Things have been very quiet around here lately. I'm hard at work on my thesis and finishing up the semester, so things are probably going to stay fairly quiet for the time being.
But, there's always something. I came across this interesting article on open source software in the development context. Pay special attention to the last two paragraphs about linking the open source community with IT people in developing countries. This captures my opinion exactly - open source is not just (and not most importantly) cheap software for developing countries, it also has the potential to raise awareness among a huge and influential global community of developers of the needs of developing countries to make sure that the tools needed are available and appropriate.
Make sure you visit the link to UNU-IIST to get the whole picture.
Negroponte seems to have briefly addressed some of the criticisms that we've been hearing about the $100 laptop recently from Microsoft executives and others: Wired News: Laptop Detractors Shrugged Off
See also Slashdot.org for many many MANY comments.
They managed to sweep the issue under the chair at WSIS, but that doesn't mean it went away: BBC NEWS | Technology | Unease over how the net is run.