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BytesForAll
BytesForAll (also known as B4A or BfA) is a South Asian initiative to focus on how information technology and the internet can help in taking up social development issues. It is one of the oldest ICT4D (information and communication technologies for development) networks in South Asia. It was launched at a time when ICT4D was yet to become a buzz-word on the development circuit, and was still largely unnoticed for its potential. FLOSS-inspired BytesForAll was founded in July 1999 by Frederick Noronha of Goa, India and Partha Pratim Sarkar of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is inspired by the FLOSS, Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) model, and says it prefers to be an unfunded, volunteer-driven project. In 2005, BytesForAll became the lone member of the Association for Progressive Communications or APC in South Asia. Mailing list BytesForAll_Readers had some 1,548 subscribers as of October 2006, and describes itself saying it "is particularly designed for BytesForAll readers and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Noronha
Frederick Noronha (born 23 December 1963) in São Paulo, Brazil is a journalist based in Saligão in the Bardez taluka of Goa. He is active in cyberspace and involved with e-ventures involving Goa, developmental concerns and free software. Noronha writes mostly on free software / open source issues, technology, and computing issues in India. He is the co-founder of BytesForAll and the founder of the alternate publishing house, Goa 1556. Education Frederick Noronha received a B.Com. degree from Dempo College of Commerce and Economics, Panjim, and M.A. (English Literature) degrees from Goa University and University of Bombay. In 2021 he took a Ph.D. in English, focusing on publishing in twentieth-century Goa, via Goa University's Department of English (under Prof. Andre Rafael Fernandes). Noronha is also an alumnus of the Internationales Institut für Journalismus (G57 course, 1990). He received a scholarship from the Institute for Further Education of Journalists (Fojo), Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |