Last week Friday DELL SA Development Fund came to our rescue by delivering our Servers and laptops for the Drug Advice Support project. This donation means that we can extend our service hours now from Monday to Thursday (4-6pm)and Saturday (4-6pm). The Athlone Living Lab (ALL) would like to thank DELL SA Development Fund [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Dell SA Development Fund coming to our rescue
Posted: 31st May 2009 by Marlon in UncategorizedTags: DAS, Dell SA Development Fund
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Below find a list of links to online news, portals and blogs about the reconstruction project. We need to spread the word that technology can be used to make a difference in the lives of people.
2009
Business Week (20 August 2009)
New Scientist (19 August 2009)
Mobile Active (27 July 2009)
mLearning Africa (17 June 2009)
The Times (15 June [...]
Debt Counselling as close as your cellphone
Posted: 30th May 2009 by Marlon in UncategorizedTags: advice support, Debt Breaker, media, micro-blogging, Mobile
Debt Breaker featured today in The Herald and Weekend Post newspapers in the Eastern Cape as we continue expanding our services to consumers accross the country. The article “Debt counselling as close as your cellphone” already managed to attract many consumers to the service and we know this is only the beginning.
YOUR fancy top-of-the-range cellphone [...]
First Week with the new Drug Advice Support (DAS)
Posted: 30th May 2009 by Marlon in UncategorizedTags: advice support, DAS, Dell SA Development Fund, drug counselling
Today was the first week with our new DAS hours and it was interesting to see the number of conversations and users who were seeking support for substance abuse or social related issues. The new DAS hours of operation are Mondays to Thursdays and Saturdays 4 to 6pm. The following were the number of users [...]
You 2.0: Three Steps to being a Socialite
Posted: 30th May 2009 by Marlon in UncategorizedTags: Community in Tension (CiT), reconstructed, Second Life
This morning I was privileged to join the Reconstructed Session presenting a talk titled You 2.0: Three steps to being a Socialite. The key team steps shared with the guys was that they have to Create, Share and Engage as part of being a socialite.Seeing the New Reconstructed group enaging with social media (See [...]
Athlone Living Lab: Community Meeting
Posted: 28th May 2009 by Marlon in UncategorizedTags: Athlone Living Lab, COFISA, Community in Tension (CiT), Innovation, reconstructed, research
Last night a team of the Athlone Living Lab (ALL) had an opportunity to share the vision and heart of the ALL project at an open Community Meeting with the Athlone Government Counselor present as well(See picture)
The room was filled with an air of excitement as it filled up with members from the local Bridgetown [...]
Drug Advice Support: Service stats
Posted: 21st May 2009 by Marlon in UncategorizedTags: advice support, DAS, drug counselling, Mobile, mxit, reconstructed
Today we’ve achieved 201 subscribers through the Drug Advice Support (DAS) system and served 2314 messages.
Below is an extract of a paper we are writing about the DAS system which will give you an idea of the number of subscribers we currently servicing:
“The results extracted from DAS solution shows that such a system can [...]