Bottom line: we need a local distribution network / evangelist. The Cuban government has
done it with Kiwix in their local Youth Computer Clubs and it did wonders. It also gave it
the added value of government-approval, so people wouldn’t have to second-guess the
quality of the product (not to mention its political acceptance). People are fundamentally
risk-adverse and there needs to be a form of validation, either by authority or peers.
SCM
Le 25 déc. 2018 à 00:24, Samuel Klein
<meta.sj(a)gmail.com> a écrit :
Thoughts:
1) pitching the idea, and creating language, around distributing sets of 5-10. bundle
so that shipping is half the total cost of a set.
Networks of people who all share one point of contact who knows how to update or
troubleshoot them have more meaningful access and a better experience (and lower total
cost of ownership).
2) lack of awareness tracks marginal cost for local groups. $30 for a school or clinic,
including travel time for the person dropping it off --> something I would do for every
clinic + nursing school + other school in a district. Lower cost makes it reasonable for
a graduating class of nurses + doctors to all have one to take with them to their next
place of work.
3) tipping points of awareness in a region make use + communication about nodes more
reliable, more useful (general purpose; not just in one location) -- and lead to better
feedback about types + languages of content most needed that is still not included.
4) maps of where these are desired but not available, so that others can send them, is a
parallel need that can offset unit costs. Plenty of people want to help complete delivery
to points on such maps (including UN orgs trying to provision global information goods).
On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 7:14 PM James Heilman <jmh649(a)gmail.com
<mailto:jmh649@gmail.com>> wrote:
As the price of hardware continues to drop the financial barriers to health information
for all continue to fall. We are now able to package and ship an offline version of
Wikipedia in multiple languages for around 40 USD. And we have sent out nearly 250 units
in just over a year.
The question now is what are the remaining barriers to widespread distribution and
access? Is it a lack of awareness among those who need this technology? Is it still too
expensive? Are people looking for different types of content? Or maybe different
languages?
Peoples thoughts?
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MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
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