As always I did look forward to visit a new place. Had spend some time at the Airport in 2006 but that does not count. Nairobi is not a place you can really get the hang of it in one week but I think I got the flavour of it. Staid at Silver Spring Hotel, visited Strathmore University, Ushahidi, Sodnet, InfoNet, Kibera and the National Park, met Marco, Issmail, Jua, Nascha, Els, Eric, Juliana, John, Kipp, Philip, Mikel, Erica and Anna and a lot more. It was awesome.
Twittergids developed a guide on the most active dutch people in the field of development aid. Ranked on the basis of followers so I made in into the top twenty. At the same time I discovered that it is also enough for a ranking at cms.twittergids.nl and webontwikkeling.twittergids.nl.
I think the real guide only will be interesting if it is on a international level or maybe to organise a distinction between organisational twits and individuals. There is to much of a difference in entities on this list.
Why do some of us shy away from trying out new technology such as social media? I can think of several reasons: too complicated to figure out; too expensive to implement; my supervisor/colleagues would never approve; more suitable for geeks and teenagers; it’ll take too much time … Or my personal favorite: I like things the way they are now.
Social Media: The Next Revolution #11 Social Media Tools Series « ICT-KM Program.
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Whether the environment, poverty or peace, almost all of today’s challenges are also dealt with in one or in another way through the Internet. Online social networks play an increasingly important role in connecting people and offering spaces where groups of individuals can work on solutions and push for change. There are fascinating examples from local to global engagement.
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Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom by Tom Holland
Not to me to answer but 2009 will be a crucial year on this topic, organizations with offices in the different countries have problem with communication, so you need ICT tools to work together, commercial solutions like Yahoo groups and Google groups have provided solutions but Development Organization already provided since 2001 a tool called [...]
Yesterday I had an instresting meeting related to Web 2.0, I heard presentation which I gave myself as well and which haven’t really change for a while, after that we had sessions in smaller groups. The level of experience that is difficult to see if it was a succesful event or not. I had fun, [...]
