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Fwd: Evergreen Apps Challenge + Geeks on a Ferry
by Gaetano Borriello 09 Aug '12

09 Aug '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Day, Elliott Date: Thursday, August 9, 2012 Subject: Evergreen Apps Challenge + Geeks on a Ferry To: "Day, Elliott" <Elliott.Day(a)seattle.gov> Greetings, Please share the attached information about upcoming opportunities with the Evergreen Apps Challenge with your networks and students. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions. Elliott Day elliott.day(a)seattle.gov Build an app, make a difference: More than 75K in prizes available Last week, The City of Seattle, King County and Washington State announced the opening of the Evergreen Apps Challenge, designed to encourage the development of applications using government data while stimulating economic development throughout our state. More than $75,000 dollars in prizes will be awarded on October 1, 2012 and students across Washington state are strongly encouraged to participate. The Evergreen Apps Challenge is open to people who live, work or study in Washington State. Learn more about the contest at http://www.evergreenapps.org. Join us for Geeks on Ferry, Tuesday, August 14 Evergreen Apps is hosting a networking and information session called Geeks on Ferry. For only $15, students can take the ferry from Seattle to Bremerton, meet like-minded geeks, network with the government and private sector sponsors then spend a few hours in Bremerton. This event includes dinner, presentations on Evergreen Apps, mobile development using Socrata and ESRI and plenty of time for questions and coding. Bring a laptop or tablet, ideas and questions! Register now at http://evergreenapps.eventbrite.com/, seats are limited and students pay only $15. Please help us get the word out to students Will you please help us spread the word by posting a flyer at your campus or forwarding this email to your student lists? Questions or ideas? Please email evergreen.apps(a)seattle.gov and thanks much for helping us get information out.

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Fwd: Know a Non-Profit that could use some help?
by Nicola Dell 09 Aug '12

09 Aug '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [eecs-grads] Know a Non-Profit that could use some help? Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 16:14:59 -0700 From: David Patterson <pattrsn(a)eecs.berkeley.edu> <pattrsn(a)eecs.berkeley.edu> To: eecs-grads(a)eecs.berkeley.edu Following the Berkeley tradition of doing well by doing good, last semester the Software Engineering course (CS 169) reached out to non-profit organizations for IT problems that teams of Berkeley EECS students could tackle. It went well: - 93% teams reporting that their customers “happy” or “thrilled” - 50% of the customers tried to hire the students to continue working on their app. Berkeley students felt that learning how to build software for non-technical customers was one of the most educational aspects of the course. With the Software Engineering course (CS 169) growing faster than Moore's Law, we need 30 to 40 new projects for this Fall. If you know someone at a non-profit organization (preferable NON-technical) that has an IT problem they would like help with, please ask them to fill in this form by the end of the month: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEJlODB3SE4tbWhSbi0tUU… Thanks, Armando Fox and Dave Patterson P.S. One project was to help nurses at the Oakland Children's Hospital with a difficult scheduling problem, which they had been doing manually. https://vimeo.com/46770083 is 3-minute video interview with the nurse managers describing the problem and https://vimeo.com/44837891 is a 2-minute screencast of the app that the Berkeley students developed. Other projects have included: -A map-based site for reporting lost pets and helping owners find them -A web site that provides access to healthcare info translated into various languages for underserved ethnic communities -A site that tracks student health issues per-school for use in rural school areas in third world nations (to quickly contact emergency personnel and have recent health info on hand in case of student health emergency) -A site that fosters informed debate on viewer-chosen topics, with vote-up/vote-down mechanisms like StackOverflow or Reddit -A site that matches interested undergrads to research opportunities that match their skills & background (http://researchmatch.heroku.com) -A site that helps automate the planning of Visit Day, where admitted EECS grad students converge on campus wanting interviews with faculty and vice-versa -A site that displays hyper-local info about your neighborhood, such as crime stats, very local news items, etc; and others.

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Reminder: TASCHA Talk tomorrow - Thursday August 9, 2012: Social Representations of Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique
by Melody Clark 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

TASCHA TALK - Thursday August 9, 2012 Social Representations of Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique Sara Vannini Thursday -- August 9, 2012, from 11:00-12:00 Roosevelt Commons Building, 4th floor multi-purpose room or via Adobe Connect<http://connect.washington.edu/ischool-tascha/> Social representations are systems of ideas, values, and practices people adopt to interact with their reality. Starting from this construct, this research investigates community multimedia centres in Mozambique and their perceptions by the local communities. Community multimedia centres are a particular kind of public access to ICTs venue which combine community radio (broadcasting in local languages to a maximum distance ray of 150 kilometers) with facilities of a telecentre. Sara will discuss preliminary results and methodological issues connected to the research (semi-structured interviews, photo-elicitation technique and an application to TASCHA non-users survey). About the presenter Sara Vannini is a PhD Candidate at the Università della Svizzera italiana (Lugano, Switzerland). She is currently working on the research and cooperation project RE-ACT, in collaboration with the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Maputo, Mozambique). Her research interests lie in the area of the social meanings attributed to ICTs and community multimedia centres in Mozambique. -- Melody Clark Research Coordinator | Global Impact Study Technology & Social Change (TASCHA) http://about.me/melodyclark melclark(a)uw.edu<mailto:melclark@uw.edu> | 206.685.7819 Twitter: @ictimpact<http://twitter.com/#!/ICTimpact> | @melodyrclark<https://twitter.com/#!/melodyrclark> www.globalimpactstudy.org<http://www.globalimpactstudy.org/>

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Re: [change] 3 vacancies @ Global Pulse - please circulate
by VANESSA FRIAS MARTINEZ 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

________________________________________ De: Anoush Tatevossian [anoush(a)unglobalpulse.org] Enviado el: martes, 07 de agosto de 2012 11:25 Para: Global Pulse Asunto: 3 vacancies @ Global Pulse - please circulate Hello friends and networks, We currently have 3 vacancies and would appreciate your help circulating the opportunities to your Big Data/Data Science communities, and to any excellent digital communications practitioners. Global Pulse is looking for a DATA SCIENTIST, DATA ENGINEER, and a SOCIAL MEDIA & INFORMATION CONSULTANT. http://www.unglobalpulse.org/participate/vacancies All 3 descriptions are listed there on our site, however applications must be submitted through a different UN website - and must be FULLY completed using that online system in order to be considered. Deadline to apply is 28 August. Thanks! The Global Pulse Team Este mensaje se dirige exclusivamente a su destinatario. Puede consultar nuestra política de envío y recepción de correo electrónico en el enlace situado más abajo. This message is intended exclusively for its addressee. We only send and receive email on the basis of the terms set out at http://www.tid.es/ES/PAGINAS/disclaimer.aspx

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TASCHA Talk -- Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 -- Social Representations of Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique
by Karen Hirst 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

TASCHA TALK - Thursday August 9, 2012 Social Representations of Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique Sara Vannini Thursday -- August 9, 2012, from 11:00-12:00 Roosevelt Commons Building, 4th floor multi-purpose room or via Adobe Connect<http://connect.washington.edu/ischool-tascha/> Social representations are systems of ideas, values, and practices people adopt to interact with their reality. Starting from this construct, this research investigates community multimedia centres in Mozambique and their perceptions by the local communities. Community multimedia centres are a particular kind of public access to ICTs venue which combine community radio (broadcasting in local languages to a maximum distance ray of 150 kilometers) with facilities of a telecentre. Sara will discuss preliminary results and methodological issues connected to the research (semi-structured interviews, photo-elicitation technique and an application to TASCHA non-users survey). About the presenter Sara Vannini is a PhD Candidate at the Università della Svizzera italiana (Lugano, Switzerland). She is currently working on the research and cooperation project RE-ACT, in collaboration with the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Maputo, Mozambique). Her research interests lie in the area of the social meanings attributed to ICTs and community multimedia centres in Mozambique. .

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Fwd: IC4D 2012 Maximizing Mobile report
by Yaw Anokwa 02 Aug '12

02 Aug '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <mobileactive-discuss(a)googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:04 PM http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTINFORMATIONANDCOMMUNICAT… IC4D 2012: Maximizing Mobile EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report analyzes the growth and evolution of applications for mobile phones, focusing on their use in agriculture, health and financial services, as well as their impact on employment and government. It also explores the consequences for development of the emerging “app economy”, summarizing current thinking and seeking to inform the debate on the use of mobile phones for development. It’s no longer about the phone itself, but about how it is used, and the content and applications that mobile phones open

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Dimagi is Looking for Software Engineers
by Rowena Luk 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

Hello Change, Dimagi is hiring! Please feel free to circulate to those you think would be a good fit for us. Peace, -- Rowena Senior Engineer Dimagi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dimagi is looking for exceptional software developers to join our team. We are a small and growing social enterprise based in Boston but our systems are deployed primarily in rural Africa, Asia, and Latin America. We offer a fun and stimulating environment, a chance to see the world, and to make a difference in places that need it most. At Dimagi, you can do right by coding well. We work on a broad range of issues, including strengthening community health programs, electronic medical records, care coordination, and remote data collection. We have projects in over 25 countries including Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Ethiopia, India, Bangladesh, Senegal, Mexico, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Kenya, Afghanistan and the United States. We are seeking a full-time programmer to join our core team in Boston and lead or support development on multiple projects. The ideal candidate prefers small organizations to large ones, multi-tasking to single-project assignments, significant international travel, and a highly social atmosphere. Our developers share a passion for rapid prototyping, new technologies, making things work in challenging environments, and seeings the impact of our work first-hand. We view our culture as one of our greatest assets, and culture fit is as important to us as technical expertise. We are highly collaborative with partner organizations, strong advocates for open source, and believers in building local software capacity in the countries where we work through our "Coded in Country" initiative. Love your work. At Dimagi, you will have tremendous freedom to pursue your own interests and grow your skill set as well as make a real impact across the world. Our developers are a tight knit group and do things like convince the CEO to let everyone go to Brazil for a month because Boston's weather sucks in Feburary: http://bit.ly/JSerBp. Depending on the specific skill set and preference, the candidate would focus on one of more of the following projects: - Core developer on an open source J2ME and Android mobile health application for community health workers - Core developer on a Python/Django/CouchDB based web application to help manage community health programs - Core developer on our SMS platforms to support patient outreach or supply-chain logistics Required Skills: - Excellent programming skills - Excellent communication skills - Excellent problem solving and debugging skills to troubleshoot complex deployments - Self-managed Representative Technologies (not requirements for application, though please highlight any relevant skills): - Python and Django - Java/Android/J2ME - Javascript/jQuery - HTML5/CSS - CouchDB Our developers have traveled to over 20 countries in the last 5 years. The position is available immediately. Please send your resume and cover letter to jobs(a)dimagi.com.

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Fwd: Design&Research for Social Innovation - Opportunities Cambodia
by Matthew Kam 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

forwarding an announcement that came to me FELLOWSHIP:Â â€¨Design Researcher - Human-Centered Design Innovation Lab *Interested in leading ground-breaking research in the developing world?Â *Passionate about designing innovations to tackle problems that are of life-and-death importance? We have launched the first Human-Centered Design Innovation Lab in Cambodia.Â We need you to help us grow. iDE <http://www.ideorg.org/> is looking for a senior Design Researcher. We seek a design-thinker, with 2-5 years practical experience in design research methods including research planning, leading field research/observation, facilitating analysis, facilitating synthesis into design principles, and leading ideas generation. You will be the lead Design Researcher on a multi-disciplinary team, based in Phnom Penh for a 14-month Fellowship. This is an opportunity to work on real-world problems alongside a close-knit, diverse, and top-calibre team. Youâ€™ll wear many hats, including that of a coach, to grow HCD in Cambodia. Youâ€™ll conduct ground-breaking research within the Cambodian culture to design solutions that improve the lives of those who need it most. And at the end of the year, if we see a mutual fit, youâ€™ll be offered an opportunity to stay on as full-time Leader at the innovation-Lab. For full details, including how to apply, download the position description at http://www.ideorg.org/GetInvolved/Employment.aspx Â FELLOWSHIP:Â â€¨Product Designer - Human-Centered Design Innovation Lab *Interested in designing extremely affordable innovations to tackle problems that are of life-and-death importance?* Â We have launched the first Human-Centered Design Innovation Lab in Cambodia.Â We need you to help us grow. iDE <http://www.ideorg.org/> is looking for a product designer, with 2-4 years experience in product development, specifically in a human-centered design context.Â You will take on a key role within a multi-disciplinary team, based in Phnom Penh for a 1-year Fellowship. Â This is an opportunity to work on real-world problems alongside a close-knit, diverse, and top-calibre team. Youâ€™ll wear many hats, including that of a coach, to grow HCD in Cambodia. Youâ€™ll work on designing solutions for the developing world that improve the lives of those who need them most. And at the end of the year, if we see a mutual fit, youâ€™ll be offered an opportunity to stay on as full-time Leader at the innovation-Lab. For full details, including how to apply, download the position description at http://www.ideorg.org/GetInvolved/Employment.aspx

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[JOB] Job posting: Data analytics and international developmen
by Nicola Dell 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Hi guys - would you mind circulating this posting around your networks? -- Innovations for Poverty Action is looking to hire a talented programmer/statistician to join a team of researchers working on a set of ICTD-related projects in Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, Afghanistan, and Mongolia. We're hoping to find someone with a solid programming background, with practical experience working with large-scale data, and with a sincere interest in international development. More details can be found here: http://www.poverty-action.org/getinvolved/internships/US/IPAUSA100714 Please circulate to any people who might be interested and qualified. Best, Josh _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier

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TASCHA Talk -- TOMORROW Aug. 1, 2012 -- International Librarianship: Opportunities for collaboration in a networked world
by Karen Hirst 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

TASCHA TALK -- Tomorrow International Librarianship: Opportunities for collaboration in a networked world Dr. Buhle Mbambo-Thata Wednesday -- August 1, 2012, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm Roosevelt Commons Building, 4th floor Multi-purpose room or via Adobe Connect<http://connect.washington.edu/ischool-tascha/> The 21st century could be dubbed the "century of connections" . It is a century characterized by networks, digital content, cyber space and "internationalized spaces". The information and library world has lived out these connections in several arenas. This presentation engages international librarianship as an energizing concept in a networked world. It highlights opportunities for joint engagement of equal partners and challenges of this dynamic relationship for libraries and library development. It will draw on some of current research, that speaks to the extent of "internationalized spaces" in librarianship. About Dr. Mbambo-Thata Dr. Buhle Mbambo-Thata is a visiting scholar at TASCHA this summer. Currently Dr. Mbambo-Thata is the Executive Director, Library Services, University of South Africa. Prior to that, she was University Librarian, University of Zimbabwe. She is a sought-out speaker at conferences in innovative usage of ICT in libraries and in higher education. Her research interests are in information literacy, and women and ICT. She holds a PhD in Information Science. .

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