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Weaving a polyglot Internet - open and voluntary translation"Content in local languages is as essential as connectivity. People must be able to create and receive information in their local language and to be able to express themselves in ways their peers can understand." UNESCO. The growing worldwide web and the separation of languages The content ...
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My (short) TED Talk on Ushahidi | White AfricanMy (short) TED Talk on Ushahidi I was fortunate enough to be at TED this year as a Fellow. While there, I did a short TED University talk on the roots of Ushahidi , where it’s going and a new initiative called Swift River . Needless to say, it was only 4 minutes, so I couldn’t get all the ...
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Crowdsourcing employees via SMS in developing worlds « The DigiVineBoth “ShortTask” and “Amazon’s Mechanical Turk” enable Internet-connected computer users to earn money performing quick tasks for organizations far and wide. Now, a new project aims to bring similar income opportunities to those in the developing world using the ubiquitous mobile phone.
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Global Voices Online » Maneno: A Multilingual Blogging Platform Built For African BloggersManeno is a new blogging platform that promises to offer blogging and communication solutions for bloggers with limited or narrow-bandwith in Sub-Saharan Africa. Maneno is a Swahili word, which means “words.” Considering the multilingual nature of the region, Maneno was built to allow for ...
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Maneno: A Blogging Platform Made for Africa | White AfricanManeno means “words” in Swahili. An apt name for a new blogging platform being created right now by Miquel Hudin Balsa Currently, the Maneno website interface is available in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Kiswahili. Most of the translation work is being built on feedback from ...
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Covering the DRC - challenges for Ushahidi - The Ushahidi BlogI think has been useful to learn not just for us but for more importantlyothers interested in the applying the concept of crowdsourcing for early conflict warning and for crisis situations given the distributed model that we will apply when Ushahidi is released to the public (i.e. we will rarely ...
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