Building for mobile at the margins
Fortunately for us, many of the day-to-day technologies which drive large chunks of our on-line lives quietly tick away in the background, only reminding us of our total dependence on them when something breaks or goes wrong. We take the complex ecosystem which drives much of this for granted.
Last month I was invited to speak at a conference at Georgia Tech and give my perspective on building social mobile tools that work in the opposite, resource-challenged environments, a reality for the majority of people in the world today. My short ten minute talk is available above, courtesy of Georgia Tech, along with a PDF of the slides.
The motivation behind the Computing at The Margins Symposium grew out of a research agenda at the university aimed at “understanding the technology needs of under-served communities, both domestically and abroad, and driving the creation of innovative technology to serve and empower these communities”.
Figuring out how we build useful, appropriate mobile tools for grassroots NGOs is crucial if we’re not to create a digital divide within the digital divide. Additional posts and video on my thinking behind this “Social Mobile Long Tail” are available here.
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->@kiwanja: Building for mobile at the margins http://tinyurl.com/kvkxra
->@kiwanja: Building for mobile at the margins http://tinyurl.com/kvkxra
Figuring out how we build useful, appropriate mobile tools for grassroots NGOs is crucial… (via @kiwanja) http://tinyurl.com/kvkxra
Avoiding a digital divide within a digital divide. Ten minute video on building for mobile at the margins. http://is.gd/MoGj RT @kiwanja
RT @kiwanja: Avoiding a digital divide within a digital divide. Ten minute video on building for mobile at the margins. http://is.gd/MoGj
RT @kiwanja: Avoiding a digital divide within a digital divide. Ten minute video on building for mobile at the margins. http://is.gd/MoGj
Excellent talk on “Building for mobile at the margins”: http://bit.ly/tRaHl (video by @kiwanja)
Excellent talk on "Building for mobile at the margins": http://bit.ly/tRaHl (video by @kiwanja)
Excellent talk on “Building for mobile at the margins”: http://bit.ly/tRaHl (video by @kiwanja)
RT @whiteafrican: Excellent talk on “Building for mobile at the margins”: http://bit.ly/tRaHl (video by @kiwanja)
RT @whiteafrican: Excellent talk on “Building for mobile at the margins”: http://bit.ly/tRaHl (video by @kiwanja)
http://bit.ly/tRaHl – Ken Banks @kiwanja – Building for mobile at the margins – Agree with what Ken says apart from ‘ignore the internet’
http://bit.ly/tRaHl – Ken Banks @kiwanja – Building for mobile at the margins – Agree with what Ken says apart from ‘ignore the internet’
RT @whiteafrican: Excellent talk on “Building for mobile at the margins”: http://bit.ly/tRaHl (video by @kiwanja) [good, but lang dimension?
RT @whiteafrican: Excellent talk on "Building for mobile at the margins": http://bit.ly/tRaHl (video by @kiwanja) [good, but lang dimension?
RT @whiteafrican: Excellent talk on “Building for mobile at the margins”: http://bit.ly/tRaHl (video by @kiwanja) [good, but lang dimension?
RT @whiteafrican Excellent talk on "Building for mobile at the margins": http://bit.ly/tRaHl (video by @kiwanja)
RT @whiteafrican Excellent talk on “Building for mobile at the margins”: http://bit.ly/tRaHl (video by @kiwanja)
@kiwanja has a nice summary of his thinking on m4dev in this presentation: http://bit.ly/KDRic
@kiwanja has a nice summary of his thinking on m4dev in this presentation: http://bit.ly/KDRic
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[...] see the “Mobile applications development” section of this blog, which includes a 10 minute video on the [...]
RT @TopsyRT: Building for mobile at the margins http://bit.ly/tRaHl
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