I have entered my wish list in hopes of getting more media equipment for my non-profit. Even though I already have an amazon.com account I would not have paid any attention to this if Phil had not sent it to me.
Thanks Phil. Candy --- Brenda Trainor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amy - I appreciate your right to comment, but I > disagree. I see Phil's > comment as a good topic of conversation to pass on > an opportunity to get > some resources and do some good. Simply because it > is US-centric and > corporate does not define it as bad. I don't see > this as an advertisement > at all, and it would be hard to dismiss the > importance of Amazon and similar > businesses in reshaping how we use technology and > distribute information -- > even in the old linear and paper format of books. > > Thanks Phil for the idea, and thanks Amy for your > opinion. > > > Brenda J. Trainor > Frontier Trail, Inc. > Box 935 > Monrovia, CA 91017 > 323.229.2397 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of A. K. Mahan > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 4:21 PM > To: Phil Shapiro; The Digital Divide Network > discussiongroup > Subject: Re: [DDN] a tip about the amazon.com wish > list spree > > Dear Phil, > It is weird and disappointing that you would use DDN > space to provide > advertisement time to Amazon.com - especially in > support of their > intrusive and extensive information collecting > systems. > > According to the Contest Rules only people living in > the US are eligible > to win. Thus, the windfall is unlikely to contribute > to the reduction of > any digital or access to resources divides. > > best - Amy. > > -- > Amy Mahan > Montevideo, Uruguay > > www.lirne.net > www.regulateonline.org > > > > > > hi digital divide network people - > > > > in honor of their 10th anniversary, > amazon.com is having a wish > > list > > spree. two people will have everything on their > amazon.com wish list > > (up to $5,000) sent to them. 10 people will have > up to $1,000 of > > items sent to them. 10 people will receive > amazon.com gift > > certificates of $500. > > > > to enter this contest you need to create a > new amazon.com wish > > list > > (even if you already have one. it's possible to > have multiple > > amazon.com wish lists.) > > > > in addition to the 200 or so books i > currently have on my > > amazon.com wish list, i threw in a dual processor > G5 mac and a new > > powerbook onto the newly created wish list i made > this morning. > > > > admittedly, amazon.com does have a large > number of customers. > > > > only a small number of these customers know or > care about > > creating a wish list. this "shopping spree" > contest is open > > from july 7 to july 16. i would not expect a large > number of > > people will be entering this contest. > > even me, as a geek, found it confusing that i > needed to create a new > > wish list to enter the contest. > > > > here is hoping that we'll have one or > more people from the > > DDN > > community as one of the 22 winners. > > > > - phil > > > > -- > > Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.his.com/pshapiro/ (personal) > > http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/pshapiro (blog) > > http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro > (technology access work) > > http://mytvstation.blogspot.com/ (video and rich > media) > > > > "There's just so much more creativity and genius > out there than > > our media currently reflect." FCC Commissioner > Michael Copps > > _______________________________________________ > > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > > [email protected] > > > 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. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > Vivian Candy Tanamachi calteknet www.caltek.net email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Roosevelt HS Alumni Foundation "Rough Riders 4 Life" www.rhsalumnifoundation.org email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] 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.
