The problem is that ICT4D [Information & Communications Technology for Development] assumes the very results it seeks to achieve. The human intent and competence ICT4D aims to generate must already be in place for the technology to work. But if developing economies had the capacity, there would be no need for an external technology push: […] Read more – ‘“Can Technology End Poverty?”’.
Some of you may not know this but my background is actually not in computer science: I have a masters degree in European politics and edited a pan-European magazine on art, current affairs, and travel. As I’ve poured myself into the tech scene in Amsterdam I haven’t had much opportunity to look beyond web startups, […] Read more – ‘Introducing the Seattle Project’.
