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GNOME at Idlelo 4

Posted on 2010/05/08 by ben

On Wednesday I have the pleasure of travelling to Accra, Ghana to run the GNOME booth at Idlelo 4, one of the largest Free/Libre and Open Source Software conferences in Africa. A couple of years ago, I volunteered as an … Continue reading →

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ka-torchi!

Posted on 2010/04/29 by ben

The Nokia 1200 and companion 1208 are good examples of technology that have been designed with the conditions of developing countries in mind. These phones both include an easily accessible flashlight (torch in British English), a long battery life and … Continue reading →

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GNOME a11y hackfest at CSUN

Posted on 2010/03/31 by ben

Last week I attended the GNOME a11y hackfest at CSUN. Despite that I am no longer funded work on Caribou, I’m still glad I went. I was able to meet all of the other people working on GNOME accessibility in … Continue reading →

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dealing with unreliable power in Uganda

Posted on 2009/03/25 by ben

Rural Uganda is infamous for unreliable power. Through the month of February 2008, power was on for about 40% of the time in Kabale. We would literally run to the power outlets when power came back so that we could … Continue reading →

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