IGF Nov 15-18 2009 in Sharm
I’ve been involved with the UN Internet Governance Forum as W3C representative since before it was created, and I’ve attended most of the plenaries (Athens, Rio) and most of the prep meetings in Geneva, so for me, the IGF community, inclusive of UN staff like Markus Kummer and his team,…
Internet Governance Forum 2009
Kenya: Summary of the Visit
This is second post about Kenya, focused on the content of our meetings. As mentioned in my previous post, we met government representatives, NGOs/civil society organization, industry leaders and developers networks.
About government, we had 3 different meetings with ministers and parliamentarians. There were some commonalities among these discussions. First of all, it was impressive for…
Tim’s Pictures from Kampala
Tim just forwarded these to us. Both taken today, Monday 23 November. We’ll add descriptions as soon as they are available.
Read MoreWeb Foundation in Kenya
I will make a series of posts to summarize the journey that Tim Berners-Lee, Rosemary Leith (Web Foundation Director) and I made in Kenya during the past 4 days. I was coming directly from Cairo and the IGF in Sharm el Sheikh.
The 2010 World Cup Football activities hit me hard! I flew on the…
Web Foundation Workshop in Egypt
While those in Boston were working day and night preparing the new Web site and speaking with the press, I was with Tim Berners-Lee and Daniel Dardailler in Sharm-el-Sheik, at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting, to participate in the launch of the Web Foundation and to organize a workshop on the Web Foundation. This…
Read MoreWelcome to Our New Site
Thank goodness.
The old site is gone, and a new, more dynamic, more informational, more mobile, more attractive (and, yes, more green) site is at your service. See the Site Details page for info on how we are working to meet standards. Big thanks to Lee Dale and Gabriel Mansour at Say Yeah! and their partner…
Tim Berners-Lee to Egypt, Kenya, Uganda
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web and founder of the Web Foundation, is traveling in Africa over the next couple of weeks to make an important announcement, explore how the Web is and could be empowering people on the continent, and understand the barriers that need to be broken down to allow people to harness…
Read MoreNew Videos: Tim talks with Ghanaian Web Users
Tim Berners-Lee and Aleks Krotoski (BBC) talk with Ghanaians at a local community computer center about how and why they use the Web [see Daniel's post about the trip: WF's first trip to Ghana and videos with a local farmer].
The videos are clips from raw footage taken for BBC’s Digital Revolution (working title) project: an…
Web Foundation Celebrates the Appointment of Key Board Members
Press Release: Business Leaders, Journalists, Scientists, Diplomats and Scholars Lend Support and Guidance
The World Wide Web Foundation (Web Foundation) introduces its boards of directors, who will oversee the Web Foundation’s international operations and the start of its first programs. In September 2008, the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, announced plans to…