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Comment on Into(context), Kiva.org and an MMS application by Serena Motes

Serena Motes — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:56:15 +0000

Hey, thanks for the article.Much thanks again. Will read on…

Comment on Into(context), Kiva.org and an MMS application by Melvin Carswell

Melvin Carswell — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:19:07 +0000

Very good article post. Much obliged.

Comment on just give a missed call by Get Ready to Pay for Missed Calls | AmreekanDesi

Get Ready to Pay for Missed Calls | AmreekanDesi — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:11:39 +0000

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Comment on more letters, more problems: ICT4D as a compound term by The field [formerly known as?] ICT4D is messy « Wait… What?

The field [formerly known as?] ICT4D is messy « Wait… What? — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:21:14 +0000

[...] have to wait long before Jonathan Donner drops some good points into the debate in his post More letters, more problems, [...]

Comment on more letters, more problems: ICT4D as a compound term by Substance and Style: Information Content for Education | CTED

Substance and Style: Information Content for Education | CTED — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:50:36 +0000

[...] our minds the critical human resource requirements that we observed in our pilots. Apparently, we don’t know what to call it yet, but we invite other researchers and practitioners of all stripes explore this ICTD space with us [...]

Comment on Is constraint a noun or an adjective in ICT4D? A talk at SAICSIT 2010 by jdonner

jdonner — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 13:06:52 +0000

Thanks Ismael! This is a great link back to Ethan’s work. I had not seen that talk until you mentioned it, but I like it a lot. if I look at it through the lens of how CS/engineering/design vs social science uses constraints in the discussion of ICT4D, I would venture to place Ethan’s use of the term in these slides http://ictlogy.net/?p=1159 as closer to the CS/Engineering uses of the term. A list of constraints appears in slide 23 (cost, power, materials, maintenance). Though offered in this case as nouns, the terms modify, bound, or demand technologies, rather than human actions. (the exception may be his discussion of culture…I’m not certain whether Ethan offers culture as another constraint, or as another orthogonal factor to consider)

Hopefully it is clear to readers that in my post (and in this reply), I’m NOT offering an evaluation of whether this technical lens is better or worse than a social-sciencey lens. I just think it is helpful to be able to see how different these uses can be. Either way, the links that Ethan makes between constraints and innovations are clear and compelling.

Comment on Is constraint a noun or an adjective in ICT4D? A talk at SAICSIT 2010 by ismael peña-lópez

ismael peña-lópez — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 11:09:37 +0000

Hi Jonathan,

I really enjoyed this reflection of yours and I fully agree on the need for bridges, champions, renaissance researchers… you name it.

And I think that the focus on “constraints”, whatever way we take them as (adjectives or nouns) is a very interesting one.

Related to that, you may find interesting revisiting a conference Ethan Zuckerman made in Barcelona two years ago (http://ictlogy.net/?p=1159) in which he spoke just about that, constraints, and how they pushed innovation forward.

Cheers,

Comment on Mobiles in the developing world – 2008 literature review (re)posted by Preliminary insight on mobile innovations in developing countries « Mobile innovations

Tue, 11 May 2010 20:37:12 +0000

[...] (M4D 2010) conference 2010 in Uganda in November. Literature review will follow and contribute to Jonathan Donner’s literature review on mobiles in developing world to connect mobile research made in developed and developing worlds. Posted by tatinho Filed in [...]

Comment on Microsoft OneApp by m4lit: Mobile phones for literacy | Marion Walton

m4lit: Mobile phones for literacy | Marion Walton — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:15:17 +0000

[...] Mobile websites are becoming more and more accessible, thanks to growing availability of feature phones and rapidly expanding mobile networks in Africa. (Cellular operators estimate that about 9 [...]

Comment on mobile livelihood services by Putting people first

Putting people first — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 05:35:59 +0000

Mobile-based livelihood services in Africa…

“Mobile-based livelihood services in Africa: pilots and early deployments” is a new paper by Jonathan Donner, a researcher in the Technology for Emerging Markets Group at Microsoft Research India, The paper describes a collection of initiat…