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GeekCorps: Geeks for a Good Cause
blogs.pcworld.com — Geekcorps is a hard-working nonprofit that trains people in the developing world to use technology. Volunteers typically spend at least 4 months working intensively with locals who want to use technology to accomplish a goal, like creating a network. Geekcorps pays the volunteers' travel expenses, housing, meals and other incidental expenses.
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- othersomethings, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Sounds like good stuff. I'd do it in a heartbeat...maybe when this stint runs out...
- titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9At least is isn't Geek Squad.
- Daisuke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1anything is better than geeksquad. if they made people in the developing world fly here for just a cat-5 cable they'd be doing more for them than geeksquad ever will.
- joel8x, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah, my first reaction is that the name is insulting (like GeekSqad). It implies that it's a group of people who bite the heads off of chickens.
- fetusface, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1wow........how interesting.......
- timmarhy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1how about a non blog link.
- howrare, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.geekcorps.org/
- tofagerl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I would love to do this, and I will lie in the dust before those who do. I unfortunately am way to selfish and self-involved to actually do it myself :(
- deanlowe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2They must be awash in volunteers if they're only taking "experts".
- hackershandbook, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Maybe they are just trying to discourage n00bs - I guess their skill set is also well defined - LINUX & solar power isn't normally on the main company LAN ....
- hackershandbook, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The Villagers might be illiterate NOW - but a few years exposure to modern technology will spur those budding Hackers (Old Skool Hackers not system intruders) into action - and they will learn English so they can read the docs and howtos.
This is a cool project - sign me up now!
English/Spanish speaking IT d00d seeks 4 month placement in Southern India, in the villages, away from the "tourist India", wanting to learn 1 or more S.Indian languages - and teach IT and English to people in Karnataka or Tamil Nadu (or both) ... - blacktone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2better let you buy an APC or M1 Tank... "four months in countries like Lebanon, Mali, Ghana and Nigeria" maybe you should brush up on missile radar jamming and Jedi force fields(Geek part). just in case some random missile comes your way.
- Ashex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Heh, this sounds like a pretty awesome opportunity for me. I use linux daily and run a linux-based server, and last time i went to sudan I installed solar powered lights in my great uncles house, ac convertor included :)
- nilstycho, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm reading this from Şanlıurfa, Turkey, since I'm on a Global Technology Academy trip. We're bringing 200 computers to agricultural districts here. And typing this comment on a Turkish keyboard is slowing me down, "because otherwıse ıt turns out lıke thısç"
If you're young and in Seattle, join up! http://www.globalta.org/ - snookums, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I'd be interested in something like this if they didn't use the word geek. This is one of the reasons I eventually dropped my C.S. major and went a different direction. I'm not a geek. I don't like self-deprecating humor, and I hate being around people who are constantly referring to themselves as geeks. It's as pathetic as the fat guy who's always telling Chris Farly jokes. Oh yeah. Since I'm going to be modded down for this anyways, I hate anime, and I think the Japanese are slanty eyed pedophiles.
- gooru, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This sounds awesome, though sending tech geeks to a third-world country sounds like a recipe for severe tech withdrawal. Then again, you get to flex your problem solving skills.
- riot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2any canadians out their can also apply for netcorps ...
http://www.netcorps-cyberjeunes.org/ - RuskiBanger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0There is another site, http://tuxtemps.com that seems to be gearing up for something like this but their site doesn't give allot of information.
- KB3JUV, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They also are looking to do this stuff in disaster areas.
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