The Knowledge Underground Computers Vijay Datadin
Present an idea that changed the world Make a link to how it applies to Guyana Be accessible to a wide audience (students, housewives etc) Must be one of the 100 Ideas listed Last minutes
Vijay Datadin GIS Specialist. Web Developer Guyana, UK, Trinidad & Tobago, Haiti, St. Lucia, Afghanistan, Barbados, Dominica University of Guyana, Edinburgh University
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The Personal Computer The Spreadsheet (killer app) The Network The Inter-Network The World Wide Web Computers: Several Big Ideas
-Shopping on Amazon -Selfies & Likes on Facebook -Cool videos on YouTube -Pins on Pinterest -Important thoughts on Twitter -Advanced Science How did the WWW change the World?
‘a collaborative medium, a place where we can all meet and read and write’ Tim Berners-Lee (UK) How did the WWW change the World?
It continues to allow more and more of humanity to connect, share information and collaborate … greatest impact in lesser developed societies such as Guyana. It’s effect is now unstoppable. How the WWW is changing the World
Why unstoppable?
Today: The Rise of Open How the WWW is changing the World
Open Source … free software that you can improve Open Data … data available to all to analyse
Open Software - Linux, PHP and MySQL power the internet (including Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Amazon and most supercomputers … and probably your phone Open: Meeting, collaborating, sharing
We, the G8, agree that open data are an untapped resource with huge potential to encourage the building of stronger, more interconnected societies that better meet the needs of our citizens and allow innovation and prosperity to flourish.' July 2013 G8 Open Data Charter Open Data
Open: Meeting, collaborating, sharing
Massive Open Online Courses - Stanford, UC, Duke + - MIT, Harvard, + - Vocat./ professional Meeting, collaborating, sharing … include students from Guyana
Meeting, collaborating, sharing
crime.guyana.gy Guyana Crime Reports facebook.com/GuyanaCrime twitter.com/GuyanaCrime
Meeting, collaborating, sharing
Meeting, collaborating, sharing
It’s not just a computer
It continues to allow more and more of humanity to connect, share information and collaborate. … greatest impact in lesser developed societies such as Guyana. It’s effect is now unstoppable. How the WWW is changing the World