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IMAGINE -1 (MARCH 10TH 2020)
MY PERSONAL DIARY - MARCH 7TH 2020 -NEWYORK…
ContinueAdded by Nangar Soomro on March 15, 2010 at 5:31pm — No Comments
IMAGINE2 It's March 10, 2020. What are you eating for dinner?
It's March 10, 2020. What are you eating for dinner?
I´m on the Yamanote Line. If I had kept on learning Japanese I would have less trouble now trying to understand the voice in Japanese in the loudspeaker. I think she says-"Yoyogi station, next stop Harajuku station"
That´s my stop. I need to contact Agents of the EVOKE Network.
Harajuku station is a busy station full of Gothic Lolita´s that are… Continue
Added by Patricio Buenrostro-Gilhuys on March 15, 2010 at 12:30am — 28 Comments
I report inadequate food access and availability in Uganda.
Uganda's economy widely depends on the agricultural sector. The biggest population of Ugandans benefits from Agriculture - both directly and indirectly.
Many regions in Uganda are practicing subsistence agriculture - mainly because the land is owned by private individuals in small plots; so, the people choose what to do on their plots of land.
Because families practice subsistence agriculture on small plots of land, their target is to produce enough to feed…
Added by Ssozi Javie on March 14, 2010 at 7:40am — 10 Comments
Reply from Guy Kawasaki!!!
Hi, I would like to shre this with you all. I have told you that I wrote a message to him on wednesday and I finally received a reply!!! In the reply he gave me thanks because of following he on twitter and he told me to stay in contact with him. He told me that If I need help with something he'll do his best in order to help me. I'm very happy because he replied my message.
Added by Alan Andres Jarandilla Nuñez on March 13, 2010 at 1:08am — 1 Comment
LEARN1
What does it mean to be a social innovator?
To me, I think being a social innovator is about not succ**bing to your circ**stances. To take charge of the innate ability within all of us to reach out and help our fellow humankind and channel this energy into making the world a better place for all.
No one is a victim of circ**stance, we are only victims of our own mental constructs.
A social innovator rises beyond these challenges, he/she seeks to understand why…
ContinueAdded by Qasim Fakir on March 10, 2010 at 1:37pm — 3 Comments
LEARN 1: Provide skills NOT just finished technologies.
Most of the current problems in Africa are being solve by the few "experts". On top of being expensive, it takes them a bit of time to do the necessary research and studies before they come to a conclusion.
In my opinion, it would be a lot easy if the local people are given the skills to investigate solutions to the problems affecting them. This makes them feel more involved hence taking up the obligation to find solutions to their own problems and "make it happen"/ innovate.
Its the… Continue
In my opinion, it would be a lot easy if the local people are given the skills to investigate solutions to the problems affecting them. This makes them feel more involved hence taking up the obligation to find solutions to their own problems and "make it happen"/ innovate.
Its the… Continue
Added by Ssozi Javie on March 3, 2010 at 5:00pm — 7 Comments
What happened to the African players?
I've been looking at the leader board the past few days - watching new names climb and other names fall. This is a game, right? The points tell us when people have read our thoughts and seen our videos and pictures. At the same time, this isn't a game. This is a social networking platform in cyberspace. A place where global distances and time zones cease to exist, but people and relationships and the knowledge we share could really matter… Continue
Added by Jen Shaffer on March 11, 2010 at 1:09am — 31 Comments
Public Speaking - NEWSKILL
A skill that I believe to be very important is the ability to speak publicly, ranging from saying your thoughts in a small meeting to a big presentation to hundreds of people.
Some people are lucky are find this a fairly easy thing to do, but for most of us it can be quite a stressful but with practice everyone can become a good public speaker.
To be come better at public speaking there are a number of things you can do, My top 5…
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Added by Hannah Peratopoullos on March 10, 2010 at 7:29pm — 23 Comments
NEXT STEP: Hydroponic Strengths
OK, this is a NEXTSTEP post inspired by, Robin Ahren Kerber’s blog post, and building on posts by…
ContinueAdded by Alex Stovell on March 9, 2010 at 7:00pm — 6 Comments
IMAGINE 1: 2020 - the youth championing social, political and economic development all around the world
Current Date: March 7th, 2010:
I am living somewhere on the country side in Uganda. I am working with communities mainly the youth to transform communities through sharing skills and use of technology. The youth identify the most pressing problems in their communities and together we find solutions to the problem.
Technology is very advanced and information sharing and communication is a lot easier. I am a co-founder of one of the biggest youth networks in the world. The mission this… Continue
I am living somewhere on the country side in Uganda. I am working with communities mainly the youth to transform communities through sharing skills and use of technology. The youth identify the most pressing problems in their communities and together we find solutions to the problem.
Technology is very advanced and information sharing and communication is a lot easier. I am a co-founder of one of the biggest youth networks in the world. The mission this… Continue
Added by Ssozi Javie on March 7, 2010 at 11:00am — 5 Comments
Evoke Network Happenings: Week 1
A few links worth spreading around:
First off, some Agents are starting Guilds that will act as communities of practice within the game. As an engineer, I'll gladly associate with the Makers Guild.
Would there be interest in starting a Hacker's Guild (for those whose building materials are of the more abstract, mathematical sort)? Or is there too much overlap between that and… Continue
First off, some Agents are starting Guilds that will act as communities of practice within the game. As an engineer, I'll gladly associate with the Makers Guild.
Would there be interest in starting a Hacker's Guild (for those whose building materials are of the more abstract, mathematical sort)? Or is there too much overlap between that and… Continue
Added by Samuel Freilich on March 9, 2010 at 5:30am — 4 Comments
Midlife-crisis anyone? or 2020 - Imagine1
This "mission" -- and in fact the evoke game in particular -- gives me a stomach-ache. Makes me want to shut this browser window and go back to chatting with my fellow 30 and 40-somethings on facebook, hang out with my kids, do the laundry, curl up with a good book -- anything to avoid facing these facts:…
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Added by Ayala Sherbow on March 3, 2010 at 5:00pm — 25 Comments
Lynedoch Ecovillage Follow up. My amazing journey
My Amazing Journey To my Dream ( an Ecovillage )
Added by Reid Falconer on March 6, 2010 at 6:30pm — 17 Comments
My response to Simon's Challenge
(This is a Challenge taken from Marc Skaf's blog)
So just to summarize, at least for my own benefit, the challenge is:
For a wireless power system, similar to the one WiTricity is developing:
So just to summarize, at least for my own benefit, the challenge is:
For a wireless power system, similar to the one WiTricity is developing:
- What are the problems in applying this to African development?
- How might you implement this technology in poor communities
Added by David Perner on March 5, 2010 at 7:12pm — 7 Comments
The End Game
So there's a topic up and running in the discussion forums about using EVOKE as a platform for actual collaborative projects. Alchemy showed up to chip in his two cents, and linked to this post made back in January, about the culmination of the next ten weeks of efforts.
This got me thinking.… Continue
This got me thinking.… Continue
Added by David Dreshfield on March 5, 2010 at 11:13am — 7 Comments
EVOKE Librarians
Just a quick idea.
I work as a librarian and would be willing to offer up an hour or two every week over the next ten weeks to do research or help people find resources for any project they are working on for EVOKE.
If you need help researching a subject, please send me a message or leave a comment. I will try my best to help you.
I noticed that there are a few other librarians out there in EVOKE, so if they would like to help also, please send me a message so… Continue
I work as a librarian and would be willing to offer up an hour or two every week over the next ten weeks to do research or help people find resources for any project they are working on for EVOKE.
If you need help researching a subject, please send me a message or leave a comment. I will try my best to help you.
I noticed that there are a few other librarians out there in EVOKE, so if they would like to help also, please send me a message so… Continue
Added by Fiacre on March 6, 2010 at 4:30am — 17 Comments
Approach with the right mindset
I think the first and foremost thing critical for anyone setting on a path of social development is to approach it with the right mindset. As is rightly pointed out by experts, living with the people in their constrained environment is very important. But the significance of this experience will be lost if this is not done with the right approach - one needs to look them as not the people who need help but people who are center of creativity (most often not polluted by the time tested ideas but… Continue
Added by Amarjeet Singh on March 5, 2010 at 6:32am — 5 Comments
In Response to Images of Emaciated African Children
I noticed a number of images of emaciated African children with no contextual information in the photo evidence uploads. The history of these photos is very complicated, and unfortunately the emotional response they provoked in the West did not have the intended impact on the ground.
Many of photos are from the Ethiopian Famine of 1984, setting the tone for how Africa would be represented to the outside world for decades to come. Here in Ethiopia, most people I talk to can't stand… Continue
Many of photos are from the Ethiopian Famine of 1984, setting the tone for how Africa would be represented to the outside world for decades to come. Here in Ethiopia, most people I talk to can't stand… Continue
Added by Ida on March 5, 2010 at 6:00am — 11 Comments
EVOKE's first guild
I have thought about starting an EVOKE guild ever since I found out about the site and registered.
What good is an immersive social game without guilds?
So, I would like to call out to other EVOKE agents: Are you interested in joining our guild?
Just like in other games, there are differences between guilds on EVOKE. Actually, I haven't heard of other guilds yet, so I suppose (for now) that this is the first…
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Added by Raymond M. Kristiansen on March 5, 2010 at 2:02pm — 14 Comments
"Provide skills, not just finished technologies"
One of the things that most interests me about the emerging metaverse and virtual worlds is that they provide a "place" for people around the world to gather, plan, communicate, and teach each other skills without requiring expensive infrastructure, facilities, or travel costs.
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Though we can replicate traditional classroom and learning spaces in the…
Added by Fleep Tuque on March 4, 2010 at 5:00am — 7 Comments
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