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How to Mobile-Optimize a Wordpress Website

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Author: Prabhas Pokharel Abstract: Publishing for the mobile web is an important way to reach audiences on mobile phones. This screencast demonstrates an easy-to-use tool that can enable many content producers pubish for the ...

07/28/2010

How to RapidSMS

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Author: UNICEF Abstract: A how-to guide on using and implementing RapidSMS for mobile data collection and communication. Ths manual give an overview for how to implement and use RapidSMS in a mobile data collection proje ...

07/23/2010

Mobile Audio Recording in the Field (And How to Get a Clear Sound From the Streets)

How-To

Author: Melissa Ulbricht Abstract: This How-To article provides tips for recording and sharing clear-sounding audio from a mobile phone. Often, recording on a handset is done in less-than-ideal environments. This article off ...

06/18/2010

Mapping SMS Incident Reports: A Review of Ushahidi and Managing News

How-To

Author: Melissa Loudon Abstract: In this how-to, we test out two systems for SMS incident mapping: Ushahidi and Managing News. Incident mapping is a simple but powerful concept that does what it says - using SMS to report a given ...

05/03/2010

A Guide to Mobile Security for Citizen Journalists

How-To

Author: Melissa Loudon Abstract: Citizen journalism, and with it the rise of alternative media voices, is one of the most exciting possibilities for mobile phones in activism. Mobile phones are used to compose stories, capture ...

03/01/2010

How to Set Up an SMS System

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Author: Melissa Loudon Abstract: SMS is everywhere, in an amazing diversity of applications. From enabling 'instant protest' in the Philippines, Spain and Albania , to election monitoring in Ghana , Lebanon, and Sierra ...

10/04/2009

Setting up an SMS Campaign from your Desktop

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Author: MobileActive Abstract: This document describes the second way – bootstrapping your way to a texting campaign by using Desktop SMS Hubs on a tiny budget and with a minimum of technical expertise. This method focus ...

07/29/2009

SMS Hub Comparison Matrix

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Author: Ben Rigby for MobileActive Abstract: A comparison of do-it-yourself SMS hubs -- stand-alone systems which allows you to send and receive large numbers of text messages via the mobile phone network, without needing to be co ...

07/29/2009

The Challenges of Mobile Advocacy

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Author: Tactical Tech Abstract: Overview of some of the challenges and potential pitfalls to mobile advocacy that are good to keep in mind as you are planning a campaign. Global Regions: Sub-Saharan Africa ...

07/29/2009

Mobile Surveillance - A Primer

How-To

Author: Melissa Loudon Abstract: Mobile Surveillance Basics Mobiles can be useful tools for collecting, planning, coordinating and recording activities of NGO staff and activists. But did you know that whenever your ph ...

06/10/2009