ICT4D Jester
@ict4djester
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Ex-computer scientist, part-time Luddite, and full-time reforming ICT4D researcher (currently on Step 5 of the 12-step program)
in the ether
Joined April 2010
If they'd only share the proceeds, you could almost cheer for these folks. #DigitalRobinHood
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From the top ten list of things Jester should have predicted, but didn't...!
nytimes.com
The operator is shutting off the internet browsers because they have drawn people who linger for hours, sometimes drinking, using drugs or watching pornography.
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Couldn't have said it better! "Screens In Schools Are a $60 Billion Hoax" Nicholas Kardaras @TIME
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RT @Longreads: Can we truly achieve mindfulness through an app? https://t.co/KiL0dayCZI
@TheBafflerMag #longreads
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13 ways machine learning can steer you wrong: https://t.co/BOp2bsMSaM Lisa Morgan @InformationWeek
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Latest use of apps by ISIS: https://t.co/BWRqlxOHgt No surprise if you believe law of amplification.
ibtimes.co.uk
Girls as young as 12 are being held as sex slaves and anyone who attempts to flee is killed.
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RT @umsi: TOMORROW at NOON: Our first live #umsibookclub, with @kentarotoyama! Get your questions ready and RSVP:
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EU Digital Czar makes terrible bid for relevance...
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RT @Benetech: “What happens when technology can do great things for humanity, but doesn’t make a lot of money?”
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RT @shreyarcTOI: Exactly what Kentaro Toyama said. And he was with Microsoft. Even techies agree on this!
#technology w/o institutional capacity to improve #education won't help. Read Kiran Bhatty: https://t.co/mq9tODr3WO
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Gates Foundation highlights EOCs (read: health systems) in fight against polio...
nytimes.com
A new approach helps put the world on the brink of eradicating a debilitating disease.
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RT @llwoodman: Our obsession w/data in #ICT4D is off-target: less focus on *getting* data and more on *using* data for good. @NetHope_org
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RT @umsi: Join the FIRST-EVER #umsibookclub this Summer! https://t.co/mPZ9qRoKFs
#tech #booksworthreading #education
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Come hear the amazing story of a rural Zimbabwean mother who becomes a global health PhD. #ICTD2016
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RT @tap2k: I'm looking for postdoc at @cornell_tech nyc interested in ICTD, learning technologies and/or CS Ed. Ping me and r/t. Thanks!
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No surprise! RT @profkeithdevlin: Little Evidence That 80,000 Edu Apps In Apple Store Actually Improve Learning
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RT @george_chen: Most Americans spend two full workdays a month on Facebook https://t.co/BYus8IMrVY via @qz
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While liberals tweet, gun lobby gets organized...
nytimes.com
Lessons from the most effective civil rights group in the country.
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