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Today! #ICT4D Twitter Chat - Learning From Failure

Don't forget - today we're having the December ICT4D Twitter Chat - What Have We Learned From Failure?

Starting at 12-noon Eastern Time (noon Eastern around the world) and using the #FailDay hashtag on Twitter, we'll be asking ourselves these three questions:

What do you see as common ICT4D mistakes, and why do you think they happen?
Building on #1, what common underlying causes plague the ICT4D space?
Of the issues in #2, which ones can we do something about, and what might that action be?

Be sure to follow both ICT_works and Michael Downey to keep up with all the Twitter Chat action, and for those not on Twitter, you can watch the action via the handy embed below or this separate webpage:

Our hope is to learn from each other to change the failure factors that we can individually control, and recognize the ones we need collective action to remedy.

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Wayan Vota

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Wayan Vota is a technology expert focused on appropriate information and communication technologies (ICT) for rural and underserved areas of the developing world. He is a Senior Director at Inveneo and is the editor of ICTworks

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Submitted by downeym on Fri, 12/11/2009 - 09:44

If you were able to participate (or even if not) please fill out this short survey: http://j.mp/FailDay

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ICT4D Twitter Chat Transcript

Submitted by Wayan Vota on Fri, 12/11/2009 - 10:55

For those of you who missed today's Twitter Chat on Learning From Failure, here's the transcript of our FailDay conversation.

December 11, 2009

Passando mal pacas =( e chateado .. hoje não vai ser bom #failday

alok, hoje vai ser bafo! ficar de castigo em casa -.- #failday #fail #aff #quesaco

December #ICT4D Twitter Chat: Learning From Failure - use #FailDay - starts in 3.5 hours (12 noon Eastern) - RSVP: http://bit.ly/4Ok2LY

Reminder - #FailDay Twitter Chat starting in 3 hours: http://bit.ly/7zQIet

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1 Hour To Go: #ICT4D Twitter Chat on Lessons Learned - Look for/use #failday hashtag: http://bit.ly/7zQIet

RT @ICT_works 1 Hour To Go: #ICT4D Twitter Chat on Lessons Learned - Look for/use #failday hashtag: http://bit.ly/7zQIet

Coming up at the top of the hour - #ICT4D Twitter Chat on Lessons Learned - Look for/use #failday hashtag: http://bit.ly/7zQIet

RT @ICT_Works: 1 Hour To Go: #ICT4D Twitter Chat on Lessons Learned - Look for/use #failday hashtag: http://bit.ly/7zQIet

HeatherLaGarde:

RT @downeym: Coming up at the top of the hour - #ICT4D Twitter Chat on Lessons Learned - Look for/use #failday hashtag: http://bit.ly/7zQIet

@inveneo @ICT_Works Can't chat later! Thoughts @aptivateuk earlier on agile + learning from failure: http://bit.ly/4qI3N8 #ICT4D #failday

#Failday Twitter Chat in 30 Minutes - get your favorite Twitter client ready now: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=210419886348

RT @ICT_Works: #Failday Twitter Chat in 30 Minutes - get your favorite Twitter client ready now: http://bit.ly/7AIxcN

Hey! Happy to take part to this chat. #FailDay

Participating in #ICT4D's #FailDay in 20 minutes? Use your favorite real-time search, or follow along "live" here: http://bit.ly/5RTPAj

Actually, use http://tweetchat.com/room/failday and #failday hashtag RT @ethnosproject: #ICT4D twitter chat, noon EST http://bit.ly/7zQIet

Looking forward to the ICT4Dev #Failday Twitter Chat ( http://bit.ly/7AIxcN ) h/t @wayan_vota @ICT_Works

HeatherLaGarde:

RT @wayan_vota: Use http://bit.ly/53UNX3 and #failday hashtag for Twitter chat

Using TweetChat for today's #ICT4D Twitter chat - fast refresh rate to keep up with the ideas! http://tweetchat.com/room/failday #failday

RT @wayan_vota: Use http://bit.ly/53UNX3 and #failday hashtag for #ict4d failed projects Twitter chat

15 Min Warning: December #ICT4D Twitter Chat starting at noon - use #Failday hashtag: http://bit.ly/7zQIet

Join today's noon #failday chat on learning from ICT4D mistakes : more info http://bit.ly/7AIxcN watch the chat live http://bit.ly/53UNX3

Learning from failure. | via @downeym: 9 AM PST#ICT4D Twitter Chat on Lessons Learned - Look for/use #failday hashtag: http://bit.ly/7zQIet

10 minutes until #FailDay! Recommended web client (highlight users, adjust refresh rate): http://tweetchat.com/room/failday #ICT4D #failday

10 Minute Warning: #ICT4D Twitter Chat starting at Noon. Prime your Twitter Client for #failday hashtag

Using TweetChat for today's #ICT4D Twitter Chat? http://tweetchat.com/room/FailDay - The #FailDay tag is automatically appended: #FailDay

RT: @ICT_Works: 10 Minute Warning: #ICT4D Twitter Chat starting at Noon. Prime your Twitter Client for #failday hashtag

Psst! Today's #FailDay will start in 5 min with introductions. Be ready with your name and who or what you're associated with! #FailDay

3 Minutes to the start of #ICT4D Twitter Chat

1. follow @ICT_works
2. set search for #failday
3. get your intro ready

#failday Ooo you ready? We're starting in 2 minutes. Remember: #failday hashtag

can't wait! @ICT_Works 3 Minutes to the start of #ICT4D Twitter Chat 1. follow @ICT_works 2. set search for #failday 3. get your intro ready

Welcome to the #ICT4D Twitter Chat on Learning From Failure! Please introduce yourselves & use #Failday hashtag

Hi, I'm Wayan Vota, of @Inveneo, editor of @ICT_works, and a co-host of December #ICT4D Twitter Chat on #failday

Hi, everyone. Michael Downey here from Indiana University School of Informatics and the @OpenMRS team. #FailDay

[joining the #ICT4D chat on learning from failure] Hey everyone -- Josh Nesbit from @SMSmedic and @HopePhones #failday

Hi! Linda Raftree, Social Media & ICT Advisor, Plan West Africa + sometimes Plan USA: ICT capacity bldg in pgrms + youth, media pgm #failday

#failday Ready to learn from the experience of others.

9am PST - Ding! Starting #failday #ICT4D Twitter Chat by @ICT_works

is at Changemakers, an online community connecting local social innovators. I also blog on ICT4D at joncamfield.com #failday #failday

This is Question 0 - Who are you, and where are you from? :-) #FailDay

#failday Just for fun, @sanng and I are tweeting this while sitting across from each other

Hi folks, Stephanie Seale - Inveneo Program Development. Looking forward to learning from everyone's experiences. #FailDay #failday

Hi! I'm Marco from ICTP Trieste. Working on wireless and on wireless sensor networks. #FailDay

Hi, I'm San Ng, consultnt/fmr ICT4D Director The Asia Foundation, at @Inveneo office, sitting nxt 2 @wayan_vota 4 #failday #ICT4D chat

@partners4cd Can you give us more info - what's Partners4D? #failday

stepping out for an emergency phone call, :-( will try to hop back in after. #failday

Claude Salem -Linking professionals for rural development in Africa through online access to peer based and self paced learning #failday

@meowtree We'll catch you up when you get back! #FailDay

Let's give a few more minutes for latecomers to show up and get logged on, just in case, then we'll get started with the dialogue! #FailDay

HannaHellquist:

Hi, I am Hanna, political adviser to the Swedish minister for international development cooperation #failday #ict4d

GlobalMobileNDN:

sam dupont at ndn, a dc-based think tank working on mobile, blogging here: http://is.gd/5jQHY i'll be in and out... #failday

User experience specialist interested in ICT4D challenges/opportunities. (May be in & out of today's chat.) #failday

#FailDay RT @ICT_Works: Q1: What do you see as common ICT4D mistakes, and why do you think they happen?

kristin peterson here from @inveneo. #failday

Hi all! BTW, the @Inveneo office in San Francisco is a cool place with lotsa friendly geeky folks- my kinda people! #failday

Salut! I'm Theresa Sondjo. I run an IT consulting firm in Cotonou. Bandwidth permitting, I'm here for #ict4d #failday

Q1: It usually has very little to do with the tech, mainly non-tech, social, political factors #failday

Dykki Settle @ IntraHealth user-centered eHealth & strengthening country level health workforce information www.intrahealth.org #failday

hi, Debbi Winsten, intrepid trainer in bottom up C4D. Yippee! I didn't flunk Q zero #ICT4D #FailDay

Hiya @dykki - nice to see ya around these parts
#failday

Q1: What do you see as common ICT4D mistakes, and why do you think they happen? #failday

Reasons might include: infrastructure, adoption curve, culture, lack of language/content, ICT policies/law, no local ownrshp #failday

I see gadget lust taking people in the wrong directions: I want to use shiny, flashy hammer so find me a nail... #failday

I think too many #ICT4D design a big, complex system, without understanding actual needs - then it gets tossed out the window. :) #FailDay

(aside) so cool to see @wayan_vota in action :) lotsa gadgets, wires and 'stuff' around us, w nice SF view- surreal #failday

HannaHellquist:

Lack of ICT competency on donor side might lead to investments in systems that do not meet actual needs
#failday

ditto 'bigger is better' complx- RT@downeym I think too many #ICT4D design a big, complex system, w/o understanding actual needs #failday

Good one! RT @downeym: I think too many #ICT4D design a big, complex system, without understanding actual needs ) #FailDay

@HannaHellquist Any ideas why we're not able to better help donors understand the realities "on the ground"? #FailDay

#FailDay I also see under-funding of technology: costs $1000? Then here's $500 and get volunteers instead of full investment

yes, es during early 2000s when ICT4D was even more 'faddy'- RT @HannaHellquist Lack of ICT competency on donor side #failday

RT @downeym: I think too many #ICT4D design a big, complex system, without understanding actual needs #FailDay

@ICT_Works This happens so often that a guiding principle on @OpenMRS is to not go searching for needs - listen/let them be voiced. #FailDay

Lack of realism when planning maintenance & updates (for hardware, software, and knowledge). #ict4d #failday

RT @HannaHellquist: Lack of ICT competency on donor side might lead to investments in systems that do not meet actual needs #FailDay

Don't forget buzzword compliance pushing new tech instead of reliable, tested tech (e.g. cloud computing??) #failday

ditto, best prac=tech portion shld only be 20% of total project. RT @ICT_Works #FailDay I also see under-funding of technology #failday

And a lack of focus on long-term sustainability and costs - especially hidden or free-first-year licensing costs, connectivity #failday

HannaHellquist:

@downeym The fact is that many donors today do not use ICT constructively in their own administrations.... #failday

@ICT_Works sorry, late. I work together w INGO program ppl and partners trying to monitor and influence govt policies #ICT4D #failday

That's true! RT @ICT_Works: #FailDay I also see under-funding of technology: get volunteers instead of full investment #FailDay

Hi this is Aparna from Global Voices Online. Here to learn from you guys :-) #failday #FailDay

Lack of a user / health worker emphasis... Too much focus on technology and systems problems and solutions #failday #ict4d

@joncamfield-nice way of putting it. I think I called it "trend lust" yesterday-but "buzzword compliance" more accurate. #FailDay #failday

#failday Techno-flash design un-buttressed by social feasibiilty and sustainability.

@ICT_Works I think volunteers CAN take up some lack of costs however. But volunteer community management has non-trivial overhead. #FailDay

I love it "buzzword compliance" - I have to use that in a proposal "This solution is buzzword compliant" #failday

In my agency, biggest mistake is not providing space for mistakes --> innovation. (Institutional donors not helping.) #ICT4D #failday

hi, i'm back - how to say it: the balance btwn ensuring ppl have access to new tech vs the conflicts gadgets can cause locally #failday

@joncamfield no institutional memory. New minister = new project ... there goes sustainability & any chance of recurring billing #failday

also 'stand alone' tech projects 4 tech sake RT @partners4cd #failday Techno-flash design un-buttressed by social feasibiilty #failday

HannaHellquist:

ICT as end rather than means to an end! RT @dykki: Too much focus on technology and systems problems and solutions #failday #ict4d
#failday

@giantpandainha so right - where is RFP that says "failure is okay - we expect you'll get it right by V.03"
#failday

@giantpandinha I think you're on to something. There is little *public* acceptance of mistakes, even though they're essential. #FailDay

Fear of failure leads to non-executed ideas. #FailDay

Be sure to introduce yourself - we're building a Twitter Chat list - no intro, no list shout out #failday

@dykki Diff. levels of user also: project sponsor, admin, clinic worker, patient - selling to "management" misses others. #failday

adding 2 'forever pilot' syndrome- RT @CT_Works @giantpandainha so right - where is RFP that says "failure is okay #failday

Reminder - this is Q1: What do you see as common ICT4D mistakes, and why do you think they happen? #FailDay

@downeym flip-side: too many people heedless of failure execute poorly thought out ideas, at enormous cost #failday

Greetings, founder of Akvo.org and trying to provide ICT systems which are a means to an end #ICT4D #Failday

GlobalMobileNDN:

agree with @HannaHellquist - people get caught in the tech zeitgeist and forget that the device is the means, not the end. #failday #ict4d

Could we make failure an indicator for success? Like 1/3-1/2 of our ICT pilots will fail, then prove we learn from it #failday #ICT4D

Moving onto the next project without taking a little time to reflect on what we learned from the current one #FailDay

For the record, I stole "buzzword compliance" from @sahazel #failday

@theresac Agree. That's why I think starting small with frequent iteration is crucial. Fail fast and often - and revise. :) #FailDay

Example: Donors don;t really know what ICT4D is/capable of, and then don;t scope projects right, which leads to project failure #failday

@joshnesbit Is education/transparency possible? #FailDay

We've got the hashtag 'booked' for another 30 minutes or so, but before you take off, do a super-short survey: http://j.mp/FailDay #FailDay

Guilty as charged, but we are working on it. :) RT @hajovanbeijma Using western content and programmers on African programs #failday #ICT4D

@joshnesbit Education of/transparency to taxpayer-level constituents, that is. #FailDay

3. Of the issues in #2, which ones can we do something about, and what might that action be? #failday

Poor knowledge of community. Not using/building on indigenous knowledge but imposing new constructs not so relevant #failday #failday

@downeym Sure, but do you expect people to write letters to USG asking to increase #ICT4D spending? Field needs new branding. :) #failday

Serenity Prayer kinda stuff - change the things you can, accept those you cannot #failday

HeatherLaGarde:

work on @intrahealthopen and in meeting but really enjoying reading thru #failday comments #ICT4D chat on learning from failure

in general, lack of transparency causes failure: when people can't ask/answer simple Q, "WHY are we using this?" #failday #ICT4D

#3- I think what ICT_works aims to do is a gr8 start- bringing together us
'bottom-up' folks to start intelligent and honest fdbck #failday

HeatherLaGarde:

@joshnesbit branding and profile raising can have real impact on ability to drive funders in the right direction #failday

Reading all the ICT #failday tweets. thanks @heatherLaGarde for the heads up.

Not "doing IT projects" but starting with the why, what, with/for/by whom + seeing what combo of tools (tech and not) works best #failday

My "day job" is researching new ways for #ICT4D projects to better understand users/needs in the developing world. Long road ahead. #FailDay

@3- stealth ninja-type approach with donors through our own individual/collective influence #failday

#failday We need core Mon&Eval standards to heighten donor confidence in tech-assisted solutions to socio-economic development issues

Build it and they will come (on the other hand maybe not) #failday

I think 1 way to better understand needs is to look at the few successful projects retrospectively to find out why they "made it". #FailDay

Joining #FailDay discussion from Regenstrief (sorry I'm late!). I work on patient facing apps and integration with @OpenMRS. #FailDay

I worry about "branding" in #ICT4d - we already have mHealth is everything issue, when its really: http://ow.ly/L2jg #failday

HannaHellquist:

We need a checklist of do's and don'ts to start with. Donors must be educated in ICT in general to do ICT4D well. #failday

Q3- developmt & accessibility of good tools for assessments, monitoring & eval, honest documentation of lessons learnt #failday

#failday - lesson from #mobdata: endusers and techies are not speaking the same language and need time and trust to understand each other

Let's focus - what are real, actionable things can we do to lower #ict4d failure rate? #failday

@downeym And portion out the role of luck in those success cases - we all tend to overstate our own agency, effectiveness #failday

africastrategy:

RT @ICT_Works: Let's focus - what are real, actionable things can we do to lower #ict4d failure rate? #failday

#failday Failure is necessary. Because without it, there is no innovation and learning. Unfortunately, in #m4d we are playing with lives.

@HannaHellquist I like your focus on donors - they get what they ask for & bad demands drives much of failure #failday

@ICT_works #ICT4D needs arise from partners/users, but over long time. It takes play, experimentation. And "waste" is part of it #failday

huge (as an end user) RT @mobileactive: #failday - #mobdata: endusers + techies not speaking same language, need time, trust #failday

Horray! #Akvo RSR is just pushed to Github for the first time. All glorious 322 commits of it. Which is _not_ a case of #ICT4D #failday

Q3- creating a platform for non-dev world AND dev world ICT4D folks to collaborate (is must engage dev wrld in thes discussns) #failday

#failday: @Ushahidi 4 citizen reporting in elections. Has not worked to date, as they recognize. Good discussion about that at #mobdata

We'll keep going for a while longer, but if you've gotta leave early, stop by http://j.mp/FailDay on your way out the door! #FailDay

butterflyworks:

@mobielactive "endusers and techies not speaking the same language" is indeed a challenge in all tech not just dev #failday

Publishing donor-friendly best practice reports with data from a variety of ICT4D projects will help to push back on bad requests #failday

HeatherLaGarde:

critical point RT @mobileactive: #failday - endusers and techies are not speaking the same lang need time and trust to understand each other

HannaHellquist:

YES! RT @sanng: Q3- creating a platform for non-dev world AND dev world ICT4D folks to collaborate #failday

Q3- in addtn to bottom up (ie us), use a big, 'top' figure to do the ICT4D talk, influence? An 'Obama' for tech in ICT4D? #failday

Be sure to follow today's participants: @ICT_Works/failday-twitter-chat #failday

butterflyworks:

@mobileactive #failday: @Ushahidi 4 citizen reporting in elections. Has not worked to date: can you say more?

Better yet: http://twitter.com/ICT_Works/failday-twitter-chat #failday

#failday Open source is critical but also not easy. Tech is messy, social development is messy, together failure is high. Understand that.

@ICT_Works This is a smart group. When partners/money is flashed we need to keep our wits. #failday

Bad scoping of #ICT4D projects is rampant, even in industry, government etc. #failday [an answer to @ICT_Works]

@joncamfield nobody has talked here yet about agile design practices in ICT4D. Essential to at least reduce likelihood of failure. #failday

@mobileactive Why do you say @Ushahidi not working? Thought it was great success #failday

@ICT_Works *when partnership or money are flashed #failday

@mobileactive Open source isn't necessarily essential at beginning - adds management overhead. Sometimes a small team's better. #FailDay

RT @joshnesbit: This is a smart group. When partners/money is flashed we need to keep our wits. #failday

@mobileactive open source tech is great; open source processes and orgs potentially better #failday

RT @mobileactive: #failday Open source is critical but also not easy. Tech is messy, social development is messy, together failure is hi ...

RT @mobileactive: Tech is messy, social development is messy, together failure is high. Understand that. #failday

@mobileactive if dev is actual goal (not just getting a contract), then sharing both success and failures is key. (...) #failday

@mobileactive Agile development isn't easy either. Takes time to learn how to do that successfully. #ict4dev #failday

true, but many cool successes 2! RT @mobileactive: Tech is messy, social development is messy, together failure is high. #failday

@mobileactive Also, taking risks with new disruptive ideas is important to break out of molds. Why I love working @changemakers! #failday

Let's end this on a happy note (10 min warning): What #ICT4D successes have you seen recently? #failday

@ Wall Flowers - if you're watching #Failday chat in silence - time to pipe up! no tweet, no inclusion on Twitter Chat list #failday

RT: @joncamfield: @mobileactive if dev is actual goal (not just getting a contract), then sharing both success & failures is key #failday

butterflyworks:

Nothing is ever a complete failure, always some aspect that works, mayb talk learning curve instead of total fail #failday shared blogspace?

success- eg in vietnam for first time ever, laws are assessable/online. harder for corrupt officers taking bribes #failday

#failday Development Is actual goal . I C T for Development

@downeym But if you are going to #failday a project you should really opensource the code so that other #ICT4DEV projects can benefit.

africastrategy:

Liking community approach, rejecting fear of failure, development as goal not project as goal attitudes from #failday chat

success- eg bangladesh, creatn of email @ 1 local govt flooded inbox w garbage problm (cc national gov)-local gov hv to tackle prob #failday

funny not many are sharing successes. we're much quicker to point out failure perhaps? #failday

@bjelkeman Totally agree - Open Source is the ideal "project graveyard". #FailDay

eg-election monitoring w tech in many dev countries really work, oftn in real time #failday

success: growing coalescing of #informationactivism as a field, thanks to Tactical Tech and collaborators. #failday

I think Sahana http://www.sahana.lk/ is a good example of a success story #failday

Open-sourcing a "failed" project turns it into a success - or at least helps others' chances at being one. #FailDay

butterflyworks:

am really happy with www.LearningaboutLiving.org Nigeria, reached many ppl, challenge now keeping teachers motivated & upscale #failday

I'll say that @frontlinesms is pretty cool success - have it running at home now: sms "inveneo" to 2023903328 #failday

success- eg. using sat radio in nepal for young people to learn bt wrld (local radios owned by govt) #failday

africastrategy:

Collaboration & cultural exchange (culture, both anthropology & mentality btwn user/developer) foundations for success #failday

HannaHellquist:

Problem is general lack of transparency in development assistance. Difficult to get overview of projects - good or bad. #failday

The community-based model @OpenMRS users has been successful - now on 6 continents with hundreds of millions of observations. #FailDay

@frontlineSMS is also a good example of one tech scaling mostly horizontally across multiple different projects. #failday

OLPC was great tech success: thank them when you see a netbook #failday

africastrategy:

@downeym YES! Science may not be wrong, but approach wrong. Take good science and bad execution, fix execution - win #FailDay

Yeah @ICT_Works I was just going to say the same. @frontlinesms is surely a success. #failday

Honda released excellent "failure" video: http://bit.ly/V8EiX - shows attrition rate in getting to something that works #failday

butterflyworks:

@wayan_vota OLPC was great tech success and a big implementation #fail #failday

@Benetech's Martus human rights monitoring apps generally making difference #failday

@joncamfield Maybe we should have a donor & project #failday conference ;) A free-for-all, no holds barred, lessons learned #fail event.

@wayan_vota True - even tho OLPC hasn't achieved original vision, it revealed demand for low-cost netbooks, so still helping #failday

Thanks for participating in #FailDay. Lots of great voices! Stop by http://j.mp/FailDay on your way out for a short survey. Thanks! #FailDay

Transcript for today's #failday Twitter Chat http://ow.ly/L2Ji

@mobileactive That's a great idea! You cook up the NDA, I'll try and find enough liquor donations to get the discussion going :) #failday

Growth in worldwide use, prominence of video in #humanrights + #transparency, but room for better effectiveness (#failday)

Can we wear masks? RT @mobileactive: @joncamfield donor & project #failday conf - no holds barred, lessons learned #fail event. #failday

thanks @downeym and @ict_works for another great learning opportunity! #failday

africastrategy:

We tend to look at the technology not the objective. Often solution is more simple and closer to home than we think #FailDay

Thanks @ICT_Works and @downeym for organizing this chat! So nice to connect w othrs in same situatn #failday

Okay everyone, its 1:30pm, and time to end the chat - so I'd like to thank folks for coming #failday

RT @africastrategy: We tend to look at technology not the objective Often solution is more simple & closer to home than we think #FailDay

Thanks @ICT_Works @downeym and all for energetic #ICT4D #failday

ps. any folks working in ICT4D in Asia, or law/governance, pls DM me. #failday

africastrategy:

Thank you @downeym @ICT_Works Late but welcome discovery #FailDay

@sanng None of your examples are unilateral successes when digging into the nitty-gritty of the projects. #failday

@ICT_Works is that the entire transcript? Not showing up in full for me :-( #failday

HeatherLaGarde:

RT @EllenFrancik: Thanks @ICT_Works @downeym and all for energetic #ICT4D #failday

Follow today's #FailDay participants! http://twitter.com/ICT_Works/failday-twitter-chat #FailDay

butterflyworks:

Have a nice day or evening wherever u are #failday friends

Thanks for a lovely informative discussion #failday #failday

word RT @africastrategy: We tend to look at tech not the objective. Often solution is simpler and closer to home than we think. #failday

@downeym @ICT_works ditto on the thankyous! This was a great chat #failday

Transcript for ICT4D Twitter Chat - Learning From Failure http://ow.ly/L2Pd #failday

Transcript for ICT4D Twitter Chat - Learning From Failure http://ow.ly/L2Ql #failday

@mobileactive Are there such things as unilateral successes? In IT world they are far and few between, why would you find em here? #failday

Thanks @ICT_works for getting us to collectively cogitate #failday

Help make the next #ICT4D Twitter Chat even better. Take this 60-second survey: http://j.mp/FailDay #FailDay

butterflyworks:

@sanng please follow me, so I can DM you: we are due to do a human rights mapping in Cambodja, maybe u can help us #failday

RT @ICT_Works: Transcript for ICT4D Twitter Chat - Learning From Failure http://ow.ly/L2Pd #failday

@mobileactive Interested in which cases you find most successful & why. May be a future #ICT4D chat. #failday

@bjelkeman Precisely. But many are touted as such in this field.... #sickofhype #failday #pragmaticdiscussion ;)

Transcript for ICT4D Twitter Chat - Learning From Failure http://ow.ly/L2Pd #failday (via @ICT_Works)

@mobileactive Tied into the larger non-tech goals of specific projects RT@mobileactive How do you define "success"? #failday

More #ICT4D Tweet Chat Stats: http://wthashtag.com/Failday - 264 tweets today #failday

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