MORE ON BLOGS AND BLOGGING

I have been creating a “Key Issue” on Blogging for Development on the Development Gateway ICT for Development Topic page. There are now some 50 or so entries, including introductory material on blogging, websites with blogging statistics, sites where you can blog, blog directories, and blogs dealing with ICT for development and related topics.

There are now millions of active blogs. They are by bloggers from many countries. I was surprised to learn that there were tens of thousands of blogs in Portuguese and Polish, although some 60 percent appear to be in English.

I made a few postings in January on blogs, but here are a few more that seem to me to be especially interesting to the readers of this one.

Knowledge for Development
Barbara Fillip’s blog with “ideas and resources related to Knowledge for Development's key areas of activity.”

ZeroCostComputing
This blog is "an exploration of issues surrounding technology and the digital divide from a perspective that we call Zero Cost Computing." It appears to be maintained by Jason Nolan and Julia Dicum, and archives go back to October 2002.

Riptari Filter
Peter Thomas' blog "pondering the internet's role in globalization." Archives to January 2003. The home page has links to other related blogs and to useful websites.

m u l · t i · p l i c · i · t y - (ict4dev)
“on the uses of information and communication technologies to improve the opportunities of the masses” by Tomas B. Krag.

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NGO Knowledge Map
This blog collects knowledge on the world of non-government organizations (NGOs). Specific themes: to improve the world by mapping the NGO world. This is a knowledge mapping and sharing endeavour. By Olaf Brugman.