Just did, plus signed up for volunteer mailing list. I'll be coming in Thursday night. What's the set-up schedule? Do you know if you need any specific help, perhaps in broadcast/recording?
- Matt > put it in! > > conference.freeculture.org/workshops > > On Feb 10, 2010, at 1:45 PM, Matthew Senate wrote: > >> This is beginning to smell like a good workshop/discussion for the >> un-conference on Sunday. "Google Eating University Email Services, >> Many >> Concerned -- or -- Hard-pressed Institutions Saving a Buck with >> Google's >> Quality Email Service" >> >>> This seems to have a lot of answers... >>> It's a Google Q&A session with ASU: >>> >>> http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:P66bh5pCrl4J:vpiet.ucdavis.edu/students/UCD.Google.Meeting.Notes.01.24.07.doc+ferpa+gmail&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us >>> >>> Essentially, we're writing an op-ed about this decision, but >>> focusing less >>> on (yet definitely mentioning) the potential issues, and more on >>> the lack >>> of >>> transparency behind this change. >>> >>> -Adi >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Alec Story <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Greg Grossmeier >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> "useful" web interface is up for debate regarding gmail: where >>>>> the EF >>>>> are >>>>> my threads? Do you know where in the thread I am replying right >>>>> now, >>>>> and >>>>> to whom? Only because I quote correctly. </rant> >>>>> >>>>> But seriously, I don't know of any modern university IT >>>>> department who >>>>> also doesn't have "tons of storage" along with IMAP and POP access. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Well, I can give you one that doesn't: Cornell's in-house system >>>> (which >>>> is >>>> still running, I think, although they're trying to move everybody >>>> off of >>>> it) >>>> only offer something like 200 MB of storage, which is very easy to >>>> fill, >>>> even without trying to use email for storing much. And the web >>>> interface we >>>> had before was a joke - it took six or seven clicks just to get to >>>> the >>>> most >>>> recent messages, messages weren't sorted by anything by default as >>>> far >>>> as I >>>> could tell, and even when you got them sorted by date, the most >>>> recent >>>> loaded at the bottom, and it took the server 1-2 minutes to send >>>> you the >>>> previous 100 or so messages on that page. I used Evolution because >>>> there >>>> was no other feasible way to read email, but I couldn't use it on >>>> library >>>> computers, and thunderbird portable is a hassle to bring >>>> everywhere with >>>> you. >>>> >>>> So, from a usability standpoint, a lot of us here welcomed Google >>>> with >>>> open >>>> arms, but there's shockingly little thought about the privacy >>>> ramifications. We tried to raise some awareness, but FCCornell is >>>> suffering >>>> from, er, acute member shortage. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
