India – June 2009

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• Orange You Glad You Have 3G? February 11, 2010
  3G is a game changer. As I mentioned in my last post, new technologies are being introduced primarily by the mobile service providers.  And for as much as I’m developing bits and pieces of software, my research is to introduce these technologies to the healthcare service providers (HSPs), to educate them on their use, and [...] […]
• Busha! Free just got more expensive… February 11, 2010
  I’ve been looking at information technologies and how they are changing here in Southwest Uganda, as well as how people are assimilating these changes.  Not surprisingly, a lot of these changes are promoted through the marketing campaigns of the mobile service providers. The most popular campaign over the past year is Warid’s Pakalast promotion, in [...] […]
• Entrepreneurship in Uganda January 14, 2010
  I’ve always thought that Africa was full of entrepreneurs – thousands of people eking out a living in container stores and markets selling goods a minimal profit, so they can support their families, send their kids to school, and, in general, survive. Now, there’s clearly a difference between the startups of Silicon Valley that get [...] […]
• Young Researchers in ITID January 1, 2010
  I’ve just had two papers published in the Journal of Information Technology & International Development’s special issue on Human Computer Interaction for Development (HCI4D) (Vol 5, Issue 4, Winter 2009). The first is a lit review and historical overview of the area: Ho, M., Smyth, T., Kam, M., & Dearden, A. (2009). Human-Computer Interaction for [.. […]