In response to a recent FB shout-out by Ebba Kalondo, Deputy Head F24/RFI Africa Service @EbbaKalondo, about whether or not she should apply for the job vacated by Dr Audrin Mathe (PhD in Rhetoric Studies), i.e., Chief News and Programming Officer and Deputy…
Tweeting as @tatejoris2 on 25 June 2013, at the 6th (!) Ministry of ICT stakeholders’ “consultative” forum, Arrebusch Lodge, Windhoek, Namibia. EduNet’s blog site will have missed a few of these, so read on for a slightly more verbose update…
Book Aid International writes: Children’s books: fiction and picture books for all ages and reading abilities; simple ‘readers’; low literacy books for all ages Educational books: school curriculum support materials for primary and secondary levels English as a foreign language (EFL):…
I’ve not abandoned my commitment to ICT4E in developing spaces – but I tend to operate in a parallel universe where I’m not endlessly frustrated by mind-numbing government decision-makers:-) – my recent blog-rolls will likely entertain you with the latest…
And Namibia? At end of 2012, there were 231,340 FB users out of 259,899 internet users, representing some 12% of Namibia’s population.And from the twittersphere – Joris Komen @tatejoris2 @Nnenna http://bit.ly/17m3LGw courtesy of Poke a social media parody – 27% of FB’s server capacity…
Further to my earlier comments on recent M$FT phallophoria in Kenya: http://bit.ly/19pzoyMVENTURES AFRICA – The Kenyan government set aside KSh53.2 billion ($622 million) to support the one laptop one child programme in today’s budget speech presented by cabinet secretary for…
Given the gloomy reality that even if we were to migrate to a new set of *internet-based* apps someone clever and resourced enough to crack a code will do so, regardless. Really, the fact is that if we are going…
Update on viva FOSSFA, viva – now #OpenSF, #FOSSFA & #Idlelo6Thank you Seun, Tomslin for your update on the relationship M$FT is*reinforcing* with the government of Kenya.A personal analysis of what you and the former PS of ICT, Bitange Ndemo,have…
In thoughtful consideration of several reactions to Nnenna’s (@Nnenna) posting concerning the (locally) publicised M$FT hotshot Jean-P. meeting yet another African President (yawn – Jean-P. is an avid collector of ‘me-and-da-president’ kodak moments).I have weathered many futile interactions with near-fabled…
Why Programming Is The Core Skill Of The 21st Century by @laureninspace http://readwrite.com/2013/05/31/programming-core-skill-21st-century is a good read. I particularly liked “Through an experiment called Hungry Academy, Living Social paid 24 people to learn computer programming within five months. All two dozen passed…
tatejoris; personally speaking... 