A humanitarian project is distributing free internet to the whole world.
What is the point of spending giving people computers and internets when they are starving and living in shacks? I think William Kamkwamba's put it nicely: "I Googled windmill [and] I found there was millions of applications! I said, Where was this Google all this time?!"
The collaborative idea-sharing ability of the internet is just as capable of revolutionizing the way villagers grow rice as philosophizing about Glee(TM).
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Digital Corsairs
The open source movement provides a win-win situation-- everyone gives to and benefits from the collective knowledge of all. But open, transparent and trusting systems require open, transparent and honest people.
Wolfire Games recently open-sourced their code, and found that it was being used to pirate their game-- for a profit-- on the official Apple app store.
It is an unfortunate truth that the more benevolent a system is, the more it can be taken advantage of; and the people in it, hurt. They can and will bounce back quickly, but only if the trash is taken out.
Wolfire Games recently open-sourced their code, and found that it was being used to pirate their game-- for a profit-- on the official Apple app store.
It is an unfortunate truth that the more benevolent a system is, the more it can be taken advantage of; and the people in it, hurt. They can and will bounce back quickly, but only if the trash is taken out.
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