Re: [DDN] BBC story about the Divide -- in India
Interesting story and not very new.. There are a few issues though: one's not disputing that computers are if not as necessary as clean drinking water and health centres, important as wellbut what after the novelty factor of the computer has gone down. What happens after power outages, irregular maintenance and simply the daily grind of making a living makes the computer just another unused item. Journalists rarely go back to write stories about that...There are other stories that are not being covered by the world media. For instance how the Internet is being used to make women self-sufficient in villages in Tamil Nadu... It's not just about technology for the sake of it, but using it to benefit people to make a living. Ultimately that's the model that needs to be developed to bridge the digital divide. Adite Chatterjee On 5/2/05, Steven Wagenseil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another very useful and interesting story reported by the BBC (One of heir editors must have awakened to the issue recently.) Check it out http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4498511.stm Steve ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org 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. -- Adite Chatterjee www.icfdc.com ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org 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.
Re: [DDN] BBC story about the Divide -- in India
The BBC is really running some wonderful stories about things related to the Digital Divide of late. I wish that the wireless in my room were working right now so I could continue writing stuff about it... I'd have to suggest checking out the BBC. I'm not one to endorse, but the BBC has been talking recently about a lot of the pieces of the puzzle we're trying to put together... Steven Wagenseil wrote: Another very useful and interesting story reported by the BBC (One of heir editors must have awakened to the issue recently.) Check it out http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4498511.stm -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: Panama City, Panama [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxgazette.com http://www.a42.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net Criticize by creating. Michelangelo ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org 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.
RE: [DDN] emergency alert emails get treated like spam (fwd)
Taran wrote: ...I continuously wonder why RSS isn't used instead of email... Most people use MSIE. In their infinite wisdom, the good people at MS have failed to integrate RSS into MSIE. If you want to reach the maximum number of people because there are 120 MPH winds bearing down on you, RSS won't do the trick. Soon hopefully, but not now. One of the many reasons why dependence on MS is one of the main reasons the web is so screwed up. They really are very irresponsible above and beyond their nasty and often illegal business practices. RSS makes total sense, but according to the gurus at MS, RSS isn't important enough to add via an update. It may or may not be included in the (supposedly) upcoming MSIE 7. Only 50 million Firefox downloads so far. A great number, but only a drop in the bucket in terms of the total number of browsers in use. Until MSIE has integrated RSS or someone (Google?) knocks off MS, anyone looking to maximize their Internet coverage has to do it the way MS dictates. It's very grating, but it's reality. And if I was a public safety official, I would need to understand that. Jesse Sinaiko - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chicago, IL ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org 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.
[DDN] Down to the Wire
Down to the Wire http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20050501faessay84311/thomas-bleha/down-to-the-wire.html Summary: Once a leader in Internet innovation, the United States has fallen far behind Japan and other Asian states in deploying broadband and the latest mobile-phone technology. This lag will cost it dearly. By outdoing the United States, Japan and its neighbors are positioning themselves to be the first states to reap the benefits of the broadband era: economic growth, increased productivity, and a better quality of life. Miraj Khaled [EMAIL PROTECTED] mindexplorer.blogspot.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org 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.
[DDN] Central Asia: Influence of Internet Grows
http://rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/05/65b7225e-1a0f-4d4f-af89-c3e7e0253ace.html RFE/RL is covering the UN's Press Freedom Day extensively. Included in this coverage is an excellent article on the impact of the Internet on news and exchange of ideas in Central Asia. Katy Pearce [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.flexvermont.org PAX-FLEX Cluster Director ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org 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.
Solar Energy (was: Re: [DDN] BBC story about the Divide -- in India)
Cindy Lemcke-Hoong wrote: /Taran, / // You touched on something that I have been asking myself for more than 10 years. Perhaps we should start something to correct the problems. Starting from Solar energy. Most of the developing countries are in the sun-belt. What better energy than the SUN? Clean and plentiful? Cindy Well, there are a few factors to consider when it comes to solar energy. First of all, the initial cost is usually high. This is because most equipment isn't designed to run on DC - though there is equipment that does run on DC, from refrigerators to air conditioners to washers and dryers. A DC powered computer is really what all of us use - our computers have bridge circuits which convert the AC to DC. The one advantage that AC has over DC - and the reason Tesla's work has taken such hold - is because AC can be transmitted over greater distances without as much power loss. But solar energy is available at least for 8 hours a day for most of the planet. And that's just electricity. Then there's the water heating... Then we have wind and water generated electricity. Part of the problem, I suppose, is that 'developing countries', in trying to 'catch up' to 'developed countries', instead mimic them and doom themselves to always being behind. -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: Panama City, Panama [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxgazette.com http://www.a42.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net Criticize by creating. Michelangelo ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org 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.
RE: [DDN] BBC story about the Divide -- in India
Yes. We must recognize that many poor people will not have reliable electricity. We can build solar capabilities easily into computers, and it has been done. Oddly, none of the cheap computer proposals (simputer, pctv from Carnegie Mellon, or the MIT computer design) have solar power as an option. More generally, Adlite, I agree that it is critical to have something very useful to use on these machines. Current Internet content is completely inadequate for the needs of most of these people now living in poverty. Health and education are good beginning possibilities, but it is not happening so far. Nor as far as I can see is anyone now making the effort to generate a critical mass of such material, in all the languages needed. . We should not invest in hardware for the poor until we have a sizable body of valuable material that meets their needs Alfred Bork University of California, Irvine. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adite Chatterjee Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 8:35 PM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] BBC story about the Divide -- in India Interesting story and not very new.. There are a few issues though: one's not disputing that computers are if not as necessary as clean drinking water and health centres, important as wellbut what after the novelty factor of the computer has gone down. What happens after power outages, irregular maintenance and simply the daily grind of making a living makes the computer just another unused item. Journalists rarely go back to write stories about that...There are other stories that are not being covered by the world media. For instance how the Internet is being used to make women self-sufficient in villages in Tamil Nadu... It's not just about technology for the sake of it, but using it to benefit people to make a living. Ultimately that's the model that needs to be developed to bridge the digital divide. Adite Chatterjee On 5/2/05, Steven Wagenseil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another very useful and interesting story reported by the BBC (One of heir editors must have awakened to the issue recently.) Check it out http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4498511.stm Steve ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org 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. -- Adite Chatterjee www.icfdc.com ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org 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 DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org 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.
[DDN] Call for ideas: Media Literacy as a Tool for Social Change
Please excuse the cross posting. And, of course, feel free to distribute widely. *** A Call for Submissions to Community Media Review (CMR) The Fall 2005 issue of CMR will focus on Media Literacy as a Tool for Social Change. We are inviting individuals and organizations to submit media literacy examples, exercises, case studies, stories and articles about how Media Literacy is used for social change. Please think visual, not just theoretical. Send us graphics, cartoons, illustrations, digital photos, even video examples. We want to create an issue of CMR where people will not only think differently about Media Literacy, but use the issue in practical ways with community-based organizing, in classrooms, homes, and movement building work. If you make us laugh there may be a prize in it for you. The deadline for submissions is July 15. Contact Belinda Rawlins at [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or Jeff Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with questions or ideas. Belinda Rawlins Managing Director New Mexico Media Literacy Project 6400 Wyoming Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 505-828-3388 505-828-3149 fax http://nmmlp.org ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org 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.
[DDN] Software Libre and the Digital Divide.
http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/10185 The premise for the article is that commercial entities are decreasingly being seen in the news as being part of solutions for the Digital Divide. Perhaps this planet has more sweat equity than money. -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: Panama City, Panama [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxgazette.com http://www.a42.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net Criticize by creating. Michelangelo ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org 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.
