Comments on: Development best practice for beginners. #2 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/ Where technology meets anthropology, conservation and development Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:11:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Heather LaGarde http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2107 Heather LaGarde Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:31:54 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=1937#comment-2107 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Thoughtful: Development best practice for beginners 1,2,3 by <a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/kiwanja">@kiwanja</a> http://bit.ly/NdRrc http://bit.ly/16ec0V http://bit.ly/w6R7d</span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/heatherlagarde/status/2404975016">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> Thoughtful: Development best practice for beginners 1,2,3 by @kiwanja http://bit.ly/NdRrc http://bit.ly/16ec0V http://bit.ly/w6R7d

[Original tweet, Topsy page]

]]> By: Ian Thorpe http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2108 Ian Thorpe Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:58:23 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=1937#comment-2108 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT <a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/kiwanja">@kiwanja</a> Development best practice for beginners. <a href="http://topsy.com/s?q=%232">#2</a> http://is.gd/15qhW</span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/ithorpe/status/2225641294">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> RT @kiwanja Development best practice for beginners. #2 http://is.gd/15qhW

[Original tweet, Topsy page]

]]> By: Jorunn http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1252 Jorunn Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:20:32 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=1937#comment-1252 Very thoughtful. Thanks for your contribution to the discourse. Very thoughtful. Thanks for your contribution to the discourse.

]]> By: Ken Banks http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2109 Ken Banks Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:20:17 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=1937#comment-2109 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">What do you think? Development best practice for beginners. <a href="http://topsy.com/s?q=%232">#2</a> http://is.gd/15qhW</span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/kiwanja/status/2225121728">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> What do you think? Development best practice for beginners. #2 http://is.gd/15qhW

[Original tweet, Topsy page]

]]> By: kiwanja http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1251 kiwanja Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:21:50 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=1937#comment-1251 @Alasdair - Don't worry. Plenty more where this came from :) As for the photo, I took that a couple of years ago outside Stanford University. Walked past it and had to run back to get my camera. Really like the shot, too. Seemed to fit #2 for some reason @Saundra @Jamie - It's certainly easy to see any kind of aid or assistance as a good thing, but what's really needed is 'genuine' opportunity. And Jamie, I did think about the choice of words a few times, but decided they were sufficiently 'vague' to generate some kind of discussion or thought process @Alasdair – Don’t worry. Plenty more where this came from :) As for the photo, I took that a couple of years ago outside Stanford University. Walked past it and had to run back to get my camera. Really like the shot, too. Seemed to fit #2 for some reason

@Saundra @Jamie – It’s certainly easy to see any kind of aid or assistance as a good thing, but what’s really needed is ‘genuine’ opportunity. And Jamie, I did think about the choice of words a few times, but decided they were sufficiently ‘vague’ to generate some kind of discussion or thought process

]]> By: HETN http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2110 HETN Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:08:24 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=1937#comment-2110 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT <a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/ajmunn">@ajmunn</a>: RT <a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/kiwanja">@kiwanja</a>: Development best practice for beginners. <a href="http://topsy.com/s?q=%232">#2</a> http://is.gd/15qhW</span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/hetn/status/2224143278">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> RT @ajmunn: RT @kiwanja: Development best practice for beginners. #2 http://is.gd/15qhW

[Original tweet, Topsy page]

]]> By: Jamie http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1250 Jamie Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:08:05 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=1937#comment-1250 Funny. I was thinking about your choice of words, and was wondering how they connected or conflicted, and never quite came to a conclusion. I think this series has a lot of potential because its such a simple concept, but leaves enough for people to think about. We need to be challenged to think, and what better way than this? (Awesome photo, btw) Funny. I was thinking about your choice of words, and was wondering how they connected or conflicted, and never quite came to a conclusion. I think this series has a lot of potential because its such a simple concept, but leaves enough for people to think about. We need to be challenged to think, and what better way than this? (Awesome photo, btw)

]]> By: Rebuild Zimbabwe http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2111 Rebuild Zimbabwe Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:07:43 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=1937#comment-2111 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT <a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/ajmunn">@ajmunn</a>: RT <a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/kiwanja">@kiwanja</a>: Development best practice for beginners. <a href="http://topsy.com/s?q=%232">#2</a> http://is.gd/15qhW</span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/rebuildzimbabwe/status/2224133475">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> RT @ajmunn: RT @kiwanja: Development best practice for beginners. #2 http://is.gd/15qhW

[Original tweet, Topsy page]

]]> By: Alasdair Munn http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2112 Alasdair Munn Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:07:01 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=1937#comment-2112 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT <a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/kiwanja">@kiwanja</a>: Development best practice for beginners. <a href="http://topsy.com/s?q=%232">#2</a> http://is.gd/15qhW</span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/ajmunn/status/2224124010">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> RT @kiwanja: Development best practice for beginners. #2 http://is.gd/15qhW

[Original tweet, Topsy page]

]]> By: Schimmelpfennig http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2113 Schimmelpfennig Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:57:45 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=1937#comment-2113 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT <a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/kiwanja">@kiwanja</a> Development best practice for beginners. <a href="http://topsy.com/s?q=%232">#2</a> http://is.gd/15qhW - I was just thinking about this issue, added my own comment.</span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/saundras_s/status/2223994299">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> RT @kiwanja Development best practice for beginners. #2 http://is.gd/15qhW – I was just thinking about this issue, added my own comment.

[Original tweet, Topsy page]

]]> By: saundra http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 saundra Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:55:30 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=1937#comment-1249 I was just thinking about that this morning. Too often we give in ways that feel good to us but are not the best for those we are trying to help. For instance, we send a group of volunteers to build a community center, instead of using the money spent on airfare to instead hire local people to build the center. We then stock the center with goods purchased at Walmart or donated from half a world away instead of spending more to buy goods locally, thereby putting more money into the local economy. In America, we are so worried about protecting our jobs from outsourcing, yet we actively undercut economic opportunities for those we are trying to help. I was just thinking about that this morning. Too often we give in ways that feel good to us but are not the best for those we are trying to help.
For instance, we send a group of volunteers to build a community center, instead of using the money spent on airfare to instead hire local people to build the center. We then stock the center with goods purchased at Walmart or donated from half a world away instead of spending more to buy goods locally, thereby putting more money into the local economy.
In America, we are so worried about protecting our jobs from outsourcing, yet we actively undercut economic opportunities for those we are trying to help.

]]> By: Alasdair Munn http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/development-best-practice-for-beginners-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 Alasdair Munn Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:47:49 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=1937#comment-1248 I'm looking forward to number three Great pic. I’m looking forward to number three
Great pic.

]]>