This is an interesting discussion covering many topics in one thread.
But I have a suggestion for Jude - if you are trying to give a simple
explanation of RSS, don't use the word metadata and especially not
without an attempt to define it. In your enthusiasm you confound the
problem instead of
The World Dialogue on Regulation have compiled a
special dossier on Emergency Communications in the
wake of the recent tsunami disaster in Asia. It can be
accessed at:
http://www.regulateonline.org/content/view/258/31/
The topics/resources include:
*Regulatory Design for Disaster Preparedness
Historically, the older readers are the more likely they are to read a
newspaper. Certainly, this won't extend extensively to online journals, but
online news readers undoubtedly will be older. And it's quite true that
college-age students read little news, online or off.
Jim Flick
Hi Andy,
Not trying to be too difficult here, BUT, for many people not is the States,
asking us to call a US phone number is going to cost money.
How about setting up a gmail account and asking for mp3 attachments (a la
Adam Curry) or asking people to ftp mp3 links to their own or even your
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:43:05 -0500
From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: CONSUMER AND INTERNET FRAUD HOAXES AND SCAMS : EARTHQUAKE: SOUTH
ASIA DECEMBER 2004: Nigerian 419 Scam Now Using Tsunami as Bait to
Steven Elster wrote:
I have written my friend in India, and he says: there are plenty of cell
phones around here, even in the tiniest villages. He further goes on to
say that a cell phone earthquake warning system was in fact in place
in at least one village here on the southeast coast. They got
At 5:13 PM +1300 1/23/05, Nicki Gemmell wrote:
Hi Andy, Not trying to be too difficult here, BUT, for many people
not is the States, asking us to call a US phone number is going to
cost money.
How about setting up a gmail account and asking for mp3 attachments (a la
Adam Curry) or asking people
hi everyone -
for those of you who might be interested in the no-cost
collaborative writing software called subethaedit (pronounced
sub-eetha-edit), i've posted some new fiction and a how we did it
article at http://www.macusingeducators.com
i should clarify, subethaedit is
John Hibbs wrote:
Steven Elster wrote:
I have written my friend in India, and he says: there are plenty of
cell
phones around here, even in the tiniest villages. He further goes on to
say that a cell phone earthquake warning system was in fact in place
in at least one village here on the
In a message dated 1/23/05 8:18:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Parents want their children to learn skills that will help them move
ahead and achieve (certainly a sliding scale definition) while building an
understanding of the world we live in so they can safely navigate the
I think we're missing two critical elements...
See below
From: John Hibbs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[ snip ]
I share Steve Eskow's worries about a society not underpinned with people
who have good reading and writing skills; one that is already chilly to the
merits of civic responsibility
a. reading and
Hi All,
I had posted to the group earlier a plan I had of teaching a class this
year on IT for Development at University of California, Berkeley. We
have started teaching the class (I will post the syllabus and slides
shortly, and can mail them offline to anyone who wants them). At this
point, I
This email covers two things.
First, many thanks to everyone who has sent explanations of RSS. I
haven't digested all the information yet - but from a quick read through
all that has been sent I'm feeling much less ignorant, and very glad
that I did ask the question.
Second , a response to
A Matter of Class
Educational Achievement Reflects Family Background More Than Ethnicity or
Immigration
http://www.rand.org/publications/randreview/issues/fall2004/class.html
By Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, Anne R. Pebley, Mary E. Vaiana, Elizabeth Maggio,
Mark Berends, and Samuel R. Lucas
We
Hey DD listers:
I live in Manhattan and was casually watching NY1 (a cable news channel
available only to cable subscribers in certain areas of the 5 boros), to
catch up on the blizzard news (13 inches of snow in about 20 hours) when
their tech segment came on and it was about podcasting.
In a message dated 1/23/05 1:23:56 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
From reading about the ARC system, I can't quite figure out if it is
already set up to do the above. Does anyone know the answer to this?
Here is another. Dont't know if the administration believes in it..yet
I
In a message dated 1/23/05 2:32:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Perhaps the National Science Foundation, or a foundation such as the Lucas
Foundation, would help to create a new publishing venture, or a division of a
present publisher, and beginning creating complete course packages in
John Hibbs wrote:
At 5:13 PM +1300 1/23/05, Nicki Gemmell wrote:
Hi Andy, Not trying to be too difficult here, BUT, for many people
not is the States, asking us to call a US phone number is going to
cost money.
How about setting up a gmail account and asking for mp3 attachments
(a la
Adam
Hi Nick
If you *have* to make an international phone call then downloading Skype
www.skype.com to your computer is an excellent way to cut the costs.
(You then use your computer mike and speakers - or headset - for your
side of the phone call, and the costs are much lower that ordinary
Pam
A content management system usually refers to a package of software
that helps you manage a website, not your own computer files. Most
blogging software (Blogger, Movable Type, TypePad) can be called CMS,
as can the CivicSpace package, which I am currently learning for a
couple of online
Pamela McLean wrote:
Another very basic question from Pam
Stephen Snow wrote:
(snip) (but I have found a use for the web and for a content
management system).
Content management system?
Does that do what it sounds as if it might do?
Is it a *system* that would help me to *manage* the
PR Team Member Raymond Waynick wrote [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
So, my 2 question to the group after reading this report, Who is responsible
for solving the Digitial Divide? And does anyone know of any program that
is truly closing the gap that can effect usage nationwide?
On another list I started a
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