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ICT and Something Beyond

Comments yuti — April 4, 2009 / 9:58 am

What do I actually hope from ICT? The question suddenly shocked me, I lost my orientation on ICT and development. I can show calculation on how open source software development can reduce national cost on ICT spending, but further, how can this development make change as stated over and over in ICT policy documents: to [...]

ICT and Democracy

Comments yuti — April 2, 2009 / 10:39 am

What is Information and Communication Technology (ICT), really? The Millennium Declaration of the United Nations (UN) sees ICT as a tool having the potential to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the historic UN 2000 Summit (Zhao, 2008). Further, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) stated that unlike most other technologies, ICT [...]

Productivity: Online vs Offline

Comments yuti — March 23, 2009 / 8:33 am

If you facing a lot of job, what would you prefer: going online or offline? In one hand, going online help you gain a lot idea through chaotic idea that cross over your eye, but on the same time, a lot of distraction made you unproductive, especially when you open social networks websites and chatting [...]

ICT for Development vs Developing for ICT

Comments yuti — March 16, 2009 / 8:35 am

Currently, I’m working a paper on ICT for development. The study delivers me to ask about ICT and development relation: are we improving ICT for development or are we developing for ICT? Looking The Digital Divide Report launched by UNCTAD, ICT development tends to answer the second possibilities. Our success is represented by number of [...]

Digital Mapping

Comments yuti — February 20, 2009 / 10:47 am

Yesterday afternoon, my colleague asking my facebook activity. He said based on a research, facebook (and maybe some other social network activities) is time-consuming and caused someone to be unproductive. Commenting on people status, change their profile, make some notes, request someone to join an online game are several out of many facilities offered on [...]

IBM: Competition through Collaboration

Comments yuti — February 18, 2009 / 7:24 am

By the end of 2003, John Kelly, who was executive for IBM’s Technology Group, gathered 10 executives to IBM’s chip factory in East FishKill, New York. His intention was made clear: IBM need to share its most advanced semiconductor research with allies. After a long heated debate, Kelly prevailed. Soon thereafter, IBM’s built what it [...]

Serving the Machine

Comments yuti — February 10, 2009 / 9:21 am

This morning I watched Doel Anak Sekolahan, an Indonesian soap opera about Betawi culture. Main character of the soap opera, Doel, was depressed since his coming to operate new machine cause several workers lost their job. The new machine bought by the factory owner make the workers selection are based on their capability to operate [...]

Environment and Economy in Car Industry

Comments yuti — February 8, 2009 / 8:55 am

In 1998, the European Union and the European auto industry association ACEA came to a voluntary agreement to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (SAM, 2005). The agreement seeks to achieve an average of 140g/km of CO2 in 2008 collectively by the members of the association. Having achieved only 160 g/km in 2005, European Federation for [...]

Medium/Technology as De-Humanization

Comments yuti — January 7, 2009 / 8:18 am

In news about war, we can see how bombs kill children and women. Justification of those action was not far from its a consequence of war. The technology can not choose its specific target. Only by one click, someone can kill thousand life. Clean, easy and brutal. The situation has changes radically from the time [...]

Communication, Medium & Culture

1 comment yuti — January 3, 2009 / 8:28 pm

Today someone asked me to confirm several people attendance in our next meeting on Monday. The day before, I have sent a preface email as material to be discussed in the next meeting. Only one person (out of 9) confirmed that she has received the email, and one of them said that he agree of [...]

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