just send nets (a sad little rant)
I know that the idea of there being “Not enough computers in Africa” became dull once Brian Eno declared there was “Not enough Africa in computers”, and that that became passé when Ron Eglash declared that in fact there’s just “not enough Africa in Brian Eno”, but hey, you know what?
There’s not enough computers in Africa.
Similarly, I know that when I took my dicky little intro GIS class in school they were keen to point out that “GIS is not just software”. Sure, but you know what? You need software to do GIS.
And again similarly, I know that in academic development discourse, “technical fixes” are pooh-poohed as the most childish oversimplified bandaid non-solutions to deeply political crises, disguised as apolitical while covertly inoculating institutions for neoliberal agendas, but hey:
Would somebody throw me a technical fix? Just a little fix. I’m trying to run a workshop here.
