Monday 26 September 2011
Monday 15 August 2011
sugarsync
The sugarsync that Mr Opigo linked on this blog is another super way of collaborating and sharing files. I tried it and it works so well. All should try it!
Saturday 9 July 2011
Thursday 30 June 2011
A new way of doing business
Many thanks Ousman for summarizing the useful knowledge acquired during these 5 days workshop. It was really interesting to be part of this wonderful journey and I'm glad to be given the opportunity to interact with such inspired people. The Web 2.0 tools are bringing a deep transformation in our ways of doing business, depending on our specific areas of interest. By applying some of these tools, I'm feeling how effective and efficient are the exchanges, sharings and interactions with my colleagues, friends and family. Googledocs, dropbox, Googlemaps, Picasa, and many more are simply amazing.
Monday 27 June 2011
Good News!
The Light Image Resizer software we used to optimise our photos during the Workshop is available for FREE!
The owners of the software require you to do just one thing to get a free licence. They want you to go to their Facebook page and click the "Like" button and immediately an unlock code will be given to you on the spot.
This is the link to their Facebook page: Click here
The owners of the software require you to do just one thing to get a free licence. They want you to go to their Facebook page and click the "Like" button and immediately an unlock code will be given to you on the spot.
This is the link to their Facebook page: Click here
Friday 24 June 2011
Final Day on the Web 2.0 workshop
The last day was as educative and interesting as the first. I learnt a lot on so many things. We learned on the last day how to join Linkedin and upload our CV into Linkedin.We also went on to learn other things like Dropbox, Box and all their facilities and how to use them. The efficient instructors also took us through on a special google facility Picasa which is Web album facility that helps to manage photos. All we learned is really difficult for me to summarise because it is a lot.
I have come to realise through this training that the use of virus prone flash-drives and attachments is history. With the techniques we learned, one can access his/her files wherever he/she is once they have access to internet. It was really amazing how we where able to share and collaborate on documents so easily and efficiently.
On behave of everyone i would like to thank CTA for organising such a workshop. Am appealing to all the participants to make good use of the knowledge gained to better the functions and the running of the institutions they represented.
I have come to realise through this training that the use of virus prone flash-drives and attachments is history. With the techniques we learned, one can access his/her files wherever he/she is once they have access to internet. It was really amazing how we where able to share and collaborate on documents so easily and efficiently.
On behave of everyone i would like to thank CTA for organising such a workshop. Am appealing to all the participants to make good use of the knowledge gained to better the functions and the running of the institutions they represented.
Wednesday 22 June 2011
Web 2.0 for Gambia 1: AFRICAN PROVERBS
Web 2.0 for Gambia 1: AFRICAN PROVERBS: "Here are a few proverbs I want to share with you. 1- It takes a whole village to raise a child 2- Do not look where you fell, but where ..."
My Impression About Web2.0
My impression about web2.0 is that, it has improve my creativity about web sharing of knowledge, collaboration with other people in the other parts of the word.I was also able learned about how to publish information for others to read and make comments.This has increased my skills in accommodating, writing, communication among others.I hope I can also help others by sharing better
Food for All
1. Encourage all to eat what they cultivate and cultivate what they eat
2. Increase in quality food production and productivity
3. Quality food and nutrition security for all
4. Quality life for all in the country
2. Increase in quality food production and productivity
3. Quality food and nutrition security for all
4. Quality life for all in the country
AFRICAN PROVERBS
Here are a few proverbs I want to share with you.
1- It takes a whole village to raise a child
2- Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
3- A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches.
4- If God breaks your leg, he will teach you how to limp
1- It takes a whole village to raise a child
2- Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
3- A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches.
4- If God breaks your leg, he will teach you how to limp
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Welcome to Gambia Web 2.0
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Web 2.0 for Gambia blog. This is the first of two courses planned for Gambia. On behalf of my colleague facilitator Mrs Beran Gillen, I wish to thank the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) for organising this course in Gambia, a serene and peaceful country embraced by the sea.
One of the defining characteristics of the 21st century is the globalisation and democratisation of Information. The world is fast shrinking. Some say it has become a global village. But in the wake of dramatic advances in technological innovation, it is fast becoming a global hamlet. Not only are we able to send static email and pictures, we are even able to ‘see’ and know the (dynamic) thoughts of another person half way across the world in an instant – in micro seconds, through micro blogging. Such is the power of user-generated content. Such is the power of Web 2.0! For us to contribute meaningfully to the growth of our organisations and the larger society with its myriads of developmental challenges, we must as 21st century citizens, key in to this information revolution. It is for this reason that CTA is organising this Web 2.0 training workshop.
You have been selected to participate with the hope that you will in turn train others in your institutions, department, home and neighbourhood knowing that sustainable development can be achieved by sharing knowledge. Sharing is at the heart of Web 2.0 and you will be doing great injustice to the philosophy behind this workshop by hoarding any information that you take from here.
We believe this workshop will be an opportunity for all participants to improve and radically change the way they work and collaborate. The significance of holding this workshop in the University of The Gambia (UTG) is not lost on us being as it were, a tertiary institution where research is done as a matter of course. We implore you to make good use of the tools you have learned and those you are yet to learn in your research and collaboration efforts. Use them well, use them wisely.
One of the defining characteristics of the 21st century is the globalisation and democratisation of Information. The world is fast shrinking. Some say it has become a global village. But in the wake of dramatic advances in technological innovation, it is fast becoming a global hamlet. Not only are we able to send static email and pictures, we are even able to ‘see’ and know the (dynamic) thoughts of another person half way across the world in an instant – in micro seconds, through micro blogging. Such is the power of user-generated content. Such is the power of Web 2.0! For us to contribute meaningfully to the growth of our organisations and the larger society with its myriads of developmental challenges, we must as 21st century citizens, key in to this information revolution. It is for this reason that CTA is organising this Web 2.0 training workshop.
You have been selected to participate with the hope that you will in turn train others in your institutions, department, home and neighbourhood knowing that sustainable development can be achieved by sharing knowledge. Sharing is at the heart of Web 2.0 and you will be doing great injustice to the philosophy behind this workshop by hoarding any information that you take from here.
We believe this workshop will be an opportunity for all participants to improve and radically change the way they work and collaborate. The significance of holding this workshop in the University of The Gambia (UTG) is not lost on us being as it were, a tertiary institution where research is done as a matter of course. We implore you to make good use of the tools you have learned and those you are yet to learn in your research and collaboration efforts. Use them well, use them wisely.
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