Tryggvi Thayer, Ph.D.
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Category Archives: ICTs
Leapfrogging, China, strange calls from the US… It all gets you thinking.
I had an interesting phone call this evening. It was from someone in the US who was preparing a piece for a morning radio show on the impact of Skype in China and was interested in the “leapfrogging” aspect. As … Continue reading
Posted in Development, ICTs, Leapfrogging development
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Knowledge and learning in the global knowledge-based economy
Another draft related to my thesis. This one follows the previously posted drafts and discusses the theoretical foundations of the concepts of “knowledge” and “learning” in a globalized knowledge-based economy with special emphasis on ICTs. Links to the previous chapters … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Education, ICTs, Knowledge development
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Report on Open Source – interesting points on collaboration and learning
The European Commission (DG Enterprise and Industry, I suppose) has made available a comprehensive report on the significance of free/libre and open source (FLOSS) applications for economic and innovation development. The report is titled “Economic impact of open source software … Continue reading
Posted in Education, ICTs, Information Society, Knowledge development
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iPhones and $100 laptops – Innovation is alive and well and looking toward a bright future
Apple finally announced its long awaited “iPhone” today. To tell the truth it’s a pretty snazzy gadget. Although many have attempted to accomplish similar technological convergence, Apple, as so often before, seem to have anticipated users’ needs and wishes to … Continue reading
Microsoft invents IT language for Mapuche Indians in Chile
The story about Microsoft’s translation of its software into Mapuzugun, a language spoken by about 400,000 indiginous Mapuche Indians in Chile, has been raising a lot of attention on the net. The Mapuche Indians want to take Microsoft to court … Continue reading
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UNDP-APDIP’s “e-Primers” open-sourced
People over at the UNDP’s Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP) have caught on to the brilliance of Wikis. They’ve released a bunch of their “e-Primers” under a GFDL license onto Wikibooks. What this means is that they are free to … Continue reading
