As promised, here is the first post from the ODK Discussion Series... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Yaw Anokwa <yanokwa@nafundi.com> Date: Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 1:32 AM Subject: Discussion Series: The three principles that guided ODK's design To: ODK Community <opendatakit@googlegroups.com> Hi, I'm Yaw Anokwa. I was lucky to be there at the beginning of Open Data Kit (ODK), so I figured I'd kick off the discussion series with a bit of history. Gaetano Borriello created ODK. It was his idea that started the project and his focus on researching technology that improves the lives of the underserved that created this community. When Carl Hartung, Waylon Brunette, and I started building ODK with Gaetano in 2008, he had just been diagnosed with cancer. Although he was given a few months to live, he refused to change course, instead doubling down on making ODK a reality. Carl, Waylon, and I were his Ph.D. students at the time and he laid out three principles to guide ODK's design. Read more at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/opendatakit/SXvGBuWqgEA/z4p5YbemBwAJ