Category Archives: ICTs

United Nations University embraces opencourseware

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Tryggvi Thayer

The United Nations University (UNU), a network of specialised research and knowledge sharing programs, has announced that it has joined the OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCW Consortium). The OCW Consortium is an initiative which I believe was launched by MIT after they … Continue reading →

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The heist of the 21st century

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Tryggvi Thayer

Now here’s an interesting development (in Icelandic). A player in the game Eve Online, which has a very economical bent, opened a bank and convinced players that they would receive interest on their virtual savings with the bank. After a … Continue reading →

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Connecting Africa

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Tryggvi Thayer

I came across an entry on the APC.ORG blog site the other day about the lack of submarine fibre cables to and from the African continent. They point to an interesting map of submarine cables throughout the world and point … Continue reading →

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Starting a glossary

Posted on July 18, 2006 by Tryggvi Thayer

Many visitors to my blog end up here in their quest for simple definitions of key terms related to the ICT for development agenda. So I’ve decided to start compiling a glossary of ICT4D terms. I am going to place … Continue reading →

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The United Nations Millennium Declaration and the knowledge-based economy

Posted on July 8, 2006 by Tryggvi Thayer

Time for another installment related to my quest to unravel the deep hidden meanings of the Millennium Declaration (UNMD), the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), globalization, ICTs, etc.. If the UNMD is about globalization, which it largely is, the referenced document … Continue reading →

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Criticism of a criticism of UN-GAID

Posted on July 4, 2006 by Tryggvi Thayer

I came across an article today which was included in the UN ICT Task Force newsfeed. It’s a commentary written by Nalaka Gunawardene on the SciDev.Net web about the new UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN-GAID). Gunawardene is … Continue reading →

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