Ken Novak: Digital DevelopmentCommunications and info tech in developing countries, especially wireless broadband and high-value applications(Untitled)- November 28, 2006 Strong Angel 3 lessons: This year's Strong Angel exercise has received extensive coverage. An excellent long summary is provided by Sanjana at his ict4peace blog. The linked magazine article provides a few tech takeaways:"Perhaps the most popular technology used during Strong Angel was the Fossil Abacus smart personal object technology (SPOT) watch. This is a wristwatch with an embedded FM radio receiver designed to receive text messages. Although the watches are primarily...http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2006/11/28.html#a3397 (Untitled)- November 27, 2006 Record-Breaking Governance Prize Launched: Great idea: reward leaders to leave office peacefully. "Mo Ibrahim Foundation announced today a $5 million annual prize for African leaders who were elected fairly, improved their country's standard of living, and handed over power peacefully to the next elected government.Recipients of the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership will get $500,000 a year in their first 10 years out of office, and $200,000 a year for the rest..http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2006/11/26.html#a3393 (Untitled)- November 27, 2006 WorldChanging book and book tour: I've been a fan of the blog for years, and now it's a book, complete with big city book tour. Bravo!http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2006/11/26.html#a3392 |