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Oct 15

#3: ICT4D

By Krystle van Hoof

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What is (/are) ICT4D? Is it just another hyped acronym, likely to fizzle out before anyone really knows what it is? Or is it revolutionizing development cooperation? (Or, is it, like most things, somewhere in between? #boring)

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Oct 15

#2: Big Data

By Krystle van Hoof

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Big Data is one of those buzzwords that everyone seems to be using but no one can clearly define. While I believe it’s always preferable to be clear, the lack of clarity around what is or is not big data is not necessarily a bad thing.

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25
Oct 15

LINGO DECODED » #1: New Media

By Krystle van Hoof

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What exactly is new about new media? What do we mean by media? What changes about it when it becomes new?

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