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Contribute: History of the Maldives on the WWW

Maldives as a nation has progressed on the net, albeit slightly, over the years. We've seen various web presences come and go and various projects pop into existence and then grow while most fizzle out and die soon after.

I am interested in compiling the history (the story!?) of the Maldivian presence on the World Wide Web. So I invite and urge everyone to drop a comment and share:
- what your earliest memories of the Maldivian internet presence are
- what your favourite Maldivian websites have been
- what web projects did you find useful, impressive...
- what government websites you visit(ed) regularly and/or find useful
- what commercial websites you visit(ed) regularly and/or find useful
- which community projects you participate(d) in or are aware of
etc

Thanks!

Note: Shaahee had an effort underway earlier this year to compile the history of usage of computers and the Internet in the Maldives into a book. He is now planning to open up the project as an open, web-based collaboration effort. The project should be having a public launch pretty soon...
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  1. am says:
    #1 2006-12-23 07:27 (Reply)

    - what your earliest memories of the Maldivian internet presence are

    a:first time in www when i was hmmm....something like 16 years(not so long ago)..It was dial-up and my father used to shout at me for increasings the telephone bill

    - what your favorite Maldivian websites have been
    a:mvblogs,haveeru these are the only dhivehi sites i visit regularly..also thebalabodu.com & gomaumoongo.com for past time if i am bored

    -what web projects did you find useful, impressive...
    a:mvblogs,mlug,mvh & free stuff that you develop (technova) or and some forums..

    - what government websites you visit(ed) regularly and/or find useful
    - what commercial websites you visit(ed) regularly and/or find useful
    a:Frankly i don't normally visit any dhivehi government or commercial website.

    - which community projects you participate(d) in or are aware of
    etc
    a:i havnt in any !!

  2. subcorpus says:
    #2 2006-12-23 10:38 (Reply)

    i remember me and a friend dialing to haveeru BBS ...
    it cud only take 16 connetcions at any given time ...
    there is only one girl that i remember talking to ...
    and i hear she is in Aussie now ...
    if she is reading this ... good morning ...
    hehe ...

  3. Aminath says:
    #3 2007-09-24 19:13 (Reply)

    i stumbled on your post while searching for any information on the Maldives and how we have used, viewed, valued information.

    It would be interesting to read your story of Maldivian presence on the WWW, that is if you managed to compile that story :-)

  4. Athif says:
    #4 2008-08-15 23:14 (Reply)

    Hello,
    I came across this post while searching for ICT history in Maldives. The idea is very interesting, and hopefully you might have finished the compilation now.

    I'm conducting a research on ICT and e-government in Maldives. I guess you might be able to contribute with the information you've gathered for this project. I would really appreciate that.

    In response to your questions:
    *earliest memories of internet in Maldives - Well, it was mid 1997. Actually, my computing instructor used a dial-up to connect to dhiraagu.

    *Fav mv websites - None in particular.

    *Useful/impressive web project - Dhivehi radheef website is useful sometimes!

    *Govt websites - most government websites are not updated frequently and not much useful content provided. MPND, and Telecom Authority is quite useful.

    *Commercial - BML is useful, now with internet banking.

    What good does it make, even if the websites are present in WWW, but they lack info...

    regards

  5. jaa says:
    #4.1 2008-08-16 21:35 (Reply)

    Hi Athif,
    Sadly I never got far with the effort!

  6. Athif says:
    #4.1.1 2008-08-16 22:21 (Reply)

    Jaa,
    That's too bad. The idea is great and doing something like that would be very beneficial for a lot of people, especially researchers. Why not try again?

  7. jaa says:
    #4.1.1.1 2008-08-16 22:23 (Reply)

    Definitely worth a try indeed. But it takes dedication and effort to compile such, neither of which am I in possession of for the time being!


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