• LinkInteressanti

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Siti utili

todo: creare tassonomia nei link, dividendoli per sottoargomenti

Software libero e Open Source

• Free Software Foundation : http://www.fsf.org

• AsSoLi : http://www.softwarelibero.it

• introduzione al software libero : http://it.tldp.org/doc-it/intro-swlibero/index.html

• interessante intervista su usi tecnologie e sud del mondo http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/001098.html

• Aspiration Tech is essentially trying to put together a collection of what they're calling social source software. http://aspirationtech.org/

• Una guida per Linux desktop http://punto-informatico.it/p.asp?i=49342 Un'organizzazione internazionale finanziata dalle Nazioni Unite ha pubblicato una guida sull'uso di Linux e le applicazioni open source nel mondo desktop. Un'iniziativa rivolta in particolare ai paesi in via di sviluppo.

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Programmi utilizzabili in progetti ISF

• openoffice: tutta la suite office ... ma libera!

  • http://www.openoffice.org/

• mozilla (Firefox, thunderbird): grande browser e lettore di email

  • http://www.mozilla.org/

• bluefish: ottimo editor per web designers e programmatori

  • http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/

• winefish: LaTeX editor basato su bluefish

  • http://winefish.berlios.de/

• scribus: Scribus is an open source Desktop publishing

  • http://www.scribus.org.uk/

• grass: Geographic Resources Analysis Support System

  • http://grass.itc.it/

• octave: GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations

  • http://www.octave.org/

• gnuplot: portable command-line driven interactive data and function plotting utility

  • http://www.gnuplot.info/

• gonvert: conversion utility that allows conversion between many units

  • http://unihedron.com/projects/gonvert/

• Integrated Healthcare Environment

  • http://www.care2x.it/ (intro) http://gatekeeper.mfh.it/care2002/shadower/care2x/his.php?c2x_lang=it (dimostrazione)

• xmedcon: open source medical image conversion tool & library

  • http://xmedcon.sourceforge.net/

• Top 10 Open Source Tools for eActivism:

  • http://partnerships.typepad.com/civic/2004/01/top_10_open_sou.html Tools that can be used by activists to spread the message and promote interaction by enewsletters, forums, blogs, wikis and epetitions.

• SchoolTool Project http://www.schooltool.org/

  • SchoolTool is a project to develop a common global school administration infrastructure that is freely available under an Open Source licence. Our vision is to create a platform that is equally compelling for schools and colleges in First and Third World countries, that supports best practices in school administration and which is readily customised to comply with local regulatory requirements.

• http://www.iapad.org/ Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development (IAPAD)

  • decidere insieme cosa sviluppare (a livello di modifiche del mondo fisico) attraverso interfaccie fisiche visuali e collaborative.

• http://www.barnraiser.org/ To summarize, we give people the opportunity for education and empowerment through access to information communication technology.

  • they created aroundme http://build.barnraiser.org/am_overview.php

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Ricerca

Dal gruppo TIER di Berkeley

http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu/docs/CFT-ieee.pdf The Case for Technology in Developing Regions

Molto buono. Leggetelo. All'inizio due utili frasi:

I hope the industry will broaden its horizon and bring more of its remarkable dynamism and innovation to the developing world. 
Kofi Annan,United Nations, 2002

Among the broad set of top-down Millennium Development Goals that the United Nations established in 2000 (http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals ), one stands out: "Make available the benefits of new technologies especially information and communications technologies." 

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Associazioni/ong affini

• inveneo http://www.inveneo.org/

  • Our Mission To strengthen communities, bridge families and save lives in remote villages through information and communication technology. What We Do We create and deploy innovative technology solutions that provide remote villages and the NGOs that serve them access to information technology and essential communication capabilities. Our First Solution A low cost, ruggedized, pedal and solar-powered PC and communications system that provides remote villages access to simple computing, voice calling, e-mail and the Internet.
• L’Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria (ICU) è un’Organizzazione non governativa che realizza progetti di cooperazione allo sviluppo nei paesi del Sud del mondo e promuove iniziative di informazione ed educazione sui temi della solidarietà internazionale. L’ICU è un Ente morale senza fini di lucro eretto dal Presidente della Repubblica con decreto n°921 del 5 settembre1967 e riconosciuto di diritto Onlus.

  • http://www.icu.it/

• Ricerca e Cooperazione (RC) è una Organizzazione Non Governativa impegnata in attività di cooperazione internazionale che promuove, progetta e realizza programmi di sviluppo nei paesi del Terzo Mondo, utilizzando volontari, cooperanti ed esperti. L’associazione è senza fini di lucro, ha sede in Roma, ed è stata fondata nel 1985 da un gruppo di soci che aveva maturato una grande esperienza nel campo del lavoro volontario e della cooperazione tecnica internazionale.

  • http://www.ricercaecooperazione.org/

• ThinkCycle ThinkCycle is an academic, non-profit initiative engaged in supporting distributed collaboration towards design challenges facing underserved communities and the environment. ThinkCycle seeks to create a culture of open source design innovation, with ongoing collaboration among individuals, communities and organizations around the world.

  • http://www.thinkcycle.org/

• Information and Communication Technologies for Development

  • http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict

• eduvision

  • http://www.eduvision.or.ke/home/home.html

    • vedi anche http://punto-informatico.it/p.asp?i=51753 In una piccola scuola primaria si sta sperimentando un sistema di e-learning wireless basato su palmari Linux a basso costo e libri digitali. Il progetto verrà presto esteso ad altre scuole africane

• http://www.carovanax.org

• http://www.icvolunteers.org/

• http://www.direq.org/mambo/

Unimondo

• Internet per i diritti umani e per lo sviluppo: http://www.unimondo.org

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Campagne

Unimondo promuove molte campagne interessanti, non solo nell'ambito del software e delle tecnologie. Per partecipare a molte di queste è sufficiente una firma. Tutte le campagne su: http://unimondo.oneworld.net/article/archive/4287

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Tecnologie

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Cooperazione Internazionale allo Sviluppo e Tecnologie

• http://www.annozero.org/nuovo/pages.php?page=terzo+mondo

• http://www.schoolnet.na/news/stories/msft20021111.html

• Portare Internet dove manca il pane http://www.annozero.org/nuovo/pages.php?page=pane+internet

• L'elettricita' e' un problema in molti paesi. Wifi networks e portatili powered by biciclette una soluzione. vedi http://www.boingboing.net/2004/10/05/laoss_bikepowered_wi.html

  • vedi il progetto Jhai (che sembrano smanettoni senza frontiere http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/sdm/previewDocument.do~activeDocumentId=446462 http://www.jhai.org/

• Open Knowledge Network http://www.openknowledge.net/

  • information for development that's free to share

    Open Knowledge Workspace http://www.dgroups.org/groups/okn/index.cfm?CookieTested=TRUE Lista messaggi http://www.dgroups.org/groups/okn/index.cfm?op=main&cat_id=658 (interessante la mailing list OKN-Africa " To subscribe please send us a message with the subject SUBSCRIBE. You can send your message via email to okn-africa@oneworld.net.")

• World Summit on the Information Society : http://www.itu.int/wsis/

• Communication Rights for Information Society : http://www.crisinfo.org

• ONG Virtual Store (un ridistributore di trashware, ma non solo) http://www.ongvirtualstore.it/

• SchoolNet Namibia: http://www.schoolnet.na/

  • "SchoolNet Namibia is a nonprofit provider of internet service, hardware and training to the nation's schools. Since February, 2000, close to 250 schools have received free hardware, free training on the Linux operating system and subsidized telephone service to help get the nation's young people online. It's all part of the plan to empower youth through internet access. Through a number of ambitious strategies such as its adoption of a Linux Terminal Server thin-client networks, its dedication to the open source movement and its fledgling wireless and solar plans, the prize-winning operation has begun to realize a vision of Namibia where all students have not just access to the internet, but the skills to participate in the digital revolution." Molto interessante il loro progetto per connettere in wireless tutte le scuole. http://www.schoolnet.na/projects/wireless/conference.html

• Geekcorps http://www.geekcorps.org/

  • "A US-based, non-profit organization, we place international technical volunteers in developing nations. We contribute to local IT projects while transferring the technical skills needed to keep projects moving after our volunteers have returned home."

• http://www.eriders.net/ eRiders - Mission Driven Technology Support for Non Governmental Organizations

  • eRiders are roving technology consultants who work on a one-to-one basis with a group of related non-governmental organizations (NGOs), helping each organization to develop and implement an information and communications technology (ICT) strategy tailored to its unique aims, needs, and context. The eRider's primary aims are to help organizations:
    • Understand the potential value of ICTs,
    • Integrate ICTs into their programmatic work, and
    • Enhance the ICT component of their management.
    • Because eRiders are typically local individuals who have both significant NGO experience and substantial technical expertise, they are able to think about technology from the NGO's perspective. As local individuals, they are aware of the NGO's cultural context and are sincerely dedicated to improving the society in which they work.

• http://www.tacticaltech.org/ngoinabox NGO-in-a-box offers a set of reviewed and selected Free and Open Source software (F/OSS), tailored to the needs of NGO's.

• telecentri: funzionano? come? http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/sdm/previewDocument.do~activeDocumentId=441647

• http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2005/view/e_sess/5847 Pilot projects are under way in various locations which combine low-cost computers, telecommunication, wireless, and alternative energy technologies to meet expressed needs of people on the margins of the global economy.

• http://www.firstmilesolutions.com/ Our technology leverages two major trends that are rapidly driving costs down: WiFi (802.11x wireless) and digital storage. Essentially, we develop cached WiFi intelligence.

• Developing Countries Choosing Linux http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/gNlItEOIk9FqV2/Developing-Countries-Choosing-Linux.xhtml

• Quando Linux fa politica Il pinguino è solo software? O è il nuovo simbolo della sinistra rivoluzionaria? http://www.zeusnews.it/index.php3?ar=stampa&cod=4178

• Members of this list may be interested in the recently completed "VSAT Buyer's Guide" available at http://ictinafrica.com/vsat/ The guide was written by Alex Twinomugisha and Sandra Aluoch and is

intended to help purchasers of VSAT services make the most informed decisions possible.

• Communications Infrastructure for Remote Locations http://www.acacia.org.za/WEBTIMES/bandwidth.htm

• Wireless Networks as a Low-Cost, Decentralized Alternative for the Developing World http://informal.org.uk/wirelessroadshow/

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Formazione in Universita'

• http://wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikiversity "Welcome to the Wikiversity, a free, open learning environment and community. You can find online courses about many different topics here, and create courses of your own." per ora e' in inglese e spagnolo ma essendo un wiki nulla ci inpedisce di iniziarne la versione italiana

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Software libero e no profit

• Debian non profit , Debian è una distribuzione gnu/linux : http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-nonprofit/

• Choosing and Using Open Source Software: A primer for nonprofits: http://nosi.net/primer/html/

• una lista di utilizzi di software libero in enti no profit :

  • http://nosi.mediajumpstart.net/studies/index.php?view=list_study&action=select_study

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Copyright, Brevetti e Libero accesso alla conoscenza

• wiki del libro "free culture" di lessig: http://blogspace.com/freeculture/Main_Page

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Informazione

• rivista canadese di media-attivisti : http://www.adbusters.org

• gruppo di media-attivisti spagnoli : http://www.yomango.org

• Indymedia : http://indimedia.org/

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Blog

• http://www.worldchanging.com/ Grande blog!

• http://afrik.blog.excite.it/ Il blog di Joseph T. Mukumbi sull'Africa

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Articoli, video, interviste...

• Combining Renewable Energy With Information And Communication Technologies: a New Solution to Rural Poverty And Global Competitiveness http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200403190392.html (bisogna iscriversi!)

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Ricerca

• http://www.annozero.org/shalom/paper_digital_divide.pdf paper sul digital divide in italiano del 2004

• http://www.openresearch.co.za/index.html (http://www.openresearch.co.za/refurbq.html Are second-hand PCs worth it? How much does it cost you to own and maintain refurbished computers in Africa, compared to the cost of owning and maintaining new PCs? We have compiled 16 easy questions that aim to find out problems you may have had with your PCs, and to better understand the conditions in Africa that affect the life-span and maintenance of computers. )

• Structural Properties of the African Web (universita' di milano) : http://ubi.imc.pi.cnr.it/projects/ubicrawler/exp/ca/africa/

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Link per trashware

LinkInteressantiTrashware

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Libri

• La sindrome del computer arrugginito Nuove tecnologie nel Sud del mondo tra sviluppo umano e globalizzazione, GianMarco Schiesaro, Torino, SEI, 2003;

• Galassia Internet Manuel Castells, Feltrinelli, 2002;

• Errore di sistema Teorie e pratiche di Adbusters, a cura di Bifo Berardi, Lorenza Pignatti, Marco Magagnoli, Feltrinelli,2003.

Offerte Di Lavoro

OfferteLavoro

Immagini

Immagini che possono essere usate: ImmaginiInteressanti

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DA ORDINARE!!!

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qualcuno riesce a scaricare questo piffero di realvideo? http://www.telecommons.com/villagephone/VPvideo.html http://www.telecommons.com/villagephone/contents.html

BBC In Depth: Digital Destinations http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2002/digital_destinations/default.stm

http://www.telecommons.com/

http://www.devmedia.org/Papers.cfm http://www.devmedia.org/Category.cfm?Category=2

http://bridges.org/ http://bridges.org/software_comparison/index.html

• CTM-Altromercato: http://www.altromercato.it/

• http://www.Oneworld.org

• http://www.Linuxtrent.it

• http://www.digital-divide.it

• http://www.geekcorps.org/

• http://www.idealist.org/index.html

vi segnalo: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethan/2004/04/01#a159 (tipo fondatore di geekcorps)

da cui seguono i link http://informal.org.uk/wirelessroadshow/ Wireless Networks as a Low-Cost, Decentralized Alternative for the Developing World http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2004/view/e_sess/4697

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http://www.soros.org/initiatives/information http://www.soros.org/initiatives/information/articles_publications/articles/realizing_20030903

"Development and the Internet", a free online series offered by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School.

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/bold/devel03

A proposito della documentazione sull'uso del free software anche nei progetti di solidarieta, vi seganlo un paio di link a documenti interessanti. Non li ho letti approfonditamente (sono in inglese), ma e' interessante anche la fonte.

• http://www.apc.org/english/capacity/training/opensource.shtml http://www.apc.org/english/rights/software/index.shtml http://www.apc.org/

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Regional - Renewable Energy Promotion through Information and Communication Technology Introduction in Off-grid Rural Communities http://www.gefonline.org/projectDetails.cfm?projID=1550