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[i-Google Wave in Danish]
See the top line: "This page is in Danish"...
"Google Wave" confuses "Google Translate"

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Rumble: Web 2.0 and the choice of aid.

link[i-link]Using the collaborative features of Web 2.0 technology, NetSquared features voting system allowing you to determing which project USAid (the US foreign aid agency) should support.

Tomorrow, December 11, is the last day of voting, so hurry!

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Rumble: Design specification

I am very proud of my clear specifications for a webdesign project at work....

Tab Design by graphic artist Peter[i-Tab Design by graphic artist Peter]

Do you think I am turning into a geek?

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Rumble: Web 2.0 and African farmers

The use of technology in rural development has always been a hot debate amongst "those who mean well". Some say it is better to use and encourage traditional methods. Others are convinced technology has no frontier and needs to be brought to those that can benefit the most.

Web 2.0, the collaborative Web, is one of those technologies. This video illustrates how data communications together with collaborative technologies such as blogs, vlogs, podcasts, wiki-type knowledge bases and discussion fora could help spread knowledge in rural areas.

BROSDI (Busoga Rural Open Source & Development Initiative) is an example of a not-for-profit organization in Uganda that works with government and the civil society in improving rural livelihoods using Web 2.0 technology.
Discovered via For Those Who Want to Know".

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My Ebook Short Stories

In the past 15 years, I travelled through, lived or worked in over 100 countries. I met many people, lived through memorable moments which I captured in these stories:
● Reader's Digest of "The Road"
● Introduction to "The Road to the Horizon"
● Nights on Deserted Islands
● The Children of Ambriz
● The Real "Out of Africa"
● Goma, the Scent of Africa
● How Cigarettes Once Saved My Life
● Ambush
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My Inspiration

Click to see the videos that inspired me[i-Click to see the videos that inspired me]Check out the videos clips that inspired me over the past years: Videos about aid work and advocacy.
Check out my favourite music[i-Check out my favourite music]Music always was a main source of inspiration for me. This is a list of my all time favourites.
A selection of the books I read lately[i-A selection of the books I read lately]Here is a selection of my favourite books, or browse through my library. I frequently comment on books I read.
My pictures on Flickr[i-My pictures on Flickr]Travelling makes me wiser. All the pictures I collect along the Road of Life, I store in my Flickr library.
Humanitarian news[i-Humanitarian news]I collect, scan, read, browse, absorb, digest and discuss news topics to learn, understand and broaden my views.
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About Me

[i-link]Peter. Flemish, European, aid worker, expeditioner, sailor, traveller, husband, father, friend, nutcase. Not necessarily in that order.


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