Good idea. There is little about the committee on the net. Ann Cameron was the chair and she lives in the Vancouver area. Might be good to start with her.
arthur From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of michael gurstein Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 12:26 PM To: [email protected]; 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' Subject: RE: [Futurework] [Ottawadissenters] What will they think of next? Wow... the last time I checked Telidon on Google (about 2 years ago, at the time of the contact from the SF lawyer) there really wasn't very much... the IEEE article I think. The Wikipedia article (dated Nov. 2009 which means that perhaps someone else was involved in similar discussions to mine) seems really excellent and comprehensive although it doesn't cover the social impact stuff which itself had a somewhat curious and truncated history (rather paralleling the rise and fall of the technology itself) which I'll have to try to write up at some point. M -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Cordell Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 9:12 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Futurework] [Ottawadissenters] What will they think of next? The way we were........... http://www.ieee.ca/millennium/telidon/telidon_telecommunications.html http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE <http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007 9> &Params=A1ARTA00079 09 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telidon -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <mailto:futurework-bounces%40lists.uwaterloo.ca> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:futurework-bounces%40lists.uwaterloo.ca> ] On Behalf Of Arthur Cordell Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 11:40 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:Ottawadissenters%40yahoogroups.com> Cc: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' Subject: Re: [Futurework] [Ottawadissenters] What will they think of next? I was a member of the Canadian Videotex Consultative Committee set up by the then Dept of Communications. I argued against the top down model offered by videotext and suggested that an interactive citizen to citizen model is more appropriate. I was at the Science Council at the time and the govt people on the committee looked at me as an outsider and someone who didn't understand the technology. Telidon was the "brainchild" of Bernard Ostry then DM at DOC and Doug Parkhill then ADM at DOC and both championed it through govt. Well along came the internet and pcs and google and here we are. BTW I am quite sure that Mike G. was a member of the sub-committee on the social implications of Telidon. Arthur -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <mailto:Ottawadissenters%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:Ottawadissenters%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of David M Delaney Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 11:51 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:Ottawadissenters%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [Ottawadissenters] What will they think of next? On 11-06-24 11:27 PM, michael gurstein wrote: > http://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/14/us/study-says-technology-could-transform-s ociety.html Cool! In 1982, I was working in "Videotex" in Bell-Northern-Research. I remember reading this article, nodding my head and saying, "of course", agreeing with the implications it hypothesized, feeling validated by it. I was participating in building the new "digital economy", the next "phase transition" of humanity. But how callow was I to be so impressed by myself, my work, and its implications. I was a big fan then of Star Trek, too. I still cannot resist the Culture novels of Ian M Banks. Shame! At least I know thoroughly that they are fantasy and no model for our future. ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] <mailto:Futurework%40lists.uwaterloo.ca> https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework __._,_.___ <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97476590/grpId=15209059/grpspId=1705083512/msgI d=15214/stime=1309019141> Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ottawadissenters/join;_ylc=X3oDMTJnZG02bzVtBF 9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzE1MjA5MDU5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4MzUxMgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsaw NzdG5ncwRzdGltZQMxMzA5MDE5MTQx> (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Email%20Delivery:%20 Digest> | Switch to Fully Featured <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Change%20Deliv ery%20Format:%20Fully%20Featured> Visit Your Group <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ottawadissenters;_ylc=X3oDMTJlNXVqMm03BF9TAzk 3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzE1MjA5MDU5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4MzUxMgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNocGY Ec3RpbWUDMTMwOTAxOTE0MQ--> | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> | Unsubscribe <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> __,_._,___
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