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DisasterTech via humanitarian.info
Jesse Robbins and Mikel Maron spoke at Where2.0 on Disaster Technology. Streaming video is a bit of a non-starter on my shonky internet connection, but both of these guys have an interesting take on the sector. They’re both technology evangelists, but minus the utopianism that makes my fists itch. A platform like Where2.0 is fantastic [...]...
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Conference Only ($1525.75) Conference and Workshop(1780.75)... A big hello to ISCRAM 2008 via humanitarian.info
Word reaches me that Dennis King, one of my favourite commenters, put this blog on the big screen at the ISCRAM 2008 conference. I was supposed to be there this year, but once again wasn’t able to make it. So to anybody visiting this blog from ISCRAM, welcome - I hope you find it somewhat [...]...
NetHope Summit 2008 blog via humanitarian.info
It’s the time of year when NetHope like to get together and stare at hardware until it breaks. That’s right, the NetHope Summit 2008 is on again, this time hosted by Cisco - and once again, David Goodman of IRC is blogging from the conference....
Mekong ICT Camp - Fire Poi via from the horizon
One of the other great things about the camp is that it gave me the opportunity to play with the new Fire Pois which I brought myself when I was back home in New Zealand - with some really good photographers around to take photos!
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Mekong ICT Camp - Day 5 via from the horizon
On the final day, we presented our Information Management track project. It was decided that our project would look into social networking at the camp, so a questionnaire was prepared and distributed, asking various questions about the number of friendship people had before during and after the camp, and the best activities for making [...]...
Mekong ICT Camp - Day 4 via from the horizon
On the fourth day I ran my session on Database Design. As I was only asked to present this session three days previously, I hadn’t had any spare time to put together anything other than an outline and make rough notes. Fortunately this is a topic which I’ve spent far too much time thinking about, [...]...
Mekong ICT Camp - Day 2 via from the horizon
I don’t know how people live-blog from conferences and workshops. When I haven’t been in the various sessions, I’m talking interesting people, and when I’m not doing that I’m exhausted. Hence this rest of the posts about the camp are several days late! I have also been trying to get some work sorted out, and [...]...
Mekong ICT Camp - Day 3 via from the horizon
Day 3 became more interesting, but also further increased my information overload, not only from all the new material which I was being exposed to, but from all the new ideas which it was spawning!
The first session introduced the Visualizing Information for Advocacy booklet, which covered different ways to design information. The booklet was [...]...
Mekong ICT Camp - Day 1 via from the horizon
Today was the first day of the Mekong ICT (Information Communication Technology) Camp which I am attending in Thailand. The camp is for people from Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, and despite that I am neither from this region, nor working in the region, I felt that Indonesia was close enough, and it sounded [...]...
I Found Cynicism at the Bottom of a Fondue Pot via from the horizon
I have definitely suffered from the blogger’s paradox – when times are interesting, there’s no time to blog. And times have been very interesting, which explains why this post is almost a month late.
It actually all started with this blog of mine, through which I managed to attract the attention of Paul Currion, someone who [...]...
ISCRAM-China Workshop 2007 via from the horizon
I’ve been struggling to find time to update my blog in the aftermath of my trip to China, but I’ve finally got a spare moment. This will be the first post of hopefully many.
The main reason/excuse for this trip was to attend the ISCRAM (Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management) – China Workshop, where [...]...
Welcome to China via from the horizon
I’ve barely been here 12 hours, but the Great Firewall of China is preventing me from blogging – so why not!
My trip here was slightly hectic. I had to catch four flights from Banda Aceh, but my second flight got delayed by 2 hours (never again will I use a AirAsia), as a result I [...]...
Developing Databases for Disasters in Developing Countries via from the horizon
I’m posting a paper which I prepared for a ISCRAM (Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management) Workshop in China which I am going to this week.
Feedback is welcome.
ABSTRACT
Databases are an important tool for International Non Government Organizations (INGOs) to use for disaster management. However they are only a component of a larger information system, [...]...
IAAMSLIC 2007 Conference via AgInfo News from IAALD
Aquatic and marine science librarians and information specialists will meet in Florida for the 33rd IAMSLIC Conference. Topics on the agenda include:
Digital archiving, repositories and technology
Author’s rights, open access publishing and open data
Grey literature
Web 2.0, a catch phrase or a new phase for your library?
Natural disasters: is there any way to be ready?
Geographic Information...
IAALD World Congress 2008 via AgInfo News from IAALD
From 24 to 27 August 2008, IAALD will co-organize the World Conference on Agricultural Information 2008. Co-sponsored with AFITA and WCCA, the congress theme is "the Agricultural Information Community of the future: Progress, Development, Partnerships."
This 12th World Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists, the 6th World Congress on Computers in...
Conference: Information Fueling the Future of Agbiosciences via AgInfo News from IAALD
The 2008 USAIN conference will be held in Wooster, OH from April 27 to 30. The theme of the conference is Tradition in Transition: Information Fueling the Future of Agbiosciences.
A brochure can be downloaded at www.usain.org/Conferences/2008conf/usain_ohio.pdf
Tags: agricultural information usa...
e-Agriculture Week in Rome via AgInfo News from IAALD
In September 2007, FAO, IAALD, CTA, CGIAR, IFAD and other partners are joining forces in a series of meetings in Rome.
The official launch of the e-agriculture.org web site will be one of the many events taking place during e-Agriculture Week: 22-28 September 2007.
The highlight will be the Web2forDev Conference focusing on ways that stakeholders in agriculture and rural development can make...
ICT and Agriculture sessions at WITFOR 2007 via AgInfo News from IAALD
The use of ICTs to improve sustainable agricultural production systems by disseminating knowledge and information, particularly to rural communities will be one of the subject areas discussed at the World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR) to be held in Addis Ababa from 22 to 24 August 2007.
Tags: agricultural information ICT...
AgNIC annual meeting 2007 via AgInfo News from IAALD
From 9-11 May, 2007, the Agriculture Network Information Centre (AgNIC) holds its annual meeting at Mississippi State University. As well as the regular updates on the progress of AgNIC, this year's agenda includes formulation of an AgNIC strategic plan and updates on the National Digital Library for Agriculture.
Tags: agricultural information usa...
Food, Agriculture and Nutrition sessions at SLA via AgInfo News from IAALD
FAN Activities at the 2007 SLA Annual Conference include a mix of networking sessions , paper presentations and panels.
The action kicks off on 3 June with a reception; on 4 June speakers from USAIN, AgNIC, IAALD, FAO, and the National Agricultural Library will address 'new trends in food, nutrition and agriculture associations, societies, and libraries'; and on the 5th, panelists and vendors...
Conference: Image Management in Bio and Environmental Sciences via AgInfo News from IAALD
IAALD has teamed up with the UK eInformation Group to organise a one day workshop on Image Management in Bio and Environmental Sciences, in Manchester, on 31 May 2007.
Tags: agricultural information images...
Conférence : Développement du Web collaboratif via AgInfo News from IAALD
Le CTA, la FAO, Euforic et d'autres organisations dans le domaine du développement se sont joints dans l'organisation d'une conférence internationale sur l'utilisation des soi-disantes applications « Web 2.0 » afin de faciliter la mise en réseau, la collaboration et le partage des connaissances dans les domaines de l'agriculture, du développement rural, et de la gestion des ressources...
Conference: Participatory Web for Development via AgInfo News from IAALD
CTA, FAO and other development organizations are joining forces to hold an international conference on the use of so-called 'web 2.0' applications to facilitate networking, collaborating and exchanging knowledge in agriculture, rural development and natural resource management.
The conference will be held at FAO in Rome from 25 to 27 September 2007, with pre-conference seminars on 24......
DevNet 2007 - Robert Chamber’s Workshop via From The Horizon
On the day before the conference was a workshop on Participatory Methodology run by Robert Chambers. I had the benefit to come into the workshop unaware of Robert Chamber’s celebrity status in development circles.
He certainly was an interesting man. Although he was at least 70, he went jogging each morning (and was impressed by the [...]...
Participatory ProLogs via From The Horizon
As part of Robert Chamber’s Workshop on Participatory Methods at the DevNet Conference, people were invited to speak on their participatory experiences. I was already thinking about the “participatory” approach I had taken with developing the ProLogs software, and somewhat hastily decided to share my experience.
For those of you who don’t know, ProLogs is a [...]...