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blogging in developing countries

By Anne on 12.13.2007

First, I have to apologize for not blogging yesterday, or at least what was my yesterday. I then have to issue a warning about agreeing to blog while living in a developing country. My suggestion, do not commit yourself to anything requiring access to technology on a regular basis. And finally I am going to complain about internet access. Before coming to Africa I thought my parent’s dial-up was bad. Luckily it prepared me for what I would find here. Not only is the internet slow, it goes out whenever it rains, along with the electricity. As we have just entered the ‘short’ rainy season, it is out all the time. Tuesday it was out all afternoon, so I left the conference I was at and went to a cafe and paid $5 to use the very slow internet for an hour in order to post. Yesterday the internet was out again all day. Because the conference ran late, I could not find anywhere open that had internet, hence the lack of a post. Today I arrived back at work to find that the storm had taken down one of the cables and therefore we should not expect internet for the rest of the week. I am now in the business center of a hotel in order to post. Sorry for the frustration and thanks for putting up with my tardiness.

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3 Responses

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    kate 12.13.2007 at 1:43 pm |

    Glad you were persistent and did eventually get a chance to post. It is important that you continue to speak about the infrastructure difficulties where you are.

    Even here, in the “land of plenty” many people have a hard time just performing basic tasks that many take for granted. Those that take such for granted can’t seem to grasp how performing even the most basic living tasks can take a large portion of one’s time, aside from trying to keep up with the rest of the developed world or those better off!

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    James 12.14.2007 at 12:28 pm |

    If you have a laptop, you can always write the post beforehand, and then post it when you get to the cafe, or if blogger is slow, email it to a friend.

    I did a lot of this from Nigeria.

    -James

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    S.H. 12.15.2007 at 10:37 am |

    I’m having trouble opening the post “the trouble to demand…” I’m not sure if it’s a technical problem with the post or my goofy computer acting up again though. it just seems to be that particular post though.

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