by Clint | Aug 8, 2008 | Conferences, ICT4D, Intercultural communication
At first it was way more work than I expected to organize a conference and workshop like TEDC – but in the end, it was a lot of fun to see it all come together and to have so much participation from local Ugandans and from the people from all around the world...
by Clint | Aug 6, 2008 | Cross-cultural perspectives
More than I expected, Ethiopia is green, beautiful, chilly, and the food is great. Like Thai food, they use a lot of peppers and have a spicy taste. You eat with your hands and everyone eats off the same large plate. Because there is a different calendar system here,...
by Clint | Aug 2, 2008 | ICT4D, Key Lessons, Technologies for Intercultural Communication
Taking the ideas from the last two entries (about mistakes that was nick-named the “wireless village”. Essentially, in the middle of nowhere Africa, some people from the US (Inveneo) had spent a ton of money to create a way for 5 remote huts (in an area...