Ok, I'm left with one slot only. And that one I'd like to use for this interesting project:

Farmer 2 Farmer Learning.

Ok, I already explained my methodology, now let me submit my votes....Its not in preference, I just tried to place them in random  order. Not that I didn't like other projects, it is simply an amazing list of projects, it was very difficult to select my best 10...Anyway, here goes my list of 8, for the rest 2, I'm still thinking... (please also see: http://www.netsquared.org/blog/partha/so-much-more-be-done-3 for my last vote)

1. HIV ATLAS: Serving positively proud people

What a amazing list of ideas and projects! The more I read this, the more I feel - so much more to be done. Can't resist quoting a line from a Bengali poet, Rabindranath Tagore (who was also a Noble Laureate back in 1913) - "The root of wealth or poverty lies in the ends we have in mind, not in the means to those ends. If the hand is ready then finding the instrument of action should not be difficult". Are we looking for those instruments of action?

Where can I get the presentation that was shown this morning on 100$ laptop?

Partha

I was looking for source that can publish blogs via email or SMS text message from cell phone. I was thinking of this one yesterday but couldn't remember to find any. I mean technically it is very possible, photoflicker does that for image already. Can someone please point me to any such site?

Partha

I've been thinking for some possible expansion of 'podcasting for development' idea. I am sure many others may be thinking in this line too. Purpose of this posting is to find resources or contacts who are working in this direction. One of the core areas would be to let people use or create podcasts without the use of any computer keyboard that requires literacy. Obviously the options are to use cell phone or to use land phone to call a local number to leave their voice messages which would then be podcasted through a website. I know some VOIP based telephone system (such as, vonage.com or skype.com) provides telephone number that can be called locally but this service is available mostly in North America or Europe. Wondering such service can also be made available in other developing countries in Asia, Africa where users from a rural community or from a rural telecentre can call a local number to generate audio content. Much of this content then can also be received by many mp3 enabled cellphones. In cases such services are not available, we can make partnership with local ISPs or local cell phone companies who can then work to collect and to reroute the audio files to a desinated site. I think many ISPs or cell phone companies would be interested on this. Gradually podcasting can be integrated with local e-governance initiatives where local governments can receive feedback (for example, the tubewell doesn't work, the electricity poll has fall down due to strom, the doctor doesn't come regularly to the local health clinic etc.etc.) directly from the community. At certain point, podcasting can be a tool of skill development or awareness raising through community radio initiatives at the grassroots level. So much more to be done!