[DDN] Google reportedly in talks to buy YouTube
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/06/BUGF9LKC584.DTL - Google reportedly in talks to buy YouTube - Chronicle Staff Report Friday, October 6, 2006 (10-06) 12:13 PDT -- Google is reportedly in talks to purchase online video site YouTube for $1.6 billion, according to several media reports. The Wall Street Journal Friday, citing a source familiar with the talks, said Google, the Internet search leader was at a sensitive point in the talks to buy YouTube, the leading online video sharing site. The Journal's report comes on the heels of similar speculation on the technology blog, Techcrunch, which said a deal was in the works a day earlier. Google and YouTube representatives declined to comment on the rumors Friday. San Mateo-based YouTube was established by three veterans of online payment provider PayPal and currently has 43 percent of the online video sharing market, according to Hitwise, an Internet research firm. YouTube visitors watch more than 100 million videos a day on the site, according to the company. Google Video, a competing video service that the search giant hoped would make it a significant player in the burgeoning world of online video, ranked fifth in the field with 6.5 percent of the market. The purported price of the deal is considerable. By contrast, News Corp. purchased MySpace, the leading social networking site, for $580 million last year. The company's chief executive Chad Hurley has previously said the company was not for sale and a future initial public offering was possible. The New York Post last month, however, quoted a source inside YouTube who said the company would not sell for less than $1.5 billion. Key Link= http://www.youtube.com/ URL: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/10/06/BUGF9LKC584.DTL ++ Peter S. Lopez ~aka Peta Email= [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Aztlannet_News/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Humane-Rights-Agenda/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] overview of Pew report on broadband access and online publishing
Andy Carvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, I've just posted an overview of the latest report from the Pew Internet American Life Project, which focuses on home broadband access in the US and who's posting content to the Internet. Broadband access is up across the board, with middle income family access growing at the fastest rate. English-speaking Latinos are now almost as likely (41%) to have broadband at home as white families (42%), while African American families lag a bit behind (31%). Income and education levels continue to remain major barriers, though growth was seen at all levels. DSL access has become more affordable, though many more households cite speed as their reason for getting broadband (57%) compared to the lowering of cost (3%), suggesting that more people are willing to pay for it in order to gain the benefits of high-speed access. To me, though, the most interesting part of the report focuses on online content publishing. Overall, 35% of Internet users - 48 million people - have posted content to the Internet. Broadband users are more likely to post online content than dialup users - 42% versus 27%. This is especially true of bloggers and people who manage their own websites. While an average of eight percent of Internet users publish their own blog, 11% of broadband users had blogs, compared to only four percent of dialup users. And amazingly, lower-income users were a bit more likely to post content online than higher-income users, while whites _lagged_ behind African Americans and English-speaking Latinos - 32%, 39% and 42% respectively. You can download the 26-page report here: http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/184/report_display.asp My overview of it can be found here: http://www.andycarvin.com permalink: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/06/new_report_says_broa.html -- -- Andy Carvin acarvin (at) edc . org andycarvin (at) yahoo . com http://www.andycarvin.com http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.pbs.org/learningnow -- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. Gracias Brother Andy ~ And a sincere thanks for all the good work you have done over the years. When time permits I will check this out more. I just wanted to note that the Pew Hispanic Center comes out with a lot of good research and was wondering if this Pew Center is connected with them. I kind of fit the profile for Latinos with online groups I belong to, some blogs I work with and I sure am poor low-income! I believe that many of us poor humane activists have a better grasp of how Internet Power can help to empower us that those further up the food chain, if only in terms of educating each others and sharing educational materials online. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Punishing Students for Extracurricular Online Activities: Crossing the Line?
Andy Carvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, Last week, an Illinois school district adopted a new policy towards student online activities thats already stirring up a lot of controversy. All students in the Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 participating in extracurricular activities will now have to sign a pledge saying they will not post inappropriate content on the Internet or they will face disciplinary action. The catch, though, is that the pledge also applies to online activities done _outside_ of school. I've just written an analysis of the policy, based on previous research I've done over the last decade on student online freedom of expression. I take a look at a variety of legal precedents that might be relevant to the policy, including US Supreme Court cases (Tinker v. Des Moines School District and Board of Ed v. Earls) and local court cases such as the Paul Kim Case, the Brendan Beussink case and the Nick Emmett case. In all three of these local cases, schools punished students for online activities that occured outside of school; the schools were then forced to settle out of court or were ruled against by a judge for attacking the student's free speech rights. To read more, please visit here: http://www.pbs.org/learningnow permalink: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/learning.now/2006/05/punishing_students_for_online.html -- -- Andy Carvin acarvin (at) edc . org andycarvin (at) yahoo . com http://www.andycarvin.com http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.pbs.org/learningnow -- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. apata Thanks Andy ~ I believe this is a fascist insane policy. People look for extravagant exaggerated manifestations of fascism but it is the little chipping away of our humane civil rights, bit by by day-by-day that could eventually wipe out all our liberties. School administrators should focus on the schools and not let their authoritarian syndrome go outside the school grounds. They should be concentrating o teaching students basic educational skills and giving them the proper tools. They should be glad that students are even hip to the Internet, can type, are literate and expressing themselves. There can be a thin line when it comes to what is really apppropriate or not, but what a student does outside of school should be his or her business and perhaps that of their own parents. This should be a matter of basic common sense! This overleaps the line! Peter S. Lopez ~aka Peta Join the Humane-Rights-Agenda Group! Humane-Rights-Agenda Blog Sacramento, California, Aztlan Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] What does it mean to be a technology activist?
Thanks for the Link Brother Andy ~ The font on that article was really small, especially for near sighted people like me and I am sure many of the elderly who do not usualy have young eagle eyes , so I will have to put it in a Document and will Blog it! I love Global Voices, it is user friendly and I dig the HTML method of putting the Link onto our webpages. Recent events in relation to the Great Cesar Chavez March in Los Angeles and other cities, including here in Sacramento, has shown the positive benefits of Internet Power to help create a mass consciousness via Online Activist. Still, the basic language education, computer literacy and technology teachings still needs to be done in our repressed communities. Pictures of Gran Marcha in Los Angeles: http://humane-rights-agenda.blogspot.com/2006/03/key-link-pictures-of-la-marchaen-los.html#links. Peter S. Lopez ~aka Peta Sacramento, California, USA Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Humane-Rights-Agenda/ http://humane-rights-agenda.blogspot.com/ http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/sacranative z. Andy Carvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ethan is an extraordinary blogger on development issues. He's the founder of GeekCorps and co-founder of Global Voices Online, as well as one of the leaders of worldchanging.com. Definitely a perspective worth reading. (full disclosure: he and I are also really distant cousins, but we didn't know that until after I formed this opinion of him, anyway.) :-) ac Malin Coleridge wrote: This may be a little off topic but a direct off shoot. I was directed to the following BLOG. It talks about the impact of the new technologies on activism itself. I think it is important for us all to remember that it is not only the technology (although it's really cool ;-)), but rather the potential for the technology. Check it out. It is pretty interesting. http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=452 -- -- Andy Carvin acarvin (at) edc . org andycarvin (at) yahoo . com http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.andycarvin.com -- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. - Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] my updated protopage
Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi everyone -
the more i use the free protopage web service, the more i'm impressed at
what you can do with it.
i've updated my protopage at http://protopage.com/pshapiro to include
links to 2 new learning videos i recently created.
thanks for spreading the word about the protopage service to people you
know who could benefit from it. and let the rest of us know what kinds of
protopages you're building.
- phil
btw, if you're so inclined, you can digg my protopage at
http://digg.com/technology/Protopage_web_service
you might need to set up a free account at digg.com
for those who might not know, the digg.com web site is a way for
individuals to voice their approval of a technology-related web site.
it's important that all technology access advocates register and use digg.
digg gives us a voice and digg is going to be bigger than slashdot. (slashdot
gets 18 million unique visitors per month.)
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Gracias Brother Phil ~ You have already helped me greatly, esp. when you
turned me on to blogspot, Picassa and being able to post from a windows
document onto my blog. I will check out this new lead.
I suspect some of the 'older and wiser' ones on this DDN List kind of
assume that others know about what they know about, which often is not the
case. As in progressive recovery that I work with at the local Salvation Army,
some of those we work with are new comers and we must not assume they know
what we know. Thanks for your guidance.
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[DDN] WSIS: Summit without a Peak by Hermano Joaquin
have
enough money to
heal their illnesses, or even at times, to bury their dead. The beautiful
future that
information technicians envision, is only for the few. The rest will continue
as always.
Those that advocate an unlimited Information Society, do so in the midst of a
global
neo-liberal economy designed to benefit multinational companies and
millionaires. There
was good reason that those attending the business forum, which took place in
conjuncture
with the summit, rejoiced when the US flat-out refused to let control of the
Internet
pass into the hands of an international committee, thus keeping it in the
private hands
of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (CANN).
The cybernetic business community was overjoyed with the fact that the Internet
would
stay in private hands and be regulated only by market terms. As usual, their
primary
concern is business and profits. They have absolutely no interest in finding
ways to
control the proliferation of pornography (of any kind) or of neo-Nazi or
ultra-rightwing
websites that teach young people hate, racism and xenophobia, or how to make
homemade
bombs and weapons. The new informatics entrepreneurs have no interest in
slowing down the
escalation of anti-culture on the web in favor of prioritizing art, education,
enlightenment and ethics.
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Related Links ~
World Summit on the Information Society
http://www.itu.int/wsis/
WSIS Documents
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=enid=2266|2267
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
http://www.icann.org/new.html
Domain Name Handbook: ICANN News and Editorials
http://www.domainhandbook.com/icann3.html
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[DDN] New Specialist Blogs: A Growing Chilean Opportunity
We should read, understand and support blogs emanating from the Third World, including Latin America... and yes Virginia. There is a Third World! ;-~ ~Peta de Aztlan +++ http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/author/rosario-lizana/ Monday, November 21st, 2005 New Specialist Blogs: A Growing Chilean Opportunity Americas, Chile, Weblog Inside the Chilean Blogs world, we have a specialist blog community. This community is characterized by people that have worked for the government, or are in the academic field, participate in social movement and also have leadership in their area. It is not only a thematic blog community, these are advisors that have moved to the blog world to express their own beliefs and they have a deep commitment to building a better society. They use the blog as a platform for spread their knowledge. Most of them are advisors, have governmental jobs or have some government relations, or just because of their leadership are in some way involved in the architecture of social meaning. What follows is not a complete list of all the specialist leadership bloggers, but a selection that will be growing in the next post. José Miguel Muga works on the Congress library as Director of the project for Innovation of services for parliaments and citizens, oriented to develop public value to actual and new library services, sponsored by IADB. His blog is a mixture of social and viral marketing. José Joaquin Brunner is an expert on the field of education, ex Secretary of Education; actually he is a research-professor of Adolfo Ibanez University and also member of the directive board of the International Institute of Planning Education (IIPE), of the UNESCO. His blog is about education and reflections about it. Another education field is design: Rodrigo Walker, Director of Design School of Universidad Mayor , works with students to develop skills that allow them to be competitive about the opportunities that international economic treatments give us, in the industrial design area. The blog is oriented to give students that vision. Jorge Navarrete is an Advisor of the council committee of the National Defense Ministry, and his blog is about different publications of national and international political issues. Also, Clara Szczaranski, head of the Council of the same ministry has her personal view of life on her blog, using it as a form to express her reflections. Rosario Lizana Monday, November 14th, 2005 Author Archive Rosario Lizana + Rosario Lizana is a Chilean freelacer, based in Santiago. Her experience lies in the field of strategic communications and research. She teaches at the Barnechea Cultural Corporation that promotes the exercise of debate amongst Chilean youth. Rosario has also worked as a consultant for political campaings and is currently promoting and advocating the blog platform in Chile. ++ With Humane Liberty and Justice For ALL! Peter S. Lopez ~Field Coordinator Sacramento, California, USA Yahoo Email~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/sacranative http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Humane-Rights-Agenda/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Immigrant-Rights-Agenda/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/THIRD-WORLD-EARTH-NEWS/ __ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] WSIS: Circumventing censorship and staying safe + Response
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WSIS: Circumventing censorship and staying safe
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/2005/11/18/wsis-circumventing-censorship-and-staying-safe-2/
Friday, November 18th, 2005 @ 12:12 EST
Breaking News, Weblog, Freedom of Speech
Here is a picture {see web source} from the workshop
on secure communications and anonymous blogging
conducted by my colleague Ethan Zuckerman, Dmitri
Vitaliev of Frontline Defenders, Wojtek Bogusz of the
Tactical Technology Collaborative, and Nart Villeneuve
of the Open Net Initiative. These guys are basically
the dream geek team for free speech on line. They gave
instructions in detail about how non-governmental
organizations, human rights groups, and individuals
trying to speak the truth under dangerous
circumstances can secure their communications and
data, and minimize the likelihood that people will get
caught or arrested as a result of their work. The
second part of the workshop was devoted to anonymous
blogging.
Much of the instructions they gave today can be found
in the chapters on secure communications and anonymous
blogging in the Reporters Without Borders Handbook for
Bloggers and Cyberdissidents. (Try here if that link
is blocked for you.) Many of the tools they
referenced can be found at the NGO-in-a-box website
where you can download trustworthy and free software.
There are also instructions on how to use these tools
and tips about how to be more security-conscious. Also
see the Tools Manuals section from Frontline
Defenders.
Related Websites ~
Reporters Without Borders
http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=20
Handbok for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents
http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542
Frontline Defender: Tools Manuals
http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/manuals/
Open Net Initiative
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.opennetinitiative.net/index.php
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One Response to WSIS: Circumventing censorship and
staying safe
November 19th, 2005 at 6:23 pm Peter S. Lopez {aka
Peta}:
The peoples mass consciousness via the ever growing
Power of the Internet is being educated, elevated and
expanded exponentially among truly humane positive
people worldwide.
On the Internet we constantly compose, transmit and
share our ideas, opinions and analyses on the global
big picture, on social politics and on current events
via websites, blogs, online groups, activist lists,
Emails, Instant Messages and other forms of
multi-media.
Thus, more and more humane minds of reason with
compassionate souls are coming together, discussing
their differences and seeking common ground for coming
and working together. All this is happening on a
global level and we are getting wiser exponentially,
not just mathematically.
Thus, the established powers of evil governments and
agencies in power and secure are more and more
insecure, vengeful and threatened by all these free
flowing mass communications among people now out of
their immediate control. Even U.S. soldiers stuck in
Iraq are postings Anti-Iraq-nam / Pro-Peace Blogs.
Nowadays, reactionary government mass liars, military
personnel and police powers are losing the war for the
control and direction of mass psychology and the
collective soul consciousness of these times.
Our historical enemies are becoming more and more
powerless, unstable and insecure because of the
massive wealth of news, education and information that
is being transmitted in these troubled times among
millions of people via the Internet.
Towards Harmony Among Humanity!
Peter S. Lopez {aka Peta} _ Field Coordinator
Sacramento, California, USA
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[DDN] Flagrant Violation of Human Rights: WSIS From Andy Garcia
Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:14:13 -0500
From: Andy Carvin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [DDN] Flagrant Violation of Human Rights this
morning alongside UN summit (fwd)
This news coming from APC here in Tunis... ac
Flagrant Violation of Human Rights this morning
alongside UN summit
14/11/2005 11:56 APCNews writing from Tunis, Tunisia
Under the incredulous eyes of the participants at the
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS),
journalists and human rights defenders
were manhandled, insulted, and then violently beaten.
09.30 am of Monday, November 14, 2005, at the Place
d'Afrique in Tunis, more than 30 plainclothes
policemen impatiently awaited international and
Tunisian delegates and members of civil society. Omar
Mestiri, Director of the online magazine Kalima
(http://www.kalimatunisie.com) and a
founder member of the National Council for Freedom in
Tunisia (Conseil national pour les libertés en Tunisie
- CNLT) was seized as soon as he
arrived at the site for the meeting of the
coordinating committee of the Citizens' Summit on the
Information Society (CSIS). Bombarded with
blows and insults, Mr. Mestiri kept calm, before he
was able to break away from the group of plainclothes
policemen.
http://www.apc.org/english/wsis/blog/index.shtml?x=2430526
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11-16-05 2AM/PST
Gracias Andy ~ I suspect the growing power of the
Internet and progressive people of varying degrees and
diversified interests learning exponentially how to
utilize the Internet in terms of Websites, Blogs,
Emails and IMs is sure to make those who are now 'in
power and secure' feel more and more powerless and
extremely insecure over the wealth of information that
is going on in these times via the Internet and being
transmited.
Indeed, education can be an equalizer but we also need
an array of equalizers, including mass global
movements for true liberation for all.
Help Build Bridges, Not Borders!
Peter S. Lopez {aka Peta}
Sacramento, California USA
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Fight Back Against Amerikan Fascism!
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[DDN] Flagrant violation of human rights at Tunis =Nov. 14, 2005
, reached by The Associated Press, said he
was able to return to his hotel, and a doctor gave him
four stitches.
The French Foreign Ministry urged Tunisia to guarantee
the safety of journalists during the U.N.'s World
Summit on the Information Society, which starts
Wednesday in Tunis.
We have told Tunisian authorities in Paris and in
Tunis that we are counting on them to shed full light
on the attack, the ministry said in a statement.
Tunisian authorities said Saturday that they had
opened an inquiry into the beating and that two
suspects had been arrested.
With a tightly controlled press, Tunisia has faced
ongoing criticism from human rights groups for failure
to open up freedom of _expression. Last week, media
advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said its
director had been barred from attending the summit,
calling the decision absurd and unacceptable.
Reply [GOTO LINK --
http://www.apc.org/english/wsis/blog/index.shtml?AA_SL_Session=db3e2e662eae23ac7362c7298c1c5428nocache=invalidatesh_itm=29c1bd4455de830ac80f167aa4ab0d1dall_ids=1#disc
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Comment:
11-16-05 @ 2:15 AM/PST
Greetings All Humane Beings ~ I strongly suspect that
the growing Power of the Internet and progressive
people of varying degrees and diversified interests
who learning exponentially how to wisely utilize the
Internet in terms of Websites, Blogs, Emails and IMs
is sure to make those who are now 'in power and
secure' feel more and more really powerless and
extremely insecure because of the massive wealth of
news, education and information that is being
transmitted in these times via the Internet.
Thus, helping to bring more and more humane minds of
reason and compassion together who are out of the real
control of illegal and immoral 'official'
police and military powers.
Even U.S. soldiers stuck in Iraq are postings
Anti-Iraq-nam / Pro-Peace Blogs.
Indeed, quality education can be an equalizer but we
also need an array of equalizers, especially global,
regional and local mass movements that advocate,
promote and work hard for true liberation for all of
us upon Mother Earth.
Help Build Bridges, Not Borders!
Peter S. Lopez {aka Peta} ~ Field Coordinator
Sacramento, California USA
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Humane-Rights-Agenda/
http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/sacranative
Fight Back Against Amerikan Fascism!
Peter S. Lopez {aka Peta}- Field Coordinator
Sacramento, California, USA
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Thursday Morning ~ Hola Hermana Karen ~ Just create your own blog, invite others and see what happens. Keep it simple for starters. If you are talking about a forum for local input and discussion you can create a Blog or a Yahoo Group. Your writing to the Blog Group perpetuates it, esp. if you touch on the interests of other people in their personal lives. It can take on a life or its own free from daily maintenance. Actually the more perspectives the better as we want to look at a given subject for analysis from as many different angles perspectives as possible. A circle has 360 Degrees. You should be aware of the 'angles' of others. At all times, be cynical in the sense of the different interests of different entities. All of life in urban Amerika is interconnected with politics in one way or another, on one level or another. A functional definition of politics is the ways and means for relating to the people's basic needs, interests and priorities or not. The culmination of politics is the ownership and control of the land and all the institutions thereon. I use to work for the Redevelopment Agency here in Sacramento and you might want to check them out in your area. Check out = Boston Redeveloment Area http://www.cityofboston.gov/bra/default.asp Plus, for more info. on blogs read the below: xx Definition: Blog is short for web log which is a journal (or newsletter) that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author and it is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is blogging and someone who keeps a blog is a blogger. Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. Related Links ~~~ A Bloggers Code of Ethics http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/000215.php Global Voices Online http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/ Blog for America http://blogforamerica.com/ Digital Divide Network Blogs http://www.digitaldivide.net/blogs/ Create Your Own Blog Now http://www.blogger.com/start Yahoo Blog Link http://360.yahoo.com/ MSN Spaces http://spaces.msn.com/ How to Create Your Own Blog Author: Andy Carvin, EDC Center for Media Community | December 8th, 2004 http://www.digitaldivide.net/articles/view.php?ArticleID=69 Websource: http://spaces.msn.com/members/humane-being/ xx Help Build Bridges, Not Borders! Peter S. Lopez ~Field Coordinator Sacramento, California USA Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/sacranative Kate Snow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hi All-- I was just asked by an urban community organization that develops affordable housing and promotes economic development about the feasability of developing a blog for community voices about local projects and issues. Could be anything from what do to with a vacant lot to reports on bedbug infestations to responses to a local developer's high-rise I'm still feeling new to this arena. Most of what I've seen seems to be single-perspective blogging (as in the political blogs). Anybody have suggestions for examples of discussion-leaning blogs, successful or not? T Houghts about the issues raised by managing the blog from within the agency vs. outside? Best tools to use? Thanks, Kate * * * * * Kate Snow Interdependent Consultant Boston, MA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. - Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] On Blogging and Other Stuff =Monday, 10-17-05
Monday Morning ~ Gracias Claude and Andy ~ Today is a full moon for October! The life that I live in is a real life and every time I go outside I know I am in a war zone. I live in the inner city in Downtown Sacramento where death is not a shocker. I do not walk outside into the streets thinking I am in the best of all possible worlds with butterflys fluttering around my heart, I know better. Drive-by shootings are not an unusual freak phenomena around here. Plus, keep in mind that I am the Moderator for a few progressive groups and sometimes I post to them when I post to the DDN Group. Some of my Members I have known online for years now, sometimes we talk on the phone and a few I have met in person. So it is not as anonymous as may first seem apparent and humor is a quality I have to help me cope with the seriousness of life. I will sometimes CC or BCC to others postings from the DDN Group in the hope that they will see a bigger picture of what is happenng online. Some of us are isolated because of disability or live in rural areas... so I try to keep them 'in the loop'. I might choose a larger bold font to make it easier for certain people to actually read what I write better. And I do not want to scare anyone off from joining in with a Group because they feel they are not astute, clver or smart enough with degrees after their names I also work with recoverng dope addicts and sometimes we lose people to their chemical addiction either through re-entry into prison, them 'going out' back into a self-destructive lifestyle or on occasion one dies from a drug overdose. Many of us are fightng the drug war on a daily constnat basis. So life for me is never a very smooth business, but I do love life among the living! I see the blogs and blogging as growing exponentially as it brings about more and more worldwide connections and interconnections. I love the Internet because of its capability of bringing people together from all over the world and from different cultures who never ever would known of each other without the Communication Powers of the Internet. We find 'kindred spirits' and combat isolation via the Internet, though nothing replaces eye-to-eye and face-to-face conversational communictions. However, we must keep in mind that the text word alone on a computer screen leaves much to be desired as we cannot fully convey with only text word our tones, our emotions, our states-of-mind. But is try... I do try. The beauty of life is in its diversity and the power of life is in its harmony. Help Build Bridges, Not Borders! Peter S. Lopez ~Field Coordinator and Cyber Cadet Sacramento, Califas, USA http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HumaneRightsAgenda/ http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/sacranative P.S. ~~~ Digital Divide Network Blogs http://www.digitaldivide.net/blogs/ Create Your Own Blog Now http://www.blogger.com/start Claude Almansi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy Carvin wrote: (...) Hi Claude, I think this was intended as a play on the expression, Greetings, space cadets, which is in itself a reference to the old Space Cadet radio show. A somewhat obscure American cultural reference, in no way intended as connected with actual military cadets. Oops, thanks for the explanation, Andy - and my apologies for the misunderstanding, Peter: apart my ignorance of American culture, the recurring war theme in your post also bent my (mis)understanding of the word. cheers Claude -- Claude Almansi Castione, Switzerland claude.almansi @ bluewin.ch http://www.adisi.ch http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Claude http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/claude http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/languages ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. Fight Back Against Amerikan Fascism! Peter S. Lopez~Field Coordinator Sacramento, Califas, USA http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HumaneRightsAgenda/ http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/sacranative - Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] On Blogging and Other Stuff =Sunday, 10-16-05
Yahoo Blog Link
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MSN Spaces
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How to Create Your Own Blog
Author: Andy Carvin, EDC Center for Media Community | December 8th, 2004
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As a work in progress, I still have a lot of work to do on myself: my character
defects, my shortcomings and even my inner demons, but even in the dead of
night I can feel the light of dawn coming.
These days, I love Creator God, stay straight and help others whenever I can.
For example, I am starting up a new A.A. Group at La Familia Counseling Center,
along with my Amigo Toro to be held every Wednesday at 6 PM and maybe we can
get a Computer Technology Center going there too!
La Familia Counseling Center
5523 34th Street {by Fruitridge Road}
Sacramento, California {95820}
Business Phone: 916/ 452-3601
http://lafcc.com/
We will see what we will see. There is so much more of living to be in life to
be lived, lessons to be learned and battles to be fought. I brace myself for
the storms to come and pray I will have the continued fearless fortitude to
fight onward!
Nothing can defeat a Movement whose time has come! Insane madness rules in the
White House, Amerikans are dying from apathy and our children suffer in so many
ways, including not ever having real mature adults as loving parents in their
homes. Nada mas ahora
~~ Tu Hermano ~ Che Peta
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Peter S. Lopez ~Field Coordinator
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provoking Related Links ~ http://www.sustainer.org/meadows/ http://www.gdrc.org/uem/insights.html Comment: If we see Mother Earth as a world village and human beings as an endangered species then we can see we have our hard work cut out for us on many levels in different ways. Indeed, faint hearts never win decisive battles, so we must gather our courage, keep our heartbeat strong and press onward in this New Millennium! To echo, the problem of the high tech digital divide is a part of a far larger whole spectrum of vital global issues. Our partial experience is not always universal truth nor does our limited range of vision always see the overall big picture. Great challenges call for great movements galvanized by an ocean of great people who ultimately come to know that we are all one people, one bloodline and one heart. Above all, we must always factor into our critical analyses that the common basics of human survival forever remain the basics: food, clothing, shelter, medical care and quality education. We organize and unite the people based upon our common desires and needs. African proverb: When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion. Let us be good at spinning strong webs! Mitakuye Oyasin! http://www.dreamkeepers.net/popups/dreamkeepers/video/mitakuye.html Help Build Bridges, Not Borders! Peter S. Lopez ~Field Coordinator Sacramento, Califas, USA http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HumaneRightsAgenda/ http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/sacranative - Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE: [DDN] A Littl' More On Bridging the Digital Divide in the US
Dr. Steve Eskow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: wrote: is obsolete disadvantaged kids, starting at a the preschool level, need a computer in their home in order to have a chance at parity with their more affluent counterparts. Want to Improve High Schools? Put Computers in the Homes. is now published on the Digital Divide Network website. And of course Ronda is joined is this conviction by Negroponte and many others. My own hunch is that leaping the stage of the social computer and moving immediately to the personal computer is an invitation to failure. Unless the computers never need servicing, never get infected. Unless the computers are never given to the home without local and free servicing made available. Unless free and ongoing instruction in their use is made available to parents as well as students. Unless the computers are solar powered or hand cranked. If these conditions aren't met, a majority of the computers sent to the homes will not be functioning within six months. A social setting for shared use of computers-- a school, a library, a church, a community center--allows for instruction and servicing. Each user of such a computer as the Simputer can have his or her own card that allows for personal use of a shared device. The arrival of the low cost paper back book did not make the library obsolete. The arrival of television did not make the shared technology known as the school obsolete. Steve Eskow [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. REPLY ~ Wednesday Morning ~ I agree with you Dr. Eskow and am pleased at your common sense. I am not sure how many people on this DDN Discussion List are actually poor themselves in the economic sense. Nevertheless, we must all clearly understand that the big factor in there even be a high tech digital divide is the social-economic existence of the misery of poverty suffered by billions of people upon Mother Earth. For the poor, access to the Internet Technology is NOT a top priority, finding the next decent edible meal, temporary shelter and/or satisfying a urgent medical need ARE among basic daily survival priorities. I certainly am poor right now and I must be honest, practical and realistic or invite peril, disaster and self-delusion. I am one of those who come from the social set and settings of the inner-city urban poor in Amerika. I am one of those who found out about the existence of the high-tech digital divide bridge and once I crossed that bridge I naturally, immediately and enthusiastically got online and got involved in Internet Activism; in conjunction with the TOP PRIORITY of being involved in local activism in my own local community. Relevant Link ~ http://www.netaction.org/training/reader.html I am blessed to even have a 'home' and have the electricity tuned on at home! The idea of spending money on computer repair to a computer service man is to me a Yuppie fantasy. Thus, I have learned to take care of my computer best I can: by not opening attachments from unknown sources, daily defragmentation, regular software maintenance that I got FREE from download.com and other sources. I think if we look at these questions as simply technical ones we miss the whole point of WHY we want to build bridges to cross the digital divide. These are social, cultural and educational questions that will be answered over decades. These questions involve promoting a social culture of literacy that promotes education as a key survival tool; as we continue to fight for our very survival on a day-by-day basis. It all hinges on the set and settings of the cultural matrix. A community-based group setting is ideal as there are benefits of seeing others involved in the same activities we are doing in a sane and sober environment that promotes on-going basic literacy, computer literacy and general self-improvement. We must have faith in the people and our capacity to comprehend, to develop as humane beings and to respond to the demands of connected reality. Remember: even the educator needs educating, ever the counselor needs counseling and even the doctor needs continued treatment. Help Build Bridges, Not Borders!~ Peter S. Lopez~Field Coordinator Sacramento, Califas, USA http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HumaneRightsAgenda/ http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/sacranative P.S. At the risk of seeming ludicrous, for impoverished children it will take more than 'a computer in their home in order to have a chance at parity with their more affluent counterparts.' It involves the total elimination of poor oppressive conditions on a global scale altogether to bring about 'parity' fo po' folks
Re: [DDN] A Littl' More On Bridging the Digital Divide in the US
Ronda Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The concept of computer labs as the answer for bridging the digital divide is obsolete disadvantaged kids, starting at a the preschool level, need a computer in their home in order to have a chance at parity with their more affluent counterparts. Want to Improve High Schools? Put Computers in the Homes. is now published on the Digital Divide Network website. It can be found at the following URL: http://www.digitaldivide.net/articles/view.php?ArticleID=469 This article was written before Katrina and is even worse then before. If we truly want to Bridge the Divide we must start taking the computers that are being trashed, refurbish them and put them in the homes of children that don't have computers. Please make sure in your area that all refugees have immediate access to computers and the Internet in their homes. Ronda EvansRECA Foundation President4People Vice Chair www.tcfn.org - Connecting people to technology4People.tcfn.org - Connecting people to resourcesCalendars.tcfn.org - Connecting people to activities _ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide Response ~ Gracias Hermana Ronda ~ I saved this Email Post in my Inbox and did not even open it until this morning, the beginning of the regular work week after the hypocrisy laden Cruel Columbus Day of yesterday, but that's another long story. An entire library could be written about 'Bridging the Digital Divide', but thanks for the sincere thought input. At the bottom of the whole concept behind and beneath bridging the digital divide is the base concept of us, as a global people, bridging the economic divide between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots', that is class property and power relations in oppressive class society. This may be assumed on a subconscious level by many but should not ever be forgotten in our bold analyses. The oppressed people require more than the leftovers trashed by others more affluent, they require oppression-free life-economic conditions. Of course, until a true radical transformation takes place on a global scale, we must continue to fight for and implement needed reforms but without liberal illusions. There can be no single answer for a multi-leveled and multi-dimensional social problem as the digital divide hints at for us. In present-day society, bridging the digital divide will include computer labs for children, but also an entire computer savvy community of people who have basic literacy, computer skills and computer repair skills. We will have to build our own connected reality, including computers. We have to do for ourselves what we can with what we have; while always taking into consideration economic realities. Nada mas ahora. Help Build Humane Bridges, Not Borders! Peter S. Lopez~Field Coordinator Sacramento, Califas, USA http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HumaneRightsAgenda/ http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/sacranative - Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Come on! Devices help the blind cross 'tech divide'
Claude Almansi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Peter S. Lopez wrote:
(..)
We must always strive to maximize human potential
to the utmost of one's real capacity.
The DDN Movement should strive to remove all obstacles
that stand in the way of really bridging the 'tech divide'
{a reflection of dominant class-economic property
relations in present-day society}.
True but at times it's really uphill to try to make deciders understand
issues. Recently an equal-chances-through-ICT lady guru showed me the
prototype learning platform she was using in a program to enable women
to acquire needed skills in ICT in order go back on the work market
after their kids start going to school. The platform was in old flash,
i.e. non vocalizable and with no possibility to copy the text, so wide
you had to keep scrolling left and right. She herself acknowledged that
she had to have a tech person upload the files for the courses as the
platform was rather complicated to manage.
I pointed out that participants should learn how to use normal
platforms/groups/communities/mailing lists for when they would have
finished the course and wouldn't be able to access that prototype
anymore, and added that said prototype was not accessible to blind
people anyway. The equal-chances-through-ICT guru retorted: Come on!
How could a blind person possibly use a computer?! And her program is
funded by the Swiss Federal Equal Chances Office, because equal chances
here is exclusively understood in gender terms. Besides, the same
prototype platform is being experimented in a few middle schools here
for grade 6 math, and there is a strong risk it will be adopted in all
middle schools for all subjects in grades 6-9.
The Swiss Disability Insurance won't pay for disabled people's broadband
connection, on the pretext that the rest of the family might use it too.
So disabled people here remain cut off from the opportunities the
internet would offer them: in particular from the opportunities to
learn about devices like the ones described in this thread, and to
organize and lobby through the internet.
Switzerland in particularly backwards in this, granted. But I wonder if
this deciders' tech and tech-accessibility illiteracy isn't slowing down
progress elsewhere too.
Claude
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Thanks for your respnse and input Senorita Claude. I added you as a friend
on the DDN Home Page. I suspect most of us have an image of Switzerland
as being at the head of the Learning Curve.
When I first got online a few years back I got into a lot of online groups,
including the DDN. Over the years I have found that DDN is the most relevant in
terms of how to get about helping to get other peole onto the Internet and
networkng with others on a global scale. Plus, I learned not to isolate or
exclude myself from others by being at my computer on the Internet while
someone is collapsing right by me onto the floor to get my attention.
For us, smile!.
My 'legally blind' friend John says that an expert is a drip under pressure
and a continuous multi-tasker is scatter-brained. Even the educator requires
further education. Brother John also now has a huge TV screen in his bedroom
that he uses. His wife will get a printout of an article in EXTRA LARGE FONT
and he can read it then, literally with his nose to the grind. It is a slow
laborous process but he has a lot of persistent perseverance. Plus, he has
taught me to pay more attention more to what my ears are hearing that helps me
actually feel more secure and not so eye-dependent. Plus, being more conscious
of my diction in pronouncing words to be understood better. The important thing
is to be teachable, good at learning and have a lot for
educational pedagogy.
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Reply [DDN] getting your blog entries showing up (2)
Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
and i forgot to mention, you need to choose a blog title that is low in
the alphabet -- close to the letter A, so that other blog commentaries
show up after yours, not before yours. people reading blog commentaries
adjacent to a news article will rarely read more than a few. the latter
blog commentaries become irrelevant.
please be brilliantly creative and tasteful in your choice of blog
titles. we can't afford to be anything other than brilliantly creative
and tasteful.
if needed, use free voip voice services (such as gizmo or skype), to
brainstorm potential blog title names with friends and colleagues. i
favor gizmo these days for various reasons. http://www.gizmoproject.com
please send me an email if you'd like to brainstorm possible blog
titles for a news article commentary you're working on. if i'm
available, i'll stop what i'm doing to help. my gizmo screen name is
philshapirodc
learn to use such tools before the need arises. you could also use a
plain old telephone, but that makes you less of a digital
revolutionary.
also, you probably don't want telephones ringing late at night when such
planning activities might likely take place.
- phil
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Gracias Brother Phil and Greetings to All Bridge Builders ~
It took patience and perseverance but I figured out how to create my own blog,
plus, did my first entry onto my DDN Blog today. We need more 'blogs' on
blogging!
After your invitation, I got onto http://www.blogger.com/home and had to
download a couple of other programs and figure out how they work. I still have
to figure out the one for blogging from Windows Document and I love the Picasa
Picture Program as it interacts with My Pictures.
Click ~ http://www.hello.com/
As you wrote ~ please be brilliantly creative and tasteful in your choice of
blog titles. we can't afford to be anything other than brilliantly creative
and tasteful.
As a creature of the Creator I appreciate the power of being creative and do
consider the reader/s without being distasteful but try to speak my take on the
truth; knowing people can disagree about specifies yet still have common ground
on the educational basics.
Each of us has our own truths and no one is 100% objective without subjective
input emanating from one's mind.
I am the Modertor for a few progressive online groups and know the real
importance of a good Subject Line, one that is related to the content of the
subject, not a tangled thread that has degenerated far from the original
Subject. I try to think of what is simple and catches the eye, without being a
gimmick.
Thus, I am in transition from spending most of my online time in Groups into
concentrating on my blogs. Even the term 'blog' is a funny one, but then I
remember when I thought Yahoo was a silly program and cell phones were only
from yuppies!
I try to get other Internet Activists hip to the DDN Movement yet remind people
not to forget the importance of working with others offline in our real life
away from our computers out in the community. There are people to see, pets to
be cared for and planted to be watered. Balance is the key!
Be A Bridge Builder!
Peter S. Lopez {aka Peta} ~ Field Coordinator
Sacramento, Califas, USA
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Re: [DDN] Devices help the blind cross 'tech divide'
Gracias Brother Andy and keep up the good work! Via DDN you have been a real
blessing for many in so many different ways. I have a close friend who is'
legally blind' and he has to peer out of one eye a few inches away from what he
wants to see to see anything half-way clear and is being hassled by a
bureaucrat with SSI to 'prove' his blindness.
I joked with him as to what crime does one commit if one is 'illegally blind'?
His wife, who is a great help, found a voice recognition device for free via
Craig's List but it does not work properly. So there is much work to be done in
this area and that can be done if the proper concentration is put towards
'solving problems' suffered by many many people with physical disabilities.
My old computer was messed up and down, but my 'legally blind' friend was able
to eyeball it nose up close and fixed it via looking at the codes or some
technical stuff. He has only been 'legally blind' for a few years now and
worked with software / hardware stuff before becoming so. He has diabetes and
we pray for his health
and safety. Now my computer is fine, fixed and working smooth. My 'amigo' has
fixed me up with wireless broadband, so where there is a will and knowledge
there is a way and method. He was a former co-worker of mine at the local
Salvation Army and is still highly functional within his limits. A positive
'can do' attitude is important for people working with the disabled or who are
disabled themselves.
We must always strive to maximize human potential to the utmost of one's real
capacity. The DDN Movement should strive to remove all obstacles that stand in
the way of really bridging the 'tech divide' {a reflection of dominant
class-economic property relations in present-day society}.
Related Link ~ http://www.atnet.org/
Be A Bridge Builder!
Peter S. Lopez ~ Field Coordinator
Sacramento, Califas, USA
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Andy Carvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From CNET... -ac
Devices help the blind cross tech divide
Jerry Swerdlick runs a 15-employee company that resells computers and
devices that aid people with visual, hearing, learning and other
physical disabilities. Business is really booming these days, Swerdlick
said, as more and more manufacturers are building so-called assistive
technology gadgets to address a wide range of special needs groups. And
while he takes bigger and bigger orders from his clients, the mere fact
that he is able to spend many hours on the computer is a testament to
how far assistive technology designs have come in recent years.
That's because Swerdlick is legally blind.
I can't see out of one eye and I've got 20/2400 vision in the other.
When the doctor asks me to read the chart on the wall, I tell him, I
can't even see the wall much less the chart,' Swerdlick joked.
He started his company, Electronic Vision Access Solutions (EVAS), in
Westerly, R.I., 26 years ago. In the early days, he went door to door
with his wife selling a camera that when hooked up to a speech
synthesizer could read aloud what appeared in print. EVAS has gone on to
improve its speech synthesizers and contribute bits to things like
software that makes print appear larger. In July, EVAS started work on
what will be the first of four one-year contracts with Dell to provide
technology for disabled veterans through the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs. About 1,000 veterans participating in rehabilitation programs
for the blind will receive customized Dell OptiPlex computers, monitors,
printers and scanners. The PCs are shipped with both large print and
Braille guides for quick, easy setup and outfitted with software and
peripherals.
http://news.com.com/2102-1041_3-510.html
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Re: [DDN] Solar Wireless!!
Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/knowprose/48112318/ By the end of next week, I'm hoping to have all the present internet enabled devices running off of solar energy. The server I'm building will need some measurements taken... the AMD 64 bit processor pulls a lot of amps at startup. Probably a capacitor boost, but I have to look at it. -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Coming on January 1st, 2006: http://www.OpenDepth.com Criticize by creating. Michelangelo ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. Criticize by creating. Michelangelo Gracias for sharing Che Taran ~ The idea of a solar wireless could really transform internet connections on a global scale. Be sure to let us know about your progress. I guess you will go through the Patent Process and all that. I work with a lot of poor people in my life-situation and many people upon planet Earth to not even have electrical access, let alone Internet access. In an ideal world, we would not only have readily available Internet Access to enhance educational opportunities for people in the Third World, but equally important would be have a positive educational environment for the best use ot Internet technology. It always goes back to questioning the dominant balance of power in a given situation. Who controls the land, the utilities and the institutions thereon? Whoever does so also controls the forms of communications in a electrical-dependent matrix, but solar wireless would be an ideal way of going around that electrical-dependency. I am blessed to have wireless Inernet connection at home and it is a great asset for my communications, especially after I got over my insecuirty about not having wires coming out of my computer to make sure I was 'connected'. It is certain that technology will continue to transform our lives in positie and negative ways, but nothing does replace face to face conversations. Keep us in touch! Venceremos! Fight Back Against Amerikan Fascism! Peter S. Lopez~Field Coordinator Sacramento, Califas, USA http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HumaneRightsAgenda/ http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/sacranative - Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Cedar Pruitt's departure from DDN and the Future...
Hola Andy and All ~~ Sometimes a vacuum in staff leadership can create more
space and lead to a larger realm of connected reality that involves more people
in different new ways not even imagined before. Over the last few years I have
seen the DDN grow, develop and mature as a positive creative force on the
Internet.
I Moderate a few progressive online groups with Yahoo, help spread the word
about the need to bridge the digital divide, and help encourage others in my
offline life {I actually have a life offline} to become computer literate, get
a computer and jump onto the Internet.
I remember a few years back when the Discussion List was on basic generic
topics such as really defining what the 'digital divide' is, the origin of the
terms 'haves and have-nots' and other early discussions. I myself was new to
the Internet, still trying to get the www right. Thus, we can see that real
life is a growing process with growing pains and nodal points.
I believe the automatic blog idea is a good one, along with volunteer Editors
and
creating more of an open forum for the exchange of new ideas and ideals without
fear. The more open, free and creative expression is allowed on a given web site
then the greater the birth of new ideas, new analyses, new ways of looking at
old phenomena. Above all, we must be honest, open and willing to change!
The recent horrible disaster of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath was a
splendid example of how relevant the Digital Divide Network is for so many. It
helps to create
a sense of interconnectedness as oppposed to digital isolation.
Keep Building Bridges!
Brother Peter S. Lopez
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Sacramento, California
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Andy Carvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi everyone,
As all of you know, the last several years have been challenging ones
for nonprofits involved in bridging the digital divide. Funding
priorities of many donors have shifted, resulting in a shrinking pool of
financial resources. We at DDN have always prided ourselves on running
the site in a lean, nimble fashion to avoid cutting back services or
staff. Unfortunately, the current funding environment has put pressure
on us, like so many other organizations, forcing us to make difficult
choices.
So it is with great sadness and regret that I have to announce that DDN
editor Cedar Pruitt will be leaving the Center for Media Community at
EDC effective September 20. Over the last year and a half, Cedar has
been an extraordinary asset to DDN, helping shepherd the relaunch of the
site last December and growing the network to nearly three times its
previous size. Both Andrea and I have thoroughly enjoyed working with
her, and I have no doubt that list members appreciate all the great work
Cedar has done for the network. We are truly sorry about her departure
and wish her all the best.
Meanwhile, I think that we, as a list, need to have a public discussion
about strategies for making DDN sustainable during lengthy periods of
funding cutbacks. For example, should we explore having volunteers take
over certain editorial duties? Should we make some of the site's
homepage more blog-like, so articles get posted there automatically
rather than manually? Should we explore a wikipedia-like model that
allows all members to have equal editorial privileges? These are just a
few ideas off the top of my head - not necessarily good ones, but ones I
hope will help begin a discussion on the matter in the coming weeks.
Please join me in thanking Cedar for her time here at DDN - she will be
missed by all of us.
thanks,
andy
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RE: [DDN] Examples of digital inclusion projects in Latin and CentralAmerica
Hola Irak, Ana and all ~ It is good to see that a digital inclusion project is going on with FREE OPEN SOFTWARE in Mexico, especially during these troubled times. The Power of the Internet is a blessing if properly utilized for helping to bring people together who would not even know that they exist. Despite the appearance that America may have in other lands, the vast majority of the masses of American people do NOT have Internet Access and many millions are still illiterate, including computer illiteracy. Venceremos Unidos! Brother Peter S. Lopez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sacramento, California + Irak López [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ana María, Mexico has recently launched a digital inclusión project: Tlalpan Digital. Tlalpan Digital is a mexican digital city project that is using free open software. You can see the Tlalpan Digital Portal and its tools in .tlalpandigital.org.mx If you have questions, please don´t hesitate to write me. Best resgards, Irak López Dávila Tlalpan Digital Coordinator INFOTEC-Mexico Tel. +52 55 56 24 28 32 -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En nombre de Ana Maria Moraes de Albuquerque Lima Enviado el: Martes, 30 de Agosto de 2005 09:03 a.m. Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: [DDN] Examples of digital inclusion projects in Latin and CentralAmerica Hi, One of the organizers of II Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Free Software Development and Usage (http://www.lacfree2005.org/lacfree2005en) is looking for good digital inclusion experiences using Free Open Source Software in South and Central America. Does anyone any know an example of a good experience of any digital inclusion project using Free Open Source Software in Latin and Central American countries (except Brazil)? Best regards, Ana Maria Moraes Organization: LTNet Brazil. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide . Fight Back Against Amerikan Fascism! Brother Peter S. Lopez ~~ Field Coordinator Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sacramento, Califas, USA http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HumaneRightsAgenda/ http://groups.msn.com/CASAHOMEPAGE __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE: [DDN] Grant for Community Technology Center Info
Gracias Mercedes and All ~~ I will pass this on to a few groups and research
further into this Grant. I remember the CTC a few years when it was just
starting up and was not able to interest a non-profit transitional housing
program I was staying at as a resident. It was funded by different agencies,
including HUD and the Volunteers of America. We were able to get a small
computer lab going, but with no Internet Access. All progressive legitimate
groups need to keep struggling to help bridge the digital divide between the
'haves' and the 'have-nots' on a on-going basis. Right now, I am at the
California State University at Sacramento Email station wherein a regular
non-student can utilize the computer for Internet Access to check out their
Email.
Blessings, Brother Peter S. Lopez
Email~ sacranative{at}yahoo.com
Sacramento, California
Mercedes Soto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Note:
This notice does not solicit applications.
The DOE will be funding high quality applicants from the FY 2004
application round who did not get funded.
Mercedes Soto, Project Director
CTC Accelerator
IT Resource Center
29 East Madison Street, Suite 1005
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From ALA Selected Sources for Grants
http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/washfunding/grants/grants.htm
The purpose of the CTC program is to assist eligible applicants to create or
expand community technology centers that provide disadvantaged residents of
economically distressed urban and rural communities with access to information
technology and related training. In order to reach additional needy
communities, the Assistant
Secretary has determined that the best policy for the Department in FY
2005 is to fund additional high-quality applications and that a
sufficient number of high-quality 2004 applications remain available
for funding.
July 13, 2005
Department of Education: Community Technology Centers Program
[re-printed from the Department of Education]
AGENCY:
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education.
ACTION:
Notice of final changes to requirements.
SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education
announces changes to certain requirements governing the Community
Technology Centers (CTC) program that the Department established in 2004
and used for the fiscal year (FY) 2004 CTC competition. Specifically,
the Assistant Secretary is removing the following two requirements:
That novice and non-novice applicants in CTC competitions be ranked and
funded separately, and that at least 75 percent of the funds be set aside for
non-novice applicants and up to 25 percent of the funds be set aside for novice
applicants.
The Assistant Secretary will abide by the revised requirements in making
awards in FY 2005 from the list of unfunded applicants from the FY 2004
CTC competition.
DATES:
This notice of final changes to requirements is effective August 11,
2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Holliday, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and
Adult Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center Plaza, Room
11089, Washington, DC 20202-7241. Telephone: (202) 245-7708 or via e-
mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please type ``CTC Notice Correspondence''
as the subject line of your electronic message.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Note:
This notice does not solicit applications.
Full-Text:
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Re: [DDN] DDN reaches 7,000 members!!!
Hola All~~ Yes, this is great good news and I know the DDN will grow more and more as time goes by. I have been on the DDN Discussion List for a few years now. We should know that behind and beneath the digital divide is the continued economic gap between the rich and the poor, the 'haves' and the 'have-nots. I try to remind people in my Online Groups that we must combine our continued work with our own real life communities offline. We must not become just online activists sitting down and must still be personally involved in helping others in our own personal lives through progressive groups and individuals. ~~Brother Peter / Sacramento Dan Bassill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy, This is great, but how many of the 7,000 are on-line at the same time, or during a single week? This is an army if we can find ways to mobilize even half of this list to work collectively and consistently to connect those who can help with those who need help throughout the world. Daniel F. Bassill Tutor/Mentor Connection www.tutormentorconference.bigstep.com 4/21/05 11:30 AM, Jim Vines at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Andy, As one who for the most part remains on the sidelines, I congratulate you and DDN for nurturing this forum. Installing large satellite antennas in central America, the Carribbean and in Nigeria (early 80's throuhg the early 90's) I made many longtime friendships and maintain contacts to this day. Jim Vines [EMAIL PROTECTED] Andy Carvin wrote: Hi everyone Exciting news - DDN reached 7000 members this morning. Our 7000th member hails from Ethiopia, which is emblematic of DDN's increasingly international nature. Currently just over 50% of members are from outside the US, representing 117 countries. Thanks to everyone who's been spreading the word about DDN - we couldn't have grown so fast without you. And for those of you new to the group, welcome! thanks, ac ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. Fight Back Against Amerikan Fascism! Brother Peter S. Lopez ~~ Field Coordinator Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sacramento, Califas, USA http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HumaneRightsAgenda/ http://groups.msn.com/CASAHOMEPAGE __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
