Group items tagged

Kentaro Toyama, from Microsoft India, reminds us in this blog of the myths around ICT4D. He cites  Tichenor et al., 1970: "Technology is multiplicative, not additive" For a summary refer to his powerpoint: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/toyama/talks/2009%2011%2019%20Ten%20Myths%20of%20ICTD%20-%20Toyama.ppt

After 18 years of researching novel technologies, Kentaro Toyama is ready to try something else. He believes there is a myth of scale about technologys ability to solve complex global problems that distracts us from what really matters