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October 13-15, 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Mobiles in a box
Submitted by Brett Davidson on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 13:42.
I'm at the Open Space session organised by Tactical Tech, launching their book and CD, Mobiles in a Box: using mobile phones for advocacy. It looks like a great resource.
Organised chaos
Submitted by Brett Davidson on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 13:20.
Aside from the content of MobileActive08, I'm fascinated by the methodology. At many conferences I've attended, you often hear the comment that the sessions were so-so, but the networking made it worthwhile. But people usually go on to say -- but there was not enough time for the networking. This conference seems to have been organised around networking.
Freedom Fone
Submitted by Brett Davidson on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 11:31.
Brenda Burrell's mini talk on Mobile and Radio for Independent Media presented a project called Freedom Fone. This is a project in Zimbabwe, run by the Kubatana Trust. It involves providing radio-like audio content via interactive menu response by use of phones.
Cell phones in social marketing
Submitted by Brett Davidson on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 11:13.
A social marketing model that reaches millions of recipients at minimal cost, with high impact -- this is what was presented at the workshop on Innovations in Social Marketing this morning.
Mobile Web Wiki
Submitted by Brett Davidson on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 15:34.
One of the things that emerged from the session on the potential of the Mobile Web, is the idea of setting up a WIKI. The idea would be to harness collaborative effort to unlock the potenial of the mobile web.
MobileActive08 gets media coverage
Submitted by Brett Davidson on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 15:23.
There's some coverage of MobileActive08 in the Mail & Guardian Online. Matthew Burbidge writes about the opening of the conference, and highlights some of the innovative projects that delegates are involved in. Have a look, at http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-10-13-conference-explores-use-of-cellphones-in-development.
The Mobile Web - potential and reality
Submitted by Brett Davidson on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 14:57.
This afternoon I attended 'The Mobile Web': The potential and reality for developing countries, facilitated by Toni Eliasz. There was extended discussion of the value of the mobile web to developing countries. Views hinge a lot on how one defines 'mobile web'.
Mobile Research
Submitted by Brett Davidson on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 13:40.
I've just been wandering around the SIMLab and SIMPlace at MobileActive 08. Talk about information overload! It helps to focus on specific themes, and try to get a picture of what is happening in particular fields or areas of interest. One strong theme in the displays is the use of cell phones for field research.
