Its been a while since I posted a blog, but last week I attended a Tech Salon that really got me thinking. A previous Salon in London asked the question “What would mobile phones look like if they were designed by women?” This time the question was “What does technology look like when its designed … Continue reading »
Getting Started – Too Many Questions
If you had asked me 18 (ish) months ago what crowdsourcing was, I would have looked at you with a blank stare. It’s weird to think how far I’ve come in that amount of time. Now, ICT4D and ICT4Peace are my two pet interests which I spend my free time thinking and reading about. So … Continue reading »
Lessons Learned and Best Practices: #Kony2012
OK, I know – you are probably sick of reading blog posts about Kony 2012, there are a lot of them (I previously wrote on the campaign, trying to find a balance between skepticism and constructive action). But since I participated in TechChange‘s Twitter Chat on Digital Activism a week or two ago, there have been a few linger questions … Continue reading »
#TCamp12 – Or How I Spent My Weekend.
It only seems fitting that my first official post on my first official blog is about Sunlight Foundation‘s Transparency Camp 2012 – or as one attendee described it ‘drinking a Redbull for government accountability.’ Transparency Camp brings together a wide array of enthusiastic (and incredibly intelligent) people who are all interested in the same … Continue reading »
