Using Constraint to Design for Innovation

Ethan Zuckerman has been writing about  Innovating from Constraint in which he offers seven rules that “appear to help explain how (some) developing world innovation proceeds”.   This post was riffed on beautifully by Design in Africa prompting Ethan to produce an extended dance mix version of his post.  All of the above are well worth [...] [...]

WiFi on Steroids Approved in U.S.

November 4th was truly a good news day in the United States.  Not only did the American people elect a leader who will hopefully begin to heal the damage done by 8 years of the Bush regime but, on the same day, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the use of new wireless devices that [...] [...]

South Africa Connect Launches

With support from the Shuttleworth Foundation, a new blog on South African ICT policy has been launched by the Edge Institute and Research ICT AFrica.  The South Africa Connect blog: aims to stimulate debate and provide information and analysis on South African ICT policy by means of public seminars and fora as well as through [...] [...]