The conference will last for 24 hours (starting March 15th 17:00 GMT) and will be live-streamed across the world! We would like representatives from each timezone to participate in the conference program.
Coworking spaces are popping up like mushrooms around the globe. Formally, a coworking place does not mean much more than affordable flex-desks with corresponding WiFi, mail address and perhaps a bit of storage room. However, the success of coworking spaces is not based on the formal setup, but on the materialisation of bringing social media back from its purely virtual existence into the...

I ran into a special article on "The Hole in the Wall Project", a book written by Professor Mitra, who works in the areas of cognitive science, information science and educational technology, and he has a keen interest in engineering and software development:
Quote: "In early 1999, some colleagues and I sunk a computer into the opening of a wall near our office in Kalkaji, New Delhi. The area was located in an expansive slum, with desperately poor people struggling to survive. The screen was visible from the street, and the PC was available to anyone who passed by. The computer...

Since Africa uses facebook as main social media roundabout, many updates will be found first at our facebook page. Emma will be working on the most creative integration of exchange of ideas knowledge, hashtags and other smart solutions to interaction so the mindz.com pages will be constantly updated.
Norman and I started our adventure on Googletalk. We have a fascinating 3 year old chat transcript available for anybody interested to figure out the power of social media in making change. Emma v.d. Klooster / emma media is now in charge of picking up the bit's and pieces and tying all web...

Are your looking for a challenge?
I have thousands of good quality digital pictures, over 20 raw youtube video footage and access t o the core tapes plus access to professional journalists on site text reports to create a fantastic presentatation on how a rural community is entering the 21st century with a little help from me and 800 people in various online networks.
I am looking for folks...

Yesterday we welcomed the first (financial) sponsor to the Bottleneck Fund. This marks the start Bunabumali Viirtual village. A unique showcase how Internet enables a rural vilage in Africa to redesign it''s own future without tradional development aiid.
This businessmodel will proof the power of human creativiity and uses Mindz.com on-line tools to implement change. A proces you can become part...

TimeDesk Africa started with this picture of a makeshift bridge. After almost 2 years chatting with Norman Nakhokoe resulted in an ambitious approach to rural development in Africa due to kickoff with the installation of 2 Naiade solar powered drinkwater and energy systems in Bunabumali, Eastern Uganda

The systems are provided on a 5 year lease basis at a monthly utility service fee the local...

In a few days' time 2 Naiade units will be shipped out to Bunabumali. Expected arrival end of December. Exact date and time to be advised later. This infrasttructure will upcaled with a specially designed Solar powerd battery recharger and LED ligtning system as soon as possible. This will mark the start of the Bunabumali Uganda pilot project. Experiences will be used to start a Panafrican...

Here's a shortcut to the projects we're working on right now;

• Naiade, rural energy and clean water project.
• Building a community center
• Rebuidling the dormitory
• Fundraising
• Toursim
• Buna bakery
• Fruit juice company
• Buna farming

More later...
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