Africa needs geeks! - Article series by the Boston Globe

[Patrick Salsbury <salsbury at sculptors dot com>]

Apparently Africa needs techies. Just found this link on http://slashdot.org
which points to some articles the Boston Globe is running. 

The articles are here: 
http://boston.com/dailyglobe2/205/nation/Dearth_of_talent_frustrates_fledgling_Internet_efforts%2b.shtml

Here's the intro writeup from Slashdot:

High Tech in Africa: Geeks Needed

           Posted by michael on Tuesday July 24,
           @12:24PM
           from the
           pay-isn't-great-and-neither-are-the-tse-tse-flies
           dept.
           srl writes: "The Boston Globe is running a series
           about high tech in Africa--- talking about how the
           continent needs a lot of geeks willing to work there to build Net
           infrastructure. (Anyone want to take on a big project?) The series as
           a whole is interesting and sheds light on a topic that most American
           geeks probably don't spend time thinking about. See also part 1,
           about the new high-speed fiber link to Africa and part 2, about
           cybercafes in Africa." 


This actually sounds right up my alley. I like big projects. :-) And since I'm 
currently on a sabbatical after getting laid off about 4 weeks ago, I'm 
fishing around for new things to occupy my time. 

Along those lines, I've also been finishing lots of little projects, and 
working on some of the bigger ones. More work recently on the emergency 
shelter domes. (A page is about to be launched. Hopefully in the next few 
days.) 

Also, lots of recent work on the Autonomous House models & renderings. 
I've done some 1280x1024 wallpaper renderings with actual window panels. 
Rather than being all clear or all opaque, I've started interspersing windows 
& skylights, so you can see what it would look like with traditional wall & 
window panels (like the dome I currently live in) or by switching on and off 
the various LCD light-shutter panels that I want to implement. 


-- 
Pat