Comments on: Technology for Development: Obstacles & Solutions http://www.planetd.org/2006/12/28/technology-for-development-obstacles-solutions/ Critiquing the Politics, Policy & Practice of Development Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:08:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Smruti http://www.planetd.org/2006/12/28/technology-for-development-obstacles-solutions/comment-page-1/#comment-41955 Smruti Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:06:19 +0000 http://www.planetd.org/2006/12/28/technology-for-development-obstacles-solutions/#comment-41955 Hi Dweep, thanks for your comment. You present some interesting viewpoints on India and development, so its our pleasure to get your feed. We agree with you that technology cannot be a silver bullet to address developmental needs. But it can definitely be a strong enabler. The very first post on our blog kind of lays out what we are trying to do. http://techiesfordev.blogspot.com/2006/07/first-things-first.html This was displayed more prominently in our previous template but got lost during the upgrade to the new blogger (translation, I have been too lazy to put it back) As you can see we are still primarily in the discovery and learning mode. We have also decided to focus more on the micro approach - target a village or a school and see what can be done. We have a couple of interesting initiatives we have started work on. I would be glad to share them with you if you are interested. Hi Dweep, thanks for your comment. You present some interesting viewpoints on India and development, so its our pleasure to get your feed.

We agree with you that technology cannot be a silver bullet to address developmental needs. But it can definitely be a strong enabler. The very first post on our blog kind of lays out what we are trying to do.
http://techiesfordev.blogspot.com/2006/07/first-things-first.html
This was displayed more prominently in our previous template but got lost during the upgrade to the new blogger (translation, I have been too lazy to put it back)

As you can see we are still primarily in the discovery and learning mode. We have also decided to focus more on the micro approach – target a village or a school and see what can be done. We have a couple of interesting initiatives we have started work on. I would be glad to share them with you if you are interested.

]]>