Goverments are increasingly tampering with the internet, and we all need to act to stop them….
Read: Civil Society Statement to the e-G8 and G8 I have always seen the Internet as a free space. One where you can be all you want and do all you want. My believe of the Internet’s freedom is underscored by the virtual absence of any regulatory body besides ICANN and the regional NICs regulating […]
Thoughts from the NTC
Yes, I changed the title of this post from ‘Notes from the NTC’ to Thoughts from the NTC. I am adding the collaboratively taken notes in another post and prefer that takes the title ‘Notes from NTC’ Its the second day of the NTEN Non-profit technology conference (NTC) and my third in Washington DC. Even […]
Maximizing Social Networks
Social Networks have become the signature word of the second incarnation of the Internet. The first incarnation being the development of hyperlinks and the the hypertext mark-up language – which literally made it possible for several documents to link to and from several others. The second incarnation – christened web 2.0 by Tim O’Rilley – […]
Thoughts on Projects and Project Management (I): Document all things
I am writing this, first as a note to myself and then to others. I work in an environment where there are several activities best grouped as projects. No project management methodology is employed and project/team leads run their activities as they best deem fit. Since I am PMP, I chose to abide by the […]
With the Egyptians, I stand!
CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation calls for solidarity with Egyptian partners and all citizens of Egypt: Personal notes: I have no qualms with the 30 year rule of Mr Mubarak. I have serious problems with a president whose people no longer wants but clings to power at all cost! I cannot process it – […]
e-Consultation on Migration: Participate now!!!
Greetings wonderful people! Your participation in the first two weeks of the Youth Consultation on Migration and Development is greatly appreciated! This is the third and final week of the consultation, and will focus on policy coordination and climate change. The effects of migration on development are complex and depend on many different factors, from […]
Public speaker ko? Public Speaker ni! A satire
by Oluwakorede Asuni on Friday, 15 October 2010 at 09:01 Original posted to facebook I am a public speaker. Yes ke, a motivational speaker. I love to speak and motivate, so it is the clear and direct career option for me. Haba, I require nothing but the idea to change the world and an energy […]
Reasons I will wait for the Playbook!
I love technology – especially if viewed from the lens “technology makes life easier”. But, in my acquisitions, I have always had one guiding principle, ‘juice out the maximum benefit per dollar invested!’ For this reason, I am not always the first of all people to buy new techs, though usually, I am the first […]
Africa has the means to feed itself but does it have the support – and the will?
By Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda * Africa has a quarter of the world’s arable land but produces only a tenth of our food. On the eve of a pan-African conference on food security, Lindiwe Sibanda asks how African farmers can turn things round. One week from now, 200 agricultural experts from across Africa and around […]
The cloud – Our new home?
I grew up around stories that the earth can no longer support man and we have to look for a new abode. Where? Where will man make his new home? I asked these and many other related questions many times and the usual and confusing answer – coming from mostly my pre-teen peers as confused […]