Re: [DDN] confirmed: DDN meetup in Boston this Thursday, 5pm

2005-02-16 Thread Taran Rampersad
Well, I met Jon today, and I can say that he's more than a Linux Geek. But then again, that's the trouble with Linux Geeks. They tend to be multitalented people who don't fit well into classifications... My list is a bit different, but I just call myself Taran. Perhaps strong individualistic

Re: [DDN] confirmed: DDN meetup in Boston this Thursday, 5pm

2005-02-16 Thread Jon maddog Hall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Perhaps strong individualistic tendencies are part of the lists. :-) They certainly are a part of New England Yankees (not to be confused with the New York Yankees). md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[DDN] FW: New OCLC webcast available - Gaming and the Significance for Information Literacy

2005-02-16 Thread Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan
New OCLC webcast available - Gaming and the Significance for Information Literacy How can you improve library service in the tech-centric, personalized, branded world of instant information? Recorded at the January 2005 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts,

[DDN] [Net-Gold] INDIA: Children Take Media to Task on Tsunami Coverage

2005-02-16 Thread Sebata Thlaku
Some of the photographs were extremely disturbing and gives you a very dark view of the scene. It is a request to the media to be more sensitive in the presentation of photographs since it gives birth to fear among readers, said 14-year-old Chandan Kumar. I sincerely agree with the comment made

Re: [DDN] the power of blogs on the DDN web site

2005-02-16 Thread Andy Carvin
Absolutely! We are very eager to get other languages represented on DDN - bloggers, new communities and bulletin boards, etc. The more, the merrier. We also see DDN as a tool for noncommercial civic journalism, so we welcome all types of people to come to the site and learn how to blog...

Re: [DDN] the power of blogs on the DDN web site

2005-02-16 Thread Claude Almansi
Thanks for your practical advice, Phil Re: yes, you can include links right within your blog postings. the syntax for creating a link in html is a href = http://www.whereyourelinkingto.com;text you're linking from/a use this same syntax and replace where you're linking to

[DDN] the internet as a connector of like minds

2005-02-16 Thread Phil Shapiro
hi DDN members - about two hours ago i posted a headlines entry on the DDN site about moodle, a very excellent educational content management system that is open source and free. (http://www.moodle.org) a minute ago i received email from my elementary school music teacher, chris

Re: [DDN] the power of blogs on the DDN web site

2005-02-16 Thread Andy Carvin
Thanks for posting, this, Phil. Meanwhile, for those of you who use RSS readers like Bloglines, Thunderbird or Firefox, you can get a feed of all DDN blogs with this URL: http://www.digitaldivide.net/rss/xml.php?type=blog Please remember this is an RSS feed, so it won't be very readable unless

[DDN] telecentres caucus meeting: February 23 at 13:00

2005-02-16 Thread Andy Carvin
Hi everyone, For those of you who will be in Geneva next week for the WSIS Prepcom meeting, I will be hosting a gathering of the WSIS telecentres caucus on Wednesday, February 23. Here are the details. What: Telecentres Caucus meeting Where: Room XXIII When; 23 February, 13:00-15:00 RSVP is not