(RNI) Vanuatu’s opposition leader has called for more prosecution of politicians involved in the abuse of office.Moana Carcasses says that while much-needed rural development in Vanuatu remains neglected, too many politicians continue to serve their …
(SMH) AUSTRALIA’S 15 neighbours in the Pacific face daunting challenges to overcome alarming levels of poverty and some smaller states have uncertain futures, a report by AusAID says.The report, which looks at social and economic conditions in 14 count…
I haven’t written on my blog for a while, this is due to being busy with my career, studies and other daily life activities. My blog is about Vanuatu news, and raising awareness as to what is happening in Vanuatu. Also raising awareness about the level…
(RNI) Vanuatu’s Prime Minister has played down speculation of a pending motion of no-confidence in Parliament against his leadership.In recent weeks local media have been reporting of a looming threat to Ham Lini’s leadership originating from withi…
Australia and New Zealand should be cooperating, rather than competing, to recruit seasonal workers from the Pacific, a NZ horticulture executive said.Australia’s National Farmers Federation (NFF) this week said about 100,000 more workers were needed i…
I’ve been arguing for the last few weeks that what’s needed most for Vanuatu is to invest significant time and effort into the creation of a new crop of technically savvy individuals who can help Vanuatu bridge the growing gap between life in the information age and life as we’ve always known it in the islands.
There’s a pressing need for people to assist with this transition. The barriers have begun to fall that once allowed life in the village to remain consistent, with change seeping in slowly and in tiny doses. Very soon, most everyone in Vanuatu will have access to mobile telephony. We’re already hearing stories about Tannese in Middle Bush bringing their mobile to the garden with them, just in case someone wants to reach them.
Only weeks ago, nobody really got fussed about waiting days or even weeks to hear a bit of news. But now that we can actually get it, we want information immediately. It’s a universal human trait to want to keep caught up on the latest. In the past people here have been content to let information and gossip arrive at its own pace, confident at least that nobody was getting the jump on anyone else. But now, someone who owns a mobile phone holds a distinct advantage over those without. In this culture – and most others – knowledge is power, and in Vanuatu, a new arms race has begun.
Originally published at the Scriptorum. You can comment here or there.
Press Release: ManukoreriMajor Crackdown On Peaceful Protest In West PapuaWest Papua, Tuesday March 25 2008: Yesterday Indonesian Police captured the Chief of Council for West Papua National Authority, Eli Kaiway. He presented himself peacefully under …
Michael Krigsman’s most recent entry in the IT Project Failures blog is an interesting, colourfully-illustrated and upside-down look at the relationship between IT and traditional business.
His question, based on numerous similar postulations, is whether IT is becoming extinct. His answer (you knew it was a rhetorical question, right?) goes like this:
Since the days of punch cards, IT has believed itself to be guardian of precious computing resources against attacks from non-technical barbarians known as “users.” This arrogant attitude, born of once-practical necessity in the era of early data centers, reflects inability to adapt to present-day realities. Such attitudes, combined with recent technological and social changes, are pushing IT to share the fate of long-extinct dinosaurs.
The list of arguments he offers in support of this thesis are all valid to some degree, and all supportive of what he’s positing, but he somehow manages to miss the point that means most to business:
Monolithic, top-down, IT-as-bureaucracy approaches are being subverted by recent changes in technology and services, but so too is business in general.
Originally published at the Scriptorum. You can comment here or there.
Below is a photo of the Maule Aircraft that was donated by Laymen Ministries (USA) to be used by Doctor Mark (Medical) in the Torba Province. Thank God for His marvelous providence, the people of Torba Province can now have access to a modern medical services. Dr Mark has been working up in the northern [...]
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