Comments on: Social mobile and the long tail http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2008/01/social-mobile-and-the-long-tail/ Where technology meets anthropology, conservation and development Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Maria Rosa Maurizi http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2008/01/social-mobile-and-the-long-tail/comment-page-1/#comment-8304 Maria Rosa Maurizi Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:28:50 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=115#comment-8304 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT <a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/TopsyRT">@TopsyRT</a>: Social mobile and the long tail http://bit.ly/93r2re</span></span> RT @TopsyRT: Social mobile and the long tail http://bit.ly/93r2re

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]]> By: The “long tail” revisited | Build it Kenny, and they will come... http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2008/01/social-mobile-and-the-long-tail/comment-page-1/#comment-129 The “long tail” revisited | Build it Kenny, and they will come... Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:45:11 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=115#comment-129 [...] Enter “The Social Mobile Long Tail”, my attempt at mapping out the social mobile applications space (you can read the original post, which explains the thinking in detail, here). [...] [...] Enter “The Social Mobile Long Tail”, my attempt at mapping out the social mobile applications space (you can read the original post, which explains the thinking in detail, here). [...]

]]> By: The Social Mobile Long Tail 2.0 | Build it Kenny, and they will come... http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2008/01/social-mobile-and-the-long-tail/comment-page-1/#comment-128 The Social Mobile Long Tail 2.0 | Build it Kenny, and they will come... Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:51:46 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=115#comment-128 [...] development in the not-for-profit space looked like. I came up with this, and called it “Social Mobile’s Long Tail“. It was based on the original Long Tail concept, first talked about by Chris Anderson in a [...] [...] development in the not-for-profit space looked like. I came up with this, and called it “Social Mobile’s Long Tail“. It was based on the original Long Tail concept, first talked about by Chris Anderson in a [...]

]]> By: KennyandtheSkull http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2008/01/social-mobile-and-the-long-tail/comment-page-1/#comment-67 KennyandtheSkull Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:28:00 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=115#comment-67 cool cool

]]> By: steph http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2008/01/social-mobile-and-the-long-tail/comment-page-1/#comment-42 steph Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:32:00 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=115#comment-42 Hi Ken,<br/><br/>wonderful figure. I was looking for something similar for long time.<br/>So i 100% agree with its content, and i also 100% agree on what you are saying on the challenges. I've the feeling that last 2-3 years, lots of success stories appeared demosntrating the power of mobile phones in Social Development. But those stories are just islands of success, and there is a huge gap between the current situation and the exploitation of the full potential of mobile phones by NGOs, and the availability of thousands of services. I agree also on the fact that the problem is not the lack of idea, for sure !<br/>That said, where we might diverge is on what to do. You are convinced that SMS is the way to move forward, and i believe that SMS is not appropriate because of the cost of launching and running a service. FrontlineSMS is a huge step forward, providing a free-to-use SMS platform. But having a gsm subscription, a computer running 24h a day is still a problem imho to have reliable services. <br/>I strongly believe the Web, the Mobile Web, is the way to allow people to easily and very cheaply develop and deploy applications without long term investment.<br/><br/>Cheers<br/>Steph Hi Ken,

wonderful figure. I was looking for something similar for long time.
So i 100% agree with its content, and i also 100% agree on what you are saying on the challenges. I’ve the feeling that last 2-3 years, lots of success stories appeared demosntrating the power of mobile phones in Social Development. But those stories are just islands of success, and there is a huge gap between the current situation and the exploitation of the full potential of mobile phones by NGOs, and the availability of thousands of services. I agree also on the fact that the problem is not the lack of idea, for sure !
That said, where we might diverge is on what to do. You are convinced that SMS is the way to move forward, and i believe that SMS is not appropriate because of the cost of launching and running a service. FrontlineSMS is a huge step forward, providing a free-to-use SMS platform. But having a gsm subscription, a computer running 24h a day is still a problem imho to have reliable services.
I strongly believe the Web, the Mobile Web, is the way to allow people to easily and very cheaply develop and deploy applications without long term investment.

Cheers
Steph

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