Farmbots to the farms!
Robots for TechTuesday! Bots in the farms is pretty interesting in itself coz, well, they’re robots. Apparently commercial farmers are enamored with robots because they help address the farmers’ perennial problem of labor costs and labor availability. But you have to wonder though the sense of this as world population continues to increase which means […]
Setting up your own personal Telco
So you live in a fairly remote farming area where the good graces of the telco seldom if ever makes it presence known. What to do? well, TechTuesday says set up your own telco! MobileActive will show you how: The Village Base Station is built around voice and low-bandwidth data transmissions. It is an economical […]
NGO-in-a-Box redux
TechTuesday is back!!! and for you dear NGO workers we bring back this fab toolset famously known as NGO-in-a-box. “NGO-in-a-box is a collection of essential tools for running a small-to-medium sized NGO. You can use this toolkit to set up and coordinate your office, organise and manage projects, collaborate online and support your campaigns. The […]
Improving literacy through cellphones
TechTuesday shares this fascinating story about how mobile phones are being used to increase literacy among teens in South Africa. Why don’t they just call these books “movel” instead of “m-novel”? South African teens were happy to give their thumbs a rest for a while and take a break between MXit chats to read the […]
BBC Photo Masterclasses now available free online!
This was supposed to be for TechTuesday but got filed away. For noobs and pros alike interested in nature photography, the BBC has made the BBC Wildlife Magazine Photo Masterclasses freely available online. The downloadable PDFs will surely enhance your photography skills. Click here to to view the full list of the Photo Masterclasses…
Mobile Devices Help Monitor Access to Healthcare in Ghana
TechTuesday shares this newsbit from IICD about an African NGO using open source mobile apps to monitor healthcare access in Ghana. SEND will develop an Open Source monitoring tool in cooperation with software developers to be used on handheld mobile devices to collect and share data. Due to the poor communication infrastructure, this will enable […]
The Madness of Crowds and an Internet Delusion
TechTuesday brings this very interesting article by John Tierney of the NYTimes about the hive culture and pack behavior running rampant in the interwebz and how it is “fostering nasty group dynamics and mediocre collaborations.” When does the wisdom of crowds give way to the meanness of mobs? In the 1990s, Jaron Lanier was one […]
Using mobile phones in advocacy campaigns
Here’s an oldie but goodie bag ‘o tips for TechTuesday from MobileActive.org about the effective use of mobile phones in issue campaigns. Speed is often critical in an advocacy campaign and mobile phones allow the rapid dissemination of messages to a network of supporters with specific calls for action. In the developing world, where internet […]
Impact of mobile phones on SME supply chains in Nigeria
TechTuesday presents this interesting study from Eldis about the mobile phone’s impact in Nigeria’s small businessmen. Can mobile telephony improve commercial supply-chains in developing countries? Informational challenges – absence, uncertainty, asymmetry – shape the working of markets and commerce in many developing countries. This paper is a case study of the impact of mobile telephony […]
Philippine farmers warms up to videoconferencing
TechTuesday presents this newsbit from Open Acadaemy for Philippine Agriculture about their latest project to pilot test for effectiveness in terms of usefulness, appropriateness and clarity to farmers the use of videconferencing to “communicate or convey rice S&T information to OPAPA CyberCom farmers. continue reading about how videoconferencing is helping philippine farmers communicate with agri […]
Role of knowledge management and communication in value chains
For TechTusday, here’s a rather serious and insightful reading especially if your work focuses on market intermediation. Lots of ideas to bounce around. Abstract This paper emphasizes the role of knowledge management and communication in value chains from the perspective of resource-poor producers in Latin America. Based on value chain literature, social network theories and […]
Visit DigitalGreen!
TechTuesday showcases an interesting Indian website – DigitalGreen– that seeks to disseminate targeted agricultural information to small and marginal farmers in India through digital video. The Digital Green system sustains relevancy in a community by developing a framework for participatory learning. The system includes a digital video database, which is produced by farmers and experts.
Effective Campaigns using Web 2.0
TechTuesday gifts you with this toolbox from the TacticalCollective via Eldis containing tips, techniques and advice on using new technologies for advocacy. How can Web 2.0 new interactive internet tools and multimedia be used for advocacy and international development? The toolkit provides information and advice on developing your communication and advocacy strategy and using the following types of […]
