[DDN] Re: HELP: ICT Data and Indicators

2006-03-30 Thread A. K. Mahan
Dear Ismael, See: Towards an African e-Index http://www.researchictafrica.net/modules.php?op=modloadname=Newsfile=articlesid=504CAMSSID=e6501939a722422e76cfe7915ff21cdc Telecom Demand: Measures for Improving Affordability

[DDN] Time magazine going more digital

2006-03-30 Thread Phil Shapiro
hi DDN community - the wall street journal reports that Time magazine, which prides itself on telling people things they already know (honestly, the editor of Time was on television saying that a year or two ago), is going more digital. Time management has taken steps to dissolve the

Re: [DDN] What does it mean to be a technology activist?

2006-03-30 Thread Taran Rampersad
Andy Carvin wrote: What link are you referring to? None of the links I'm aware of had small fonts. Sure it wasn't your browser? Peter S. Lopez de Aztlan wrote: Thanks for the Link Brother Andy ~ The font on that article was really small, especially for near sighted people like me and I am

Re: [DDN] What does it mean to be a technology activist?

2006-03-30 Thread Taran Rampersad
Pamela McLean wrote: Andy Carvin wrote: What Does it Mean to be a Technology Activist? Taran Rampersad has just authored an insightful essay...Some highlights...technology activism ... means trying to bring about change with technology. I think that hits the nail on the head. Being a

Re: [DDN] What does it mean to be a technology activist?

2006-03-30 Thread Andy Carvin
Technology activist isn't really a new term; I've been hearing it for at least a decade. Do a Google search for it and you'll get at least 500 hits. I also searched google groups and found Phil Agre using it in a CPSR newsletter in August 1994. So it's more of an oldie-but-goodie than anything

Re: [DDN] What does it mean to be a technology activist?

2006-03-30 Thread Taran Rampersad
Peter Jones just left a really great comment on this - it deserves mention. The crux of his comment is below; you can read the comment by following the link after it. Back in the 1980s management and IT lit. used to espouse the need for and existence of hybrid managers. Traditional management