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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
New Drug Advice Support (DAS)...
Today we stepped into a new era of Drug Advice Support (DAS). With new changes to the system to improve usability and to ensure that we reach as many who requires our help it was an exciting day. Today DAS served 1500 messages and we had 130 conversations in our 2 hour session. This was distributed between 5 advisors. With more exciting developments coming we definitely taking a step in the right direction as we prepare for the roll out nationally.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Drug Advice Support (DAS) through Second Life...
Well after much consideration and with the hope that we can link into the Second Life (SL) Instant Messanger (IM), we will be investigating the possibilities of linking our Drug Advice Support (DAS) system with SL. This will allow us to communicate to subscribers through a Avatar in the SL Virtual Environment. This will present us with another possible market of people who might be in need of advice and support.
Quick update on DAS, I just added another 102 subscribers. We've had some comments that DAS should be available after our 5pm deadline. We hope to extend this time when we manage to get support with infrastructure and other resources...
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Using Second Life for Education
The clip below just reinstates the possibilities with Second Life (SL). With proper infrastructure (connectivity and bandwidth etc.) in a developing community the possibility exists to setup a virtual space for very specific role play and interacting in a real environment that would normally not be possible in these communities. The possibilities are endless and hope this video serves as a reminder of what we could achieve with technology as an empowerment enabler.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Living Labs in South Africa (LLiSA)
The Official launch of the Living Labs network in South Africa was a huge success and many key stakeholders were present to witness this momentous ocasion. The launch took place 24 February 2009 and was hosted by Meraka Institute. The board of the network was established along with with its core focus:
A joint vision of South Africa as a “competitive and progressive 21st century nation". Through user-driven, open innovation initiatives the development of a new mindset of the South African society as equal custodians of the building blocks to all forms of access and inclusion.
We are participating in the global economy and want to be recognized internationally for the contribution we will make as co-creators of the Global Knowledge Society.
Athlone Living Lab (ALL) was also represented and we are looking forward to collaborations with many other organisations and Living Labs accross South Africa. Currently the Athlone Living Lab phase one is being sponsored by COFISA, CPUT and Impact Direct Ministries (IDM). Already we are looking at some new exciting innovations that will not impact our local community but also the rest of the South Africa.
You can read more about LLiSA here
A joint vision of South Africa as a “competitive and progressive 21st century nation". Through user-driven, open innovation initiatives the development of a new mindset of the South African society as equal custodians of the building blocks to all forms of access and inclusion.
We are participating in the global economy and want to be recognized internationally for the contribution we will make as co-creators of the Global Knowledge Society.
Athlone Living Lab (ALL) was also represented and we are looking forward to collaborations with many other organisations and Living Labs accross South Africa. Currently the Athlone Living Lab phase one is being sponsored by COFISA, CPUT and Impact Direct Ministries (IDM). Already we are looking at some new exciting innovations that will not impact our local community but also the rest of the South Africa.
You can read more about LLiSA here
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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