Re: [DDN] Google Insights - social networking

2008-09-04 Thread Chris Wilson
Hi Tom, Thanks for the very interesting and insightful post. I agree with most of what you wrote and will spare everyone the bandwidth of reposting that which I agree with. However, a few questions: On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, tom abeles wrote: And, therein lies one of the problems in today's world

Re: [DDN] Google Insights - social networking

2008-09-04 Thread Chris Wilson
Hi Taran, On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Taran Rampersad wrote: I'm really feeling sorry for the dead horse I've been beating, but it seems it needs to run a few more laps. Thanks, that made me laugh a lot :-) That would be mobile phone - the future of computing is being discussed on another email

Re: [DDN] Google Insights - social networking

2008-09-04 Thread Chris Wilson
Hi Steve, On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, Steve Eskow wrote: The divide is part of a larger situation. If technology enthusiasts haven't the patience and the skill to study and take into account the larger situation which will surround a new technology, they can do more harm than good. What

Re: [DDN] Google Insights - social networking

2008-09-04 Thread Jacky
Thanks for your hospitality, Taran! On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:16 AM, Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree, Jacky, but the problem of broadband penetration is a matter of cost and telecommunications regulation. This has been mentioned more than once at the CARICOM Internet

Re: [DDN] Fwd: Web 2.0 leaves out people with disabilities

2008-09-04 Thread Norbert Bollow
Xavier Leonard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: many web 2.0 technologies employ xml xml evolved from sgml one Charles Goldfarb's main motivations for developing sgml was to make books more accessible to people with visual disabilities. If this information is accurate, I'd be very interested in

Re: [DDN] universal design (was: Web 2.0 leaves out people..)

2008-09-04 Thread Claude Almansi
Hi Norbert and All Norbert, I am no way a specialist of universal design - I don't design, let alone universally - so I hope others will answer your question as to its use for fighting the discriminations you list below. Tentatively, between your items: On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Norbert

Re: [DDN] Google Insights - social networking

2008-09-04 Thread Taran Rampersad
Chris Wilson wrote: That would be mobile phone - the future of computing is being discussed on another email list I participate on with the changed context that the mobile phone brings. In essence, the PC doesn't really know it's dead yet - partly because it isn't dead *yet* and also

[DDN] Support for deaf professionals on the job

2008-09-04 Thread Estella C Landeros
Would anybody have some information on companies offering video-conferencing systems accessible for deaf people? Most current products do not allow for deaf people to do lip reading and/or clearly see other people signing due to the low number of frames per second those products allow. I have

Re: [DDN] Fwd: Web 2.0 leaves out people with disabilities

2008-09-04 Thread Xavier Leonard
Those are good points. I may have made too strong of a connection between Goldfarb's intentions and the intentions of Yuri Rubinsky. The two did work closely together and you can get a sense of the ideas they shared about sgml in this tribute that Goldfarb wrote: