Interesting conversation here, my company Multiple Choices has built a storycollection and sharing portal that's mashed up with Google Maps, this Users can submit SMS content (we have an SMS application integrated to pull content into the portal), audio clips (this is done via a desktop application which can be downloaded and installed both Linux and Windows version available), all the stories are populated onto a google maps. RSS feeds are available for content syndication, user profile creation can be added if needed. Integrating the pictures module from the flip Cameras should not be hard. If anyone is interested I can be reached on <a href="mailto:john.wesonga@multiplechoices.biz">john.wesonga@multiplechoices.biz</a>.<br>
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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:19:35 +0300<br>
From: "Kai Wulff" <<a href="mailto:kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke">kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Creating edutainment clips with Flip<br>
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I am sure we could offer a portal on Butterfly so all people can upload all<br>
the clips to share and promote? Who has ideas?<br>
<br>
Kai<br>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 15:56<br>
Subject: [kictanet] Creating edutainment clips with Flip<br>
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<br>
> Dear Brian,<br>
><br>
> I know the Wow feeling. i have used the Flip Camera since November<br>
> 2007 and its amazing how hardy and useful it is.We are now using it to<br>
> create small educational clips for integration into e-learning<br>
> courses. Using open source tools, we are able to further reduce the<br>
> size of the clips (including digital images), ensuring that such<br>
> courses remain bandwidth shy...<br>
><br>
> Thanks to technology, it becomes ever easier to create local,<br>
> educationally relevant content without the need for expensive<br>
> equipment and advanced technical know how.<br>
><br>
> Gakiria<br>
> Kenya e-Learning Center<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 7/7/08, Brian Munyao Longwe <<a href="mailto:brian@caret.net">brian@caret.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Flipping over Flip<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2008/07/flipping-over-flip.html" target="_blank">http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2008/07/flipping-over-flip.html</a><br>
>><br>
>> Yesterday I came across the most amazing piece of technology that I<br>
>> have seen in recent days.<br>
>><br>
>> Gregg Zachary was just back in Nairobi enroute to his home in the USA<br>
>> and I managed to catch him for a couple of hours of talk. During this<br>
>> he showed me some videos he had taken in Zambia and Uganda and said<br>
>> that he had used his "Flip camera". I was like, "what? Flip?" and he<br>
>> said "I'll show you."<br>
>><br>
>> When I saw the device I almost fell over. Barely the size of a<br>
>> cigarette pack, this modern day wonder allows the recording of up to<br>
>> 1 hour of video, stores in in .avi format (YouTube Ready!) on an<br>
>> internal solid state (Flash) disk and uses simple, everyday AA<br>
>> batteries. Wow! The most amazing part of all was the price. Gregg<br>
>> bought his off-the-shelf in the USA before coming out on this trip<br>
>> for $125 (Kshs. 8,000).<br>
>><br>
>> This amazing little piece of technology has a built-in USB-flash<br>
>> dongle, which allows you to hook it up to your computer - and the<br>
>> software for transferring, editing and managing video is right on the<br>
>> stick! Wacha nikuambie!!!! I believe that this gadget and others like<br>
>> it is probably going to have a similar impact on the videocam<br>
>> industry as cellphones had in the telecoms industry.<br>
>><br>
>> According to Business Week and the New York Times Pure Digital, the<br>
>> startup company behind the Flip cam was able to achieve 20% market<br>
>> share in the US videocam industry within less than 1 year.<br>
>><br>
>> My head has been spinning with ideas on how this kind of device can<br>
>> contribute towards the development of local, African content.<br>
>><br>
>> Boy o boy am I excited. I want to try and put several of these into<br>
>> the hands of people all over Kenya and see what happens....<br>
>><br>
>> [Brian blogs at <a href="http://mashilingi.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://mashilingi.blogspot.com</a> and http://<br>
>> <a href="http://zinjlog.blogspot.com" target="_blank">zinjlog.blogspot.com</a>]<br>
><br>
><br>
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> Kenya eLearning Centre<br>
> Nairobi, KENYA<br>
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From: Brian Munyao Longwe <<a href="mailto:brian@caret.net">brian@caret.net</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Creating edutainment clips with Flip<br>
To: "Kai Wulff" <<a href="mailto:kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke">kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke</a>><br>
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Good gesture Kai. Would that be a portal that is freely accessible<br>
via the Butterfly network? i.e. anyone within a WiFi zone can click<br>
and upload?<br>
<br>
That would really be a huge benefit.<br>
<br>
We're thinking right now about how to scalably test this out, talking<br>
to a few friends to see if we can get hold of several of these gizmos<br>
- then let's see what happens<br>
<br>
I would love to see some primary school kids content, high school<br>
kids content, university kids content, jua-kali content, entrepreneur<br>
content etc.....<br>
<br>
Brian<br>
<br>
<br>
On Jul 8, 2008, at 5:19 PM, Kai Wulff wrote:<br>
<br>
> I am sure we could offer a portal on Butterfly so all people can<br>
> upload all<br>
> the clips to share and promote? Who has ideas?<br>
><br>
> Kai<br>
> ----- Original Message -----<br>
> From: "Gakiria" <<a href="mailto:gakiria@gmail.com">gakiria@gmail.com</a>><br>
> To: <<a href="mailto:kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke">kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke</a>><br>
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 15:56<br>
> Subject: [kictanet] Creating edutainment clips with Flip<br>
><br>
><br>
>> Dear Brian,<br>
>><br>
>> I know the Wow feeling. i have used the Flip Camera since November<br>
>> 2007 and its amazing how hardy and useful it is.We are now using<br>
>> it to<br>
>> create small educational clips for integration into e-learning<br>
>> courses. Using open source tools, we are able to further reduce the<br>
>> size of the clips (including digital images), ensuring that such<br>
>> courses remain bandwidth shy...<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks to technology, it becomes ever easier to create local,<br>
>> educationally relevant content without the need for expensive<br>
>> equipment and advanced technical know how.<br>
>><br>
>> Gakiria<br>
>> Kenya e-Learning Center<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On 7/7/08, Brian Munyao Longwe <<a href="mailto:brian@caret.net">brian@caret.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> Flipping over Flip<br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2008/07/flipping-over-flip.html" target="_blank">http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2008/07/flipping-over-flip.html</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Yesterday I came across the most amazing piece of technology that I<br>
>>> have seen in recent days.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Gregg Zachary was just back in Nairobi enroute to his home in the<br>
>>> USA<br>
>>> and I managed to catch him for a couple of hours of talk. During<br>
>>> this<br>
>>> he showed me some videos he had taken in Zambia and Uganda and said<br>
>>> that he had used his "Flip camera". I was like, "what? Flip?" and he<br>
>>> said "I'll show you."<br>
>>><br>
>>> When I saw the device I almost fell over. Barely the size of a<br>
>>> cigarette pack, this modern day wonder allows the recording of up to<br>
>>> 1 hour of video, stores in in .avi format (YouTube Ready!) on an<br>
>>> internal solid state (Flash) disk and uses simple, everyday AA<br>
>>> batteries. Wow! The most amazing part of all was the price. Gregg<br>
>>> bought his off-the-shelf in the USA before coming out on this trip<br>
>>> for $125 (Kshs. 8,000).<br>
>>><br>
>>> This amazing little piece of technology has a built-in USB-flash<br>
>>> dongle, which allows you to hook it up to your computer - and the<br>
>>> software for transferring, editing and managing video is right on<br>
>>> the<br>
>>> stick! Wacha nikuambie!!!! I believe that this gadget and others<br>
>>> like<br>
>>> it is probably going to have a similar impact on the videocam<br>
>>> industry as cellphones had in the telecoms industry.<br>
>>><br>
>>> According to Business Week and the New York Times Pure Digital, the<br>
>>> startup company behind the Flip cam was able to achieve 20% market<br>
>>> share in the US videocam industry within less than 1 year.<br>
>>><br>
>>> My head has been spinning with ideas on how this kind of device can<br>
>>> contribute towards the development of local, African content.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Boy o boy am I excited. I want to try and put several of these into<br>
>>> the hands of people all over Kenya and see what happens....<br>
>>><br>
>>> [Brian blogs at <a href="http://mashilingi.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://mashilingi.blogspot.com</a> and http://<br>
>>> <a href="http://zinjlog.blogspot.com" target="_blank">zinjlog.blogspot.com</a>]<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Gakiria Andrew<br>
>> Coordinator<br>
>> Kenya eLearning Centre<br>
>> Nairobi, KENYA<br>
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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:48:44 +0300<br>
From: Brian Munyao Longwe <<a href="mailto:brian@caret.net">brian@caret.net</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Creating edutainment clips with Flip<br>
To: Gakiria <<a href="mailto:gakiria@gmail.com">gakiria@gmail.com</a>><br>
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Incredible! This is really great. Are your clips 'open source' ;-)<br>
i.e. free?<br>
<br>
Do you have them online so that we can take a peek?<br>
<br>
Brian<br>
<br>
On Jul 8, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Gakiria wrote:<br>
<br>
> Dear Brian,<br>
><br>
> I know the Wow feeling. i have used the Flip Camera since November<br>
> 2007 and its amazing how hardy and useful it is.We are now using it to<br>
> create small educational clips for integration into e-learning<br>
> courses. Using open source tools, we are able to further reduce the<br>
> size of the clips (including digital images), ensuring that such<br>
> courses remain bandwidth shy...<br>
><br>
> Thanks to technology, it becomes ever easier to create local,<br>
> educationally relevant content without the need for expensive<br>
> equipment and advanced technical know how.<br>
><br>
> Gakiria<br>
> Kenya e-Learning Center<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 7/7/08, Brian Munyao Longwe <<a href="mailto:brian@caret.net">brian@caret.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Flipping over Flip<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2008/07/flipping-over-flip.html" target="_blank">http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2008/07/flipping-over-flip.html</a><br>
>><br>
>> Yesterday I came across the most amazing piece of technology that I<br>
>> have seen in recent days.<br>
>><br>
>> Gregg Zachary was just back in Nairobi enroute to his home in the USA<br>
>> and I managed to catch him for a couple of hours of talk. During this<br>
>> he showed me some videos he had taken in Zambia and Uganda and said<br>
>> that he had used his "Flip camera". I was like, "what? Flip?" and he<br>
>> said "I'll show you."<br>
>><br>
>> When I saw the device I almost fell over. Barely the size of a<br>
>> cigarette pack, this modern day wonder allows the recording of up to<br>
>> 1 hour of video, stores in in .avi format (YouTube Ready!) on an<br>
>> internal solid state (Flash) disk and uses simple, everyday AA<br>
>> batteries. Wow! The most amazing part of all was the price. Gregg<br>
>> bought his off-the-shelf in the USA before coming out on this trip<br>
>> for $125 (Kshs. 8,000).<br>
>><br>
>> This amazing little piece of technology has a built-in USB-flash<br>
>> dongle, which allows you to hook it up to your computer - and the<br>
>> software for transferring, editing and managing video is right on the<br>
>> stick! Wacha nikuambie!!!! I believe that this gadget and others like<br>
>> it is probably going to have a similar impact on the videocam<br>
>> industry as cellphones had in the telecoms industry.<br>
>><br>
>> According to Business Week and the New York Times Pure Digital, the<br>
>> startup company behind the Flip cam was able to achieve 20% market<br>
>> share in the US videocam industry within less than 1 year.<br>
>><br>
>> My head has been spinning with ideas on how this kind of device can<br>
>> contribute towards the development of local, African content.<br>
>><br>
>> Boy o boy am I excited. I want to try and put several of these into<br>
>> the hands of people all over Kenya and see what happens....<br>
>><br>
>> [Brian blogs at <a href="http://mashilingi.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://mashilingi.blogspot.com</a> and http://<br>
>> <a href="http://zinjlog.blogspot.com" target="_blank">zinjlog.blogspot.com</a>]<br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Gakiria Andrew<br>
> Coordinator<br>
> Kenya eLearning Centre<br>
> Nairobi, KENYA<br>
<br>
<br>
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Message: 4<br>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:26:10 -0400<br>
From: "Joseph Manthi" <<a href="mailto:jmanthi@gmail.com">jmanthi@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Creating edutainment clips with Flip<br>
To: "Brian Munyao Longwe" <<a href="mailto:brian@caret.net">brian@caret.net</a>><br>
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Brian<br>
I would encourage you to visit the following site to see Flip capabilities:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.theflip.com/" target="_blank">http://www.theflip.com/</a><br>
<br>
Joe<br>
<br>
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <<a href="mailto:brian@caret.net">brian@caret.net</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
<br>
> Good gesture Kai. Would that be a portal that is freely accessible<br>
> via the Butterfly network? i.e. anyone within a WiFi zone can click<br>
> and upload?<br>
><br>
> That would really be a huge benefit.<br>
><br>
> We're thinking right now about how to scalably test this out, talking<br>
> to a few friends to see if we can get hold of several of these gizmos<br>
> - then let's see what happens<br>
><br>
> I would love to see some primary school kids content, high school<br>
> kids content, university kids content, jua-kali content, entrepreneur<br>
> content etc.....<br>
><br>
> Brian<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Jul 8, 2008, at 5:19 PM, Kai Wulff wrote:<br>
><br>
> > I am sure we could offer a portal on Butterfly so all people can<br>
> > upload all<br>
> > the clips to share and promote? Who has ideas?<br>
> ><br>
> > Kai<br>
> > ----- Original Message -----<br>
> > From: "Gakiria" <<a href="mailto:gakiria@gmail.com">gakiria@gmail.com</a>><br>
> > To: <<a href="mailto:kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke">kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke</a>><br>
> > Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 15:56<br>
> > Subject: [kictanet] Creating edutainment clips with Flip<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> >> Dear Brian,<br>
> >><br>
> >> I know the Wow feeling. i have used the Flip Camera since November<br>
> >> 2007 and its amazing how hardy and useful it is.We are now using<br>
> >> it to<br>
> >> create small educational clips for integration into e-learning<br>
> >> courses. Using open source tools, we are able to further reduce the<br>
> >> size of the clips (including digital images), ensuring that such<br>
> >> courses remain bandwidth shy...<br>
> >><br>
> >> Thanks to technology, it becomes ever easier to create local,<br>
> >> educationally relevant content without the need for expensive<br>
> >> equipment and advanced technical know how.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Gakiria<br>
> >> Kenya e-Learning Center<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> On 7/7/08, Brian Munyao Longwe <<a href="mailto:brian@caret.net">brian@caret.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> >>> Flipping over Flip<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> <a href="http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2008/07/flipping-over-flip.html" target="_blank">http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2008/07/flipping-over-flip.html</a><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Yesterday I came across the most amazing piece of technology that I<br>
> >>> have seen in recent days.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Gregg Zachary was just back in Nairobi enroute to his home in the<br>
> >>> USA<br>
> >>> and I managed to catch him for a couple of hours of talk. During<br>
> >>> this<br>
> >>> he showed me some videos he had taken in Zambia and Uganda and said<br>
> >>> that he had used his "Flip camera". I was like, "what? Flip?" and he<br>
> >>> said "I'll show you."<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> When I saw the device I almost fell over. Barely the size of a<br>
> >>> cigarette pack, this modern day wonder allows the recording of up to<br>
> >>> 1 hour of video, stores in in .avi format (YouTube Ready!) on an<br>
> >>> internal solid state (Flash) disk and uses simple, everyday AA<br>
> >>> batteries. Wow! The most amazing part of all was the price. Gregg<br>
> >>> bought his off-the-shelf in the USA before coming out on this trip<br>
> >>> for $125 (Kshs. 8,000).<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> This amazing little piece of technology has a built-in USB-flash<br>
> >>> dongle, which allows you to hook it up to your computer - and the<br>
> >>> software for transferring, editing and managing video is right on<br>
> >>> the<br>
> >>> stick! Wacha nikuambie!!!! I believe that this gadget and others<br>
> >>> like<br>
> >>> it is probably going to have a similar impact on the videocam<br>
> >>> industry as cellphones had in the telecoms industry.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> According to Business Week and the New York Times Pure Digital, the<br>
> >>> startup company behind the Flip cam was able to achieve 20% market<br>
> >>> share in the US videocam industry within less than 1 year.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> My head has been spinning with ideas on how this kind of device can<br>
> >>> contribute towards the development of local, African content.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Boy o boy am I excited. I want to try and put several of these into<br>
> >>> the hands of people all over Kenya and see what happens....<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> [Brian blogs at <a href="http://mashilingi.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://mashilingi.blogspot.com</a> and http://<br>
> >>> <a href="http://zinjlog.blogspot.com" target="_blank">zinjlog.blogspot.com</a>]<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> --<br>
> >> Gakiria Andrew<br>
> >> Coordinator<br>
> >> Kenya eLearning Centre<br>
> >> Nairobi, KENYA<br>
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