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Does “Inclusion” Matter for Open Government? (The Answer Is, Very Much Indeed!)
I am currently in Brasilia at a truly remarkable event–the inaugural meeting of the Open Government Partnership. It is remarkable for a number of reasons–the role and significance of Civi… more →
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Does "Inclusion" Matter for Open Government? (The Answer Is, Very Much Indeed!)
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wrote 1 month ago: I am currently in Brasilia at a truly remarkable event–the inaugural meeting of the Open Gover … more →
Two Worlds of Open Government Data: Getting the Lowdown on Public Toilets in Chennai and Other Matters
wrote 1 month ago: On the face of it (so to speak) locating public toilets would appear to be a natural for Open Govern … more →
National ICT Policy-2009 of Bangladesh
wrote 2 months ago: Bangladesh Government has adopted a national ICT Policy in 2009. It includes action items for realiz … more →
Gmail Hell(2), an Epilogue: They are the Borg and they are Too Big To Be Allowed To Fail (You and Me!)
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wrote 2 months ago: After some 6 days of being unable to access or use my primary email address or account with gmail, a … more →
Gmail Hell, Day 4: Dealing with the Borg (Or "Being Evil" Without Really Thinking About It
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wrote 3 months ago: I’m an email guy. I live (and live and maybe one day I’ll die) with email… I use … more →
Green ICT Policy and the Calculation of the Environmental Footprint
wrote 3 months ago: Over Breakfast, the discussion focused on the importance of addressing the footprint of the ICT … more →
The Internet of things
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wrote 4 months ago: We need to talk Today’s post is written by Rudolf Van der Berg of the OECD’s Science, Technology and … more →
Tales of the Chinese Railway: The Digital 1%, Vint Cerf's Internet as a Human Right (Not), the Digital Divide and Effective Use
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wrote 4 months ago: There is a very widespread belief that the increasingly ubiquitous availability of mobile communicat … more →
Multi-stakeholder Model Stands Out at 2011 IGF in Nairobi
wrote 4 months ago: Internet activists emphasised the need to maintain the multi-stakeholder model of the Internet Gover … more →
Are Mobiles a Capitalist Plot to Keep the Poor Poor?
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wrote 6 months ago: I was moved to ask the question in the title after spending the good part of a week going in and out … more →
Measuring the Unmeasurable (Internet) and Why It Matters
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wrote 8 months ago: I had the opportunity recently to participate in an invitational workshop sponsored by the the Organ … more →
Inter-governmental organisations sharing and linking open and real-time data for inclusive governance, development effectiveness and protection of privacy and security
wrote 8 months ago: Photo Credit: Linking Open Data cloud diagram by Richard Cyganiak and Anja Jentzsch By Keisha Taylor … more →
"Measuring the Internet Economy" from a Civil Society Perspective
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wrote 9 months ago: Among other things I’m involved in a variety of discussions in several venues on Civil Society and t … more →
Digital Deja Vu
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wrote 9 months ago: Big headline today that the US DOJ has filed an anti-trust suit to block AT&T’s acquisitio … more →
Agricultural Information, the Global Food Crisis, and Effective Use
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wrote 10 months ago: Community Informatics colleague Ajit Maru, in a posting on the Community Informatics Research elist … more →
Don’t Be Fooled by Abstract Jargon: Internet Governance and ICT Policy Affect All of Us
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wrote 10 months ago: by Keisha C Taylor Most civil society organisations (CSOs) and citizens don’t use high-level jargon … more →
“Open”–“Necessary” but not “Sufficient”
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wrote 11 months ago: My somewhat off the cuff comments/reflections on the recent OKCon(ference), the annual event of the … more →
Louder Voices and Learning Networks
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wrote 11 months ago: There is a stream of contemporary thought (with which I generally agree) which sees knowledge as bei … more →
Telecentres are not “Sustainable”: Get Over It!
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wrote 1 year ago: (These are notes for a talk to be given to an ITU sponsored workshop on Telecentre sustainability in … more →
