http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2007/0807/connectivity-is-productivity/ Irish Communications Consultant - Be Noticed Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:14:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2007/0807/connectivity-is-productivity/#comment-255832 Where will the $100 laptop will take us? at Piaras Kelly PR - Irish Public Relations Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:32:11 +0000 http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2007/0807/connectivity-is-productivity/#comment-255832 [...] As Thompson indicates “the point is not that computers or internet access are as important as clean water, good healthcare, effective education and safe housing. It is that access to computers and the network can make it simpler and easier to deliver those other things.” An example I’m fond of using is Iqbal Quadir’s talk ‘The power of the mobile phone to end poverty‘: He recalls an incident in his childhood when a younger sibling was sick. Iqbal was sent to the doctor by his mother and trekked for half a day only to find that the doctor was not in and had to spend the other half of his day returning home without the medicine he was sent for. He highlights the fact that if his village had a mobile phone, they could simply have called the doctor and not wasted an entire day. Looking back on this experience in later life, Iqbal realised that connectivity is productivity. To highlight this he argues that if you counted up the number of similar incidents that could have been prevented due to the lack of technology, you would see the vast amount of resources wasted. [...] [...] As Thompson indicates “the point is not that computers or internet access are as important as clean water, good healthcare, effective education and safe housing. It is that access to computers and the network can make it simpler and easier to deliver those other things.” An example I’m fond of using is Iqbal Quadir’s talk ‘The power of the mobile phone to end poverty‘: He recalls an incident in his childhood when a younger sibling was sick. Iqbal was sent to the doctor by his mother and trekked for half a day only to find that the doctor was not in and had to spend the other half of his day returning home without the medicine he was sent for. He highlights the fact that if his village had a mobile phone, they could simply have called the doctor and not wasted an entire day. Looking back on this experience in later life, Iqbal realised that connectivity is productivity. To highlight this he argues that if you counted up the number of similar incidents that could have been prevented due to the lack of technology, you would see the vast amount of resources wasted. [...]

]]> http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2007/0807/connectivity-is-productivity/#comment-243525 Dialing out of the poor house - the role of productivity in combating poverty at Piaras Kelly PR - Irish Public Relations Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:45:11 +0000 http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2007/0807/connectivity-is-productivity/#comment-243525 [...] The comments remind me of Iqbal Quadir’s talk ‘The power of the mobile phone to end poverty‘, which I commented on previously: Iqbal says that despite aid been sent to developing countries over the past sixty years, little has improved. He suggests another approach, empowering citizens in these countries with technology. He recalls an incident in his childhood when a younger sibling was sick. Iqbal was sent to the doctor by his mother and trekked for half a day only to find that the doctor was not in and had to spend the other half of his day returning home without the medicine he was sent for. He highlights the fact that if his village had a mobile phone, they could simply have called the doctor and not wasted an entire day. Looking back on this experience in later life, Iqbal realised that connectivity is productivity. To highlight this he argues that if you counted up the number of similar incidents that could have been prevented due to the lack of technology, you would see the vast amount of resources wasted. [...] [...] The comments remind me of Iqbal Quadir’s talk ‘The power of the mobile phone to end poverty‘, which I commented on previously: Iqbal says that despite aid been sent to developing countries over the past sixty years, little has improved. He suggests another approach, empowering citizens in these countries with technology. He recalls an incident in his childhood when a younger sibling was sick. Iqbal was sent to the doctor by his mother and trekked for half a day only to find that the doctor was not in and had to spend the other half of his day returning home without the medicine he was sent for. He highlights the fact that if his village had a mobile phone, they could simply have called the doctor and not wasted an entire day. Looking back on this experience in later life, Iqbal realised that connectivity is productivity. To highlight this he argues that if you counted up the number of similar incidents that could have been prevented due to the lack of technology, you would see the vast amount of resources wasted. [...]

]]> http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2007/0807/connectivity-is-productivity/#comment-188133 Conall McDevitt Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:04:39 +0000 http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2007/0807/connectivity-is-productivity/#comment-188133 Enjoy your blog and the video was great. Keep up the good work P. Enjoy your blog and the video was great. Keep up the good work P.

]]> http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2007/0807/connectivity-is-productivity/#comment-187806 Ged Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:16:19 +0000 http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2007/0807/connectivity-is-productivity/#comment-187806 I love the product demo of the multitouch screen from a few years ago, priceless. Probably up there with Steve Jobs intro of the Mac in terms of captivating an audience I love the product demo of the multitouch screen from a few years ago, priceless. Probably up there with Steve Jobs intro of the Mac in terms of captivating an audience

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