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Opportunities and Challenges in T4D Rebecca Parsons ThoughtWorks, Inc Chief Technology Officer http://rebeccaparsons.com Wednesday, May 11, 2011 What is T4D? Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Its Not All the Same Wednesday, May 11, 2011 My


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Opportunities and Challenges in T4D

Rebecca Parsons ThoughtWorks, Inc Chief Technology Officer http://rebeccaparsons.com

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What is T4D?

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It’s Not All the Same

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My Uganda Experience

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My Uganda Experience

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Opportunity: (Almost) No Legacy

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Can use appropriate tools (Almost) all greenfield implementations Nothing to leverage (no data, no ids, etc) Lots of open source available

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Challenge: Lack of Infrastructure

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Resilient hardware design Partially-connected applications Lower power devices Lots of mobile devices Small memory footprint

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Challenge: General Lack of Literacy

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Computer skills often self- taught Design for widely varied user groups; kids still learn fast Business models around use and equipment Potential is amazing University preparation still requires additional support

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Opportunities: Smallish Things Matter

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Serendipity is your friend Simplest things that could possibly work actually does Much easier to make a difference Feedback is too Visible information is power

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However, it is a system

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“Western” way is not always the best way

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Empowering People

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Questions?

http://www.thoughtworks.com http://rebeccaparsons.com

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