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INTERACT 2009 Workshop: Ethics, Roles & Relationships in Interaction Design in
                          Developing Regions

      Designing an SMS-based application for seaweed farmers in Zanzibar
                         (and why it failed for now)



                Martin Konzett, martin.konzett@inso.tuwien.ac.at
Research Group for Industrial Software (INSO), Vienna University of Technology, Austria

               Martin Tomitsch, martin.tomitsch@arch.usyd.edu.au
   Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney, Australia

            Thomas Grechenig, thomas.grechenig@inso.tuwien.ac.at
Research Group for Industrial Software (INSO), Vienna University of Technology, Austria
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msaada? (Swahili for "Help")



asante sana! (Swahili for "Thank You")



more? http://ict4d.at/helloafrica

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Designing an SMS-based application for seaweed farmers in Zanzibar (and why it failed for now)

  • 1. INTERACT 2009 Workshop: Ethics, Roles & Relationships in Interaction Design in Developing Regions Designing an SMS-based application for seaweed farmers in Zanzibar (and why it failed for now) Martin Konzett, martin.konzett@inso.tuwien.ac.at Research Group for Industrial Software (INSO), Vienna University of Technology, Austria Martin Tomitsch, martin.tomitsch@arch.usyd.edu.au Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney, Australia Thomas Grechenig, thomas.grechenig@inso.tuwien.ac.at Research Group for Industrial Software (INSO), Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • 6. msaada? (Swahili for "Help") asante sana! (Swahili for "Thank You") more? http://ict4d.at/helloafrica