Blogging is. I’m aware that I haven’t posted anything since October. I’m aware that it’s now December. I’m working on a small competition application for funding (that shall not be named as this post is about many curses). It’s a similar project as my last post. I’m really interested in using mobile phones for learning […]
Read more "The curse"Please check out this youtube video and comment on our project. The more views we get and discussion, the more likely we’ll get seed funding!
Read more "mEduText – Share your views!"For someone who wants to be based all over the world for work, I get some serious travel anxiety. Today, I rationalize that it is nerves for the upcoming competition and conference as well as that old impatience to arrive somewhere new. I’m sitting in the Amsterdam airport waiting for my connecting flight to Geneva. […]
Read more "Anxiety – the good kind"For those of you who are interested in the work we are doing that is bringing us to Geneva, here is a summary. Please, feel free to comment and ask questions. The more we discuss this idea, the more we will be ready to present it in two weeks! Open Innovation Competition of the ITU […]
Read more "SMS Integrated Survey Tool for Health Education in Uganda – with the Infectious Disease Institute"October 3* Today we are in Pallisa. Pallisa is a small town, probably smaller than Soroti, and we had to take a one-lane dirt road to get here. Not the worst road in Uganda, by any means. We drove past probably a thousand children walking to school. The survey went smoother than the first time. I actually […]
Read more "Going to the Field – Part 3"October 2 Over the weekend, I visited Sparks in Soroti for a welcome break from the monotony of NTV, news half in Luganda and bad Nollywood films. Soroti is a flat place, or so I was told, except for the occasionally giant boulder jutting out of the landscape. At 8 am, I deftly maneuvered the […]
Read more "“The Field” turned out to be a bit more fun than anticipated"September 31 Today was my first experience giving a survey in Uganda and giving a survey about technology. I’ve surveyed people before, but usually about human rights, or their use of public space, or what they would like to see changed in their community. Never about something as cold and distant as technology. Particularly in […]
Read more "Going to the field – Part 2"As there is a dearth of film reviews of African films, particularly sentimental romantic dramas, and I have nothing else to do, here’s my take on My Loving Heart by Great Star Production of Nollywood (Nigerian) fame. Written, directed by and starring Tchidi Chikere. A brief synopsis: Boy, Bob, is dying. Boy meets girl, Angela. […]
Read more "My Loving Heart: A film review"On September 28th at 6am, I left Kampala and my comfortable Uganda home to travel to “the field.” Throughout my life, the concept of “the field” has changed from anywhere in Africa, to outside major cities, to wherever everyone else calls “the field.” Right now, I’m sitting at Shine On Hotel in Mbale and would […]
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Ally Krupar 