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The Art of Thinking Ahead

Noticed after conducting an ad-hoc interview in Lwamagwa with a rural Ugandan policeman.

The reason for the interview was that the spot just above the police station entrance was one of the only places in the village that had regular cellular reception (basically line of sight through a dip in the landscape to a base station). Move the phone a foot either way and the reception was lost. Making and receiving calls required dextrous use of his head set.

Related: Village Phone extended antennas.

Writing from Tokyo | August 18, 2006 | Permalink