication , Blogging , Side , Comm , Blogg
Wikinomics: Being open, peering, sharing and acting globally
2007-05-23 19:41:00 Recently I finished reading the book Wiki nomics. I wondered whether it is just another buzzword or if it contributes to the discussion of how the Internet changes our world. In any case the authors left some answers open to be written by the readers themselves. After reading the introduction I was fascinated to read how Dan ... More About: Open , Acting , Bein , Sharing
Unconference - an online learning approach in real world
2007-05-17 17:20:00 Unconferences are spreading around the world and it proves that Internet communication behaviour, knowledge sharing approaches, and the open source philosophy transcend into real world. But what is unconference? Basically it is a get together of people who would like to exchange certain themes. Interested persons can join the two day discussion and brainstorming. One ... More About: World , Online , Learning , Real , Learn
Fair trade laptop - an extra 30 euro would be enough
2007-05-12 15:34:00 Fair trade coffee is widely known and successful, but what about fair trade computers? This was the question of a session at the re-publica conference back in April with Frithjof Schmidt (member of the Euro pean parliament) and Andrea Manhart from the Ökoinstitut in Freiburg (ecological institute). The labour conditions of workers, who manufacture notebooks in ... More About: Laptop , Trade , Fair Trade , Fair
Mobile phones for development
More articles from this author:2007-05-07 09:28:00 A lot has been debated about the one laptop per child initiative, but less has been said about the use of mobile phones for development. Even though according to a DFID and vodafone study “the number of mobile users is growing twice as fast in developing countries as in developed countries. Africa has now ... More About: Mobile , Mobile Phones , Phones , Development , Mobi 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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