Jayne,
You raised a very pertinent points there and realistic.
I think basically the ones that need help should also be the ones who help
rather than waiting and wanting others to help all the time. They are the ones
who know best what is needed.
This goes to many charities for such disable
World Day Against Software Patents (24 September): Call now open for
signatures (Benjamin Henrion)
Please sign and spread: http://stopsoftwarepatents.org
Considering the following:
1. The issue of software patents is a global one, and several
governments and patent offices around the
CIO Pakistan - Another IT Policy for Pakistan?
Fouad Riaz Bajwa takes a look…
September 2, 2008
Source http://cio.com.pk/2008/09/another-it-policy-for-pakistan/
For those who are still not aware, the Federal Ministry of Information
Technology and Telecom (MoITT), Government of Pakistan are still
Hi All
About universal design: an interesting collaboration between advocates
of universal design for both real-life and online accessibility has
started in Italy in the last week, around Santiago Calatrava's bridge
shortly to be opened in Venice (1). The associations of people with
FYI.
The goal of the 2008 CAPP Professional Development workshop is to increase
the percentage of Computer Science and Engineering women faculty members and
researchers who reach the top of their respective career tracks.
Please explore/pass on.
Mary (Molly) Uzoh, CEO/Principal Consultant
Hello all,
My apologies for getting the monthly discussion topic out a few days
late.
As you may know the UN recently putout a survey on e-government
readiness amongst its member states. There is more information on the
survey available at
One thought that I've been spinning out lately really points out the
irony of this discussion. I've been thinking about the debt that Web
2.0 technologies (really, the web itself) owe to people with
disabilities and how the general success of Web 2.0 validates a
Universal Design approach. Here
Mobile phone now-a-days is the latest ICT gadgets that truly bridges the
digital divide in society.
The marvel of this product incorporated with IP-technology will let anyone
communicate in Data, Voice, Fax, Audio, Viodeo mode Freely across the world.
Thanking you,
B.K.Satapathy
On Tue, Sep
I agree, Jacky, but the problem of broadband penetration is a matter of
cost and telecommunications regulation. This has been mentioned more
than once at the CARICOM Internet Governance meetings, as an example -
meanwhile the mobile phone subverts this by allowing voice and text
communication
