Hi All. My name is Greg Fullard, from South Africa. Although I heard about ODK some months ago, I'm only getting the opportunity to explore it now. I'm working on a project where we will be using ODK Connect to collect data about laboratory samples at the point of collection (For example, when collecting water samples for testing, we want the agent to record the sampling point etc).
This data will then be fed into the LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) once the physical sample arrives at the lab.
ODK seems ideal for this use case, but I suspect we'll add some integration bit into the mix - Most likely using Apache Camel running on Spring Boot.
I am Serge from Côte d'Ivoire, and I work in the field of ICT for agriculture and rural development. I am e an engineer in Advanced Information systems and i hold an MSc In information technology.
I am currently working for an international NGo, with development projects in several West African Countries.
I discovered ODK in 2013 un Kigali, during the ICT4Ag conference (organised by CTA), and I was using it professionally since January 2014, for data collection, project monitoring and evaluation. Since then, ODK have always been part of our technical proposal for grants, since it is cost friendly, easy for end-users, and highly documented with an active core team and community.
I hope ODK will keep on improving, as it has done over the years.
My name is Suleiman, I am an industrial engineer, works with NGOs in the monitoring and evaluation field, I have experience in quality assurance mainly in ISO 9001, in addition to some in health and safety.
I am Unzimai julius from Uganda
I got involved with ODK community when i realized the need to collect data in the simple quickest manner. previously NGOs would engage us in data collection activities on paper thus tedious and space consuming.
I would purposively use ODK for data collection and analysis for both education and other work related surveys.
For more information i can be got on Facebook @UJ Lolly,
Outside the data world, i love doing music as a game.
I am a System Developer, works for national heritage organization in SA. I have recently been involved in mobile app project, I will be using android studio to customized ODK app for our organization. I am new here and I hope I will contribute more and learn a lot from fellow community members.
Where you are typically based:
I live in the Philippines, within Luzon area.
How you got involved with the ODK community (ODK origin stories!)
We have recently tried integrating ODK with our survey projects. And I was suddenly thrown into it. I had a lot of questions, so I was grateful for the active forum that answered most of my questions.
What kinds of ODK projects you have been involved in.
I have just started making an actual survey yesterday.
Your blog/Twitter/GitHub/other way for the community to follow you.
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Some of your favorite things to do outside of data collection!
I read light novels
[insert your own fun fact here]
I am a very awkward person. (That is trying to change...) Also a slow learner. (Or maybe it just depends on my interest on the subject.)
I'll be using this set of sentences as my Profile, if possible.
I think we are in the same field, I also use ODK as a data collection tool for CDC HIV research project which is based on "prevention of mother-to-child transmission" in Namibia. The project runs on OpenMRS (online version) and ODK (offline version). The data collected using ODK is sent to a central server where it's extracted and analysed using STATA. I am looking forward to sharing some ODK and STATA experiences with you.
Hi everyone! I am Brice Ramamonjy from Madagascar
I discovered ODK through the OpenStreetMap community and would like to learn more.
I am geographer, my favorite fields are GIS, rural and urban planning, environmental impact assessment, rural development and transport.
I have already participated in a data collection with ODK as a surveyor. Now I have to design survey questionnaires with interdependent questions and with several conversion units, starting with income from agricultural activities ...
I love to travel, map and love African food!
(I'm French speaking. Google Translate helped me )
Hi, I'm Desmond from Papua New Guinea,
I was introduced to ODK in 2017 by a colleague but never really gave much thought about until now. I've been working as a data manager for almost a decade now and I hope some of my experiences that I can share with the community will be helpful.
Hi, I'm Ed Robinson, I live and work from South Africa and have been using ODK and various ODK based tools mostly on international development projects in underserved communities around the world.
Hey there!
I'm Craig, based out of Pune, India, and an ODK enthusiast/evangelist since the last 3 odd years.
I have loved seeing these tools evolve and getting better all the time. I first came across ODK in 2016 and at that time thought of it as this useful tool to "fill survey forms easily in places where network coverage is poor", but it's come so far since then!
I help different non-profits in my domain (water/agriculture) get setup to use ODK and advise their data collection campaigns. This is mostly limited to Collect, Central, and Build. I occassionally find motivation to blog about using ODK, but I haven't been able to do it regularly, writing with discipline is hard!
Besides data, I am also into everything outdoors and love to read, especially books about how irrational the mind is!
salut!
je suis djamal dine djaboutouboutou. je suis béninois et je suis présentement à cotonou et je suis statisticien de formation.
j'ai entendu parler de ODK par le biais des amis. donc j'ai voulu pousser ma curiosité.
Hello World!
I am Newton Nyapwere from Zimbabwe. I am a GIS Developer. Been using ODK for agriculture, health and environmental data collection. Currently, am developing a form for recruitment and registration of pregnant women at health facilities that automatically calculates estimated date of delivery, number of WHO recommended antenatal visits (ANC) visits, the required ANC visit dates and required monthly savings for transport for ANC and delivery.
I love to play with the mud in the wilderness and classifying landscapes as I have spend much of my career as a Soil Scientist which later transitioned to GIS. I am a drone enthusiast. The drone is my companion in the wilderness.
I'm Samedi Amba, a developer from Tanzania. While pursuing a living, I have often found myself required to build an offline data collection system. I recently came across KoboCollect, the now ODK, I must say the future to this tool is amazing.
I'm still relatively new, but I believe I will be up to speed, given that data is the pillar of our information age.
Deploying this to one of the government ministries in our country, and I believe that the lessons learnt and the handholding accorded will take me a long way.
I'm a vegeterian, so I won't talk about food for now...
I am Paolo Cherubini from Italy. I have already used ODK several times for data collection campaigns in East Africa and Central America, with great satisfaction! I think there are still many potentialities to this tool left for me to know and exploit.
Hope I will be able to give back to the community in the future
Madagascar 
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and love to read, especially books about how irrational the mind is!