Lisa Thurston wrote:
I hear the criticisms of the $100 laptop program and I agree these are
somewhat justified, but just couldn't let these two emails pass without
response!
Let's not forget that it's not like these laptops will be useless without
any wireless infrastructure -- or even without
Dave Chakrabarti has a point. Local content is vital. The knowledge centres
and information villages of MSSRF (supported by IDRC) constantly seek new
content and virtually all of their content is in the local language, Tamil.
What is more the local people are trained to gather and process
Dave A. Chakrabarti wrote:
I think the problem is that the chicken can't come before these eggs. I
was at the national wireless summit in St. Charles last weekend, and
something I heard over and over is that (in the United States) equipment
isn't really the problem...even the last mile
hi DDN community -
grateful thanks to the many people who assisted with input for this
article. thanks for sharing the article will people you know who might benefit
from it.
http://rssexplained.blogspot.com
- phil
for those who have a digg.com account, i've
The Media Center, on the morph blog, has begun to explore the main themes of
the We Media Global Forum conference, May 3-4, 2006, in London at the BBC and
Reuters.
http://www.mediacenterblog.org/we_media_global_forum/
As everyone knows, this group gathers some of the smartest, most experienced
Lisa,
I would agree with you, except for one thing: this isn't a $100 laptop.
It's a project requiring a minimum investment by a government in the
millions of dollars. For a third world nation, this is a case where the
sheer amount of the investment is overwhelming. It encourages the model
WRT to the phone companies tiering the Internet and charging
respectively: I think that technological innovations and partnerships
between ISPs, and/or telcos, software providers, wireless providers,
blackberry types, skype types - and now my brand new company called
Phone.com will be able to
The New York Times and the Digital Divide Article
I had to think , reflect and calm myself down after I read the New York Times
recent article on the digital divide. There have been so many articles that
are misleading, and people quote them as if they are a mantra once they are in
a
Hi DDN community,
The World Computer Exchange(WCE) seeks to fill 3 volunteer positions:
Computer Testers(Chicago), Sponsorship Volunteers(Chicago) and Environmental
Research Volunteer. Below is a brief description of mission of WCE and
details about these positions.
Individuals who are
Andy,
This is a beautiful document. Wonderfully illustrative photos and short
rich text.
When will it be available from IDRC? Any idea of cost?
Also, you need an up to date version of Acrobat or the Acrobat Reader to
really view it. Otherwise the text tends to overlap.
Eric
Eric
Andy
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