Monthly Archives: August 2007

Kibera Public Space Project

What an awesome use of the blogosphere to highlight this important fact!

(n.b.: the displayed toilet seats (to convey the message)? are flushing toilets which are _not_ environmentally sustainable, but only add some comfort. hence “progress” is _not_ achieved by …

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Sustainable Sanitation Alliance & Akvo & Web2forDev

I’ll be in Stockholm over the weekend to attend the 3rd meeting of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (@ Stockholm Environment Institute, SEI). Plans actually included to attend the upcoming World Water Week in Stockholm and, more importantly, having a …

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Mobical & Nokia N95 “redesign”

I started using the free synchronisation services @ mobical.net and am pleasantly surprised at the ease with which I can now synchronize the address book on my mobile phone with an external website.

Mobical isn’t perfect, and I just use …

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Kiswahili is the most poetic language to admire art. Ukweli!

What I really like about Frankfurt is that you not only come across such an awesome decoration on a wall, but also find three jamaas (from TZ?) standing on the other side of the street who are actively admiring …

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anonymous online reporting of corruption

Pls don’t nail me down if this has been mentioned before (as I haven’t been following KBW lately due to other obligations – which is sad because the feed is pretty much interesting these days), but I just stumpled …

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