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Thanks Manthi,<div><br></div><div>I did this a bit earlier and also noted the Flip Spotlight programme for non-profits. We may consider applying for this programme through our US partners in order to get the heavy non-profit discount for the Flip Spotlight Kits - then see how we can 'sambaza' them to wananchi - then see what happens</div><div><br></div><div>Since it looks like KDN are willing to provide free upload bandwidth - we can expect very wonderful things - I can almost see a rush of local content jumping onto the internet within a very short time.....</div><div><br></div><div>Brian</div><div><br><div><html>On Jul 8, 2008, at 6:26 PM, Joseph Manthi wrote:</html><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Brian<br>I would encourage you to visit the following site to see Flip capabilities:<br><br><a href="http://www.theflip.com/">http://www.theflip.com/</a><br><br>Joe<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <<a href="mailto:brian@caret.net">brian@caret.net</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">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> >><br> >> _______________________________________________<br> >> kictanet mailing list<br> >> <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br> >> <a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br> >><br> >> This message was sent to: <a href="mailto:kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke">kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke</a><br> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at<br> >> <a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kai.wulff%" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kai.wulff%</a><br> >> <a href="http://40kdn.co.ke" target="_blank">40kdn.co.ke</a><br> >><br> >> --<br> >> This message has been scanned for viruses and<br> >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<br> >> believed to be clean.<br> >><br> >><br> ><br> ><br> > --<br> > This message has been scanned for viruses and<br> > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<br> > believed to be clean.<br> ><br> ><br> > _______________________________________________<br> > kictanet mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br> > <a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br> ><br> > This message was sent to: <a href="mailto:brian@caret.net">brian@caret.net</a><br> > Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/</a><br> > mailman/options/kictanet/brian%<a href="http://40caret.net" target="_blank">40caret.net</a><br> <br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> kictanet mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br> <a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br> <br> This message was sent to: <a href="mailto:jmanthi@gmail.com">jmanthi@gmail.com</a><br> Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jmanthi%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jmanthi%40gmail.com</a><br> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Joseph Manthi<br>CEO<br>MEO Ltd<br><a href="http://www.meoltd.com">http://www.meoltd.com</a></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>