Mobile phones hold the potential to empower local communities in the developing world, lowering the entrance barrier and providing innovative services, especially when linked to the web. Indigi-Net uses the mobile phone network to its advantage, realizing two important points. The first acknowledges the fact that most tourists nowadays travel with their mobile phones. More [...]
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Even though many villages in the developing world lack basic amenities, where people live through a vicious cycle, suspended in between life and death on a daily basis, technology can still have unexpectedly useful applications. Especially in locations which lack land-line telecommunications, you see more and more people carrying and sharing cellphones. “A few [...] Is giving soap to villagers in India a thoughtless act? But is it okay to give money to adult beggars? By handing out sweets am I actually helping create more cavities in a child’s teeth? Instead of candy, how about giving meat? I mean, eating meat is a luxury in villages and deprived communities. But [...] I was very excited to read the following post by Ethan Zuckerman on Global Souls and xenophilia, the attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs. He argues that isolationist nationalism holds grave economically suicidal circumstances in this increasingly globalized world. The Global Souls, he describes, are best placed to create solutions to global problems, to [...] My submitted essay to the New York Times – “Win a Trip With Nick Kristof” Competition: Have you ever chosen your seat on a bus, according to where you would be harmed least if a suicide bomber decided to detonate? [...] Finally I’m starting to get more and more into this idea that I’ve been working on. The site is looking nicer, and most of the functionality is already there. Each of us has this great potential, according to our backgrounds, knowledge and abilities. Especially when in a foreign setting, our skills may serve as [...] |
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