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Google Reader: Workaround for sharing
[Credit for Featured Image: Marina Zaitseva] As we are all aware Google Reader disabled sharing other than on Google+ in it’s new version. This obviously upset me immensely because I used my share feed for ...
Converting ODK XML Data to CSV
[Featured Image: Open Data Kit | Civic Commons] Context: Household survey in rural Tanzania Task: Combine data from XML files and display in an Excel File Challenges: Nested loop within survey which required questions to ...
You live in Tetnus?
[Warning: Exaggeration happens. Sometimes. And other times life is just THAT funny.] The Kindle Chronicles: First week into Tanzania, Kindle dies. Or well freezes. All I could make out is half an advertisement of some ...
The Tobacco Industry in Tabora
[All images via Hannah Ayers] Smoke and dust seem to be unavoidable in this city. On Sunday I woke up to the distinct smell of someone burning something outside my window. While the dust won’t ...
Barca! And some Turkish team whose name I can’t remember
So here start the usual monthly/bimonthly missives from the heart of this itty bitty safari hostel smack in the middle of the car repair shops in Dar es Salaam. The room has skylights on each ...
Can Technology End Poverty?
[Featured Image: Technology by João Marques] The myth of scale is seductive because it is easier to spread technology than to effect extensive change in social attitudes and human capacity. In other words, it is much ...
Net Change 2010: Mobile Tech
Wednesday, 9th June was spent attending the Mobile Tech portion of the Net Change 2010 conference here in Toronto. Following are some highlights and notes related to it: Mobile Takeover: How cell phones are leading ...
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