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Month: June 2009
Grameen’s AppLab comes of age
Today is a very exciting day for many colleagues in Uganda, a day which sees the launch of a suite of new services from Grameen’s AppLab project. I was fortunate enough to be involved in the very early stages of the initiative, spending a month on the ground studying a mixture of geography, culture, challenges, … Continue reading Grameen’s AppLab comes of age
Coffee, Clark, Careers
All great journalists immediately put you at ease. Clark Boyd, someone I’ve been extremely fortunate to have spoken to on a number of occasions, is one of them. Interviews feel more like chats over cups of coffee in the dentists waiting room than recorded interviews set to go out over the airways in the US … Continue reading Coffee, Clark, Careers
FrontlineSMS:365
As the latest iteration of FrontlineSMS celebrates its first birthday, now is as good-a-time as any to sit back with a double latte and reflect on the successes – and challenges – of the past twelve months Happy birthday to \o/ Exactly one year ago today – 25th June, 2008 – saw the release of … Continue reading FrontlineSMS:365
FrontlineSMS reaches out in Cambodia
Brad, Angelina team up with FrontlineSMS project in Cambodia: UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA PRESS RELEASE Researchers from the University of Canberra are working with the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation (MJP), an organisation founded by philanthropists Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, to trial a cost effective text-messaging system. The project with the University of New England is funded … Continue reading FrontlineSMS reaches out in Cambodia
Mobile meets plough in Cambodia
In this, the tenth in our series of FrontlineSMS guest posts, Dr. Robert Fitzgerald – Associate Dean of Research at the University of Canberra in Australia – explains their use of the software to provide agricultural data to farmers in Cambodia, and their plans to expand the service over the coming months Background “For the … Continue reading Mobile meets plough in Cambodia
Development best practice for beginners. #2
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Five ways to reconnect
The making of an SMS icon
Running social mobile tools through the global branding machine might not seem like an obvious thing to do, but done right it can lead to some surprising – and unexpected – results. This is our story. “Branding was the last thing on our minds. It was October 2007 and we were knee-deep building out the … Continue reading The making of an SMS icon
Where compliance is king
This is the ninth in our series of FrontlineSMS guest posts. In this latest post Aurelio Gomes, who works out of Universidade Catolica de Mocambique, explains their use of the software in monitoring and improving anti-retroviral treatment (ART) compliance among rural communities in Mozambique Thanks to the US President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), … Continue reading Where compliance is king
Focus on the users, and all else will follow
If we were to have a mantra on the FrontlineSMS project, it would be this: “Focus on the users, and all else will follow”. From the very beginning we’ve been unashamedly focused on servicing the needs of our growing NGO user base. Much of the advanced functionality you see in the software today has been … Continue reading Focus on the users, and all else will follow
Missions look to SMS in Nigeria
This is the eighth in our series of FrontlineSMS guest posts. Here, Mike Blyth – Computer Systems Coordinator at Serving in Mission (SIM) – discusses their use of the software among missions operating in central Nigeria Jos, Nigeria has been in the news recently because of riots in November that killed hundreds of people. This … Continue reading Missions look to SMS in Nigeria
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 … Continue reading Building for mobile at the margins