Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr.1-3, 2005

2005-03-02 Thread John Hibbs
Dr. Eskow: Are you saying that reviewing the text of the proposed lecture - or keynote speech - in advance of same is a bad idea? Are you also saying that in today's college (100) classes it is NOT common that there is little or no Question and Answer by the students of the person at the

Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005

2005-02-08 Thread John Hibbs
Gee...Steve - what caused the jump from my comment that students and attendees would be more informed if in advance of their time in the classroom, or the lecture hall, they viewed the lecture to a contention (by me? by someone else?) that technology is the silver bullet for all the ills in

Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005

2005-02-08 Thread Taran Rampersad
Steve Eskow wrote: Taran says: At the end of the day, people should probably try something new every day. It doesn't have to be technology, it can be walking a different route or maybe eating something new. That's the difference between stagnancy and progress. Like all advice, Taran, this piece

Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005

2005-02-08 Thread Steve Eskow
Taran says: At the end of the day, people should probably try something new every day. It doesn't have to be technology, it can be walking a different route or maybe eating something new. That's the difference between stagnancy and progress. Like all advice, Taran, this piece is a mixed

Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr.1-3, 2005

2005-02-08 Thread Steve Eskow
Mr. Hibbs is apparently confused by my gender as well as by the dynamics of good instruction: perhaps the lady doth protest too much? He asked: and answered his own question: Would the students (attendees) have learned more if they had listened, in advance, to the lecture at a time convenient

Question about M2F -- Was Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr.1-3, 2005

2005-02-07 Thread Judy Hallman
Kevin Rocap wrote: That saidthere is a module add-in for PHPBB (PHP Bulletin Board) called M2F designed to crack the nut of e-mail to forum and forum to e-mail communication. The project web page, FYI: http://m2f.sourceforge.net/ I'm anxious to try M2F but don't want to be on the bleeding

Re: Question about M2F -- Was Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr.1-3, 2005

2005-02-07 Thread Taran Rampersad
Judy Hallman wrote: Kevin Rocap wrote: That saidthere is a module add-in for PHPBB (PHP Bulletin Board) called M2F designed to crack the nut of e-mail to forum and forum to e-mail communication. The project web page, FYI: http://m2f.sourceforge.net/ I'm anxious to try M2F but don't

Re: Question about M2F -- Was Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr.1-3, 2005

2005-02-07 Thread Kevin Rocap
Dear friends, I initially sent this from a non-subscribed e-mail account, so. Original Message Dear Judy, Hi! Deja vu, eh? I know we reviewed this issue of e-mail-to-forum-to-email on our Community Networking list. This is still the only reference to anyone trying to

Re: Question about M2F -- Was Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr.1-3, 2005

2005-02-07 Thread Taran Rampersad
Kevin Rocap wrote: You raise an important additional issue, though, around volunteers and Open Source. I'd say most Open Source solutions do require a bit more attention to the details of installation than do commercial packages installed through an Install Shield wizard (or something

Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005

2005-02-07 Thread Taran Rampersad
Steve Eskow wrote: Taran Rampersad writes But you see, people are slow to adopt things. Perhaps this is one of those enduring fictions, helped along as it is by Ev Rogers' taxonmy of early adopters and the like. The speed with which people all over the world are adopting the new

Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005

2005-02-07 Thread Steve Eskow
PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005 At 3:31 PM -0800 2/6/05, Steve Eskow wrote: My point is that although we call both forms conferences, they really have little in common with each

Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005

2005-02-06 Thread Taran Rampersad
Steve Eskow wrote: Steve Eskow wrote: The listserv is a mode of dialog that fits the genius of the online environment, and thus there are thousands of them, and they will continue to flourish and multiply. and Taran Rampersad replied: Listservs are self

Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005

2005-02-06 Thread Steve Eskow
Taran Rampersad writes But you see, people are slow to adopt things. Perhaps this is one of those enduring fictions, helped along as it is by Ev Rogers' taxonmy of early adopters and the like. The speed with which people all over the world are adopting the new technologies is astounding. The

Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005

2005-02-04 Thread Steve Eskow
A piece of theory might be useful in thinking about conferences online. The time-space geographers and sociologists are teaching us that space and spatial configurations aren't merely containers that hold the events that go on within them, but are constitutive: that is, they shape, or constitute,

Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005

2005-02-04 Thread Taran Rampersad
Steve Eskow wrote: The listserv is a mode of dialog that fits the genius of the online environment, and thus there are thousands of them, and they will continue to flourish and multiply. Listservs are self limiting because in propagation, they split the attention of people. If all listservs

Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr.1-3, 2005

2005-02-04 Thread Tom Abeles
Hi Andy Actually, this is done currently in asynchronous conferencing systems where there are a number of options. The system can notify a participant that a post has been made and you can go to to read and respond, sometimes the post is sent and the system can select how you can respond,

Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr.1-3, 2005

2005-02-04 Thread Tom Abeles
Hi Andy I would defer to the software experts on this list- I know there are a number of open source asynchronous systems out there. Blogs or weblogs started out as personal journals or musings of individuals. Some have grown a number of similar features to the ones I have suggested and

Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr.1-3, 2005

2005-02-04 Thread Taran Rampersad
I agree with defining the functionality. But I would rather define the funtionality without talking about the technologies first. People have a tendency to skew a design by their requirements, and in doing so they leave a lot out. If a person asked me for a vehicle with four doors, I would

[DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005

2005-02-03 Thread Eddan Katz
The Information Society Project at Yale Law School is proud to announce that registration is now open for The Global Flow of Information Conference 2005, which will take place on April 1-3, 2005, at the Yale Law School. http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/GlobalFlow/registration.htm Please register

Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr.1-3, 2005

2005-02-03 Thread John Hibbs
At 9:16 AM -0500 2/3/05, Andy Carvin wrote: John, I think that's a little unfair. Arguably, Web based conferences are _different_ than physical ones. Some events work great virtually - others I've seen have been a flop. Forgive me if I left the impressions that virtual conferences should

Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005

2005-02-03 Thread Omar Kreger
Gentlemen, This topic to me sounds a bit broad and general. What exactly do you all mean by when you say the flow of information throughout the world. Dose it refer to the media or something else? In many aspects of the world that we live in, the flow of information relating to the media is

Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005

2005-02-03 Thread Sudhir Raghupathy
All: First, please allow me to introduce myself .. my name is Sudhir Raghupathy, and I am a recent MBA graduate from Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio. I was intrigued by your conversation as it comes at an opportune time to share my view - I agree wholeheartedly with Tom and John

Re: [DDN] Yale Global Flow of Information Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005

2005-02-03 Thread Tom Abeles
John has hit the nail on the head. First, for a global flow conference its decidedly being seen through US eyes. Secondly, the home base for the conference organizers is the Yale Law School which further narrows the scope of the conference and finally, as John has so perceptively picked up