Re: [DDN] Resources for Volunteer Librarian

2005-10-26 Thread J Cravens
perhaps instead of volunteering abroad, as I've done, there must be some communities in the states (aside from those in Louisiana) looking for librarian, digital types. If any DDN members could steer me in the right direction, I'd be grateful. Do you have a degree in library science? The

RE: [DDN] ubuntu linux computers enter the marketplace

2005-10-26 Thread JFM Riviere
Hi ! I live on Reunion island, French territory in the Indian Ocean. It is quite a rich place, with huge population ane energy and waste and land management to come. And we do not know how to deal with our not so old PC. I work for the local authorities in the ICT directorate. We are in favour

[DDN] Video: Scenes from a Bangladeshi Telecentre

2005-10-26 Thread Andy Carvin
Scenes from a Bangladeshi Telecentre Video montage of a telecentre based at a girls school in Comilla, Bangladesh. The telecentre is run by Relief International's Schools Online program, which coordinates 20 telecentres across the country. This will probably be my last video from Bangladesh as

RE: [DDN] dumping old computers in the developing world

2005-10-26 Thread ehewitt
Alfred, There is nothing new about the practice-- its been in vogue for centuries and over a wide range of products and services. Errol Hewitt At 10:37 25/10/2005 -0700, you wrote: This is a terrible practice - sending our garbage to the poor. But new or old, computers will not be useful

[DDN] video blogging from Bangladesh

2005-10-26 Thread Andy Carvin
Hi everyone, Right now I'm in Bangladesh for a government Internet policy conference in relation to the World Summit on the Information Society. I just spent the day visiting schools in rural Bangladesh, observing students utilizing the schools' telecentres. I'll be posting video of the

RE: [DDN] Being Prepared in the face of Hurricane Wilma as far ascommunications.

2005-10-26 Thread Benjamin Hanley
Dear DDN Community, I have a brother and sister in-law, Wallace Mary Hanley, of Window Rock, AZ who were in Cancun on a vacation when Hurricane Wilma struck. They were sheduled to be back last Sunday in Albuquerque and have not shown up. I tried the Red Cross, MSNBC.com, etc., without

[DDN] Kalam's digital dream for India

2005-10-26 Thread Jay Bhatt
Hi all, Kalam's digital dream for India President A P J Abdul Kalam has a digital dream - a citizen casting his vote from a virtual polling booth in his house and an intelligence software projecting a candidate's success as a politician. Sharing his dream during a lecture on *Electronic