[DDN] UK ICTs Development Conference, 7-9 Sept 2005
FYI (Fwd from Afrik-IT. I have no further info on this - please contact Dr. Heeks at the address given below)... DZO - Just a reminder that we will shortly be holding what I believe to be the largest UK event on information, ICTs and development. This is the 2005 UK Development Studies Association conference track on Information, Technology and Development, running from 7-9 September at the Open University in Milton Keynes. The track has 21 papers from international speakers (both practitioner and academic), and there are related plenary, poster and practical sessions. I won't clog up this message with the full details. You can find abstracts of all presentations at the conference Web site (see below); if you want to know the running order, email me and I'll send you a timetable. We would welcome your attendance at this event: to register (and get other details such as accommodation and travel), go to: http://www.devstud.org.uk/conference.htm If you have specific queries about the track, then email me. Please note that this is not a call for presentations: the track is already full, and that participants cover their own costs. Richard Heeks Convenor, Information, Technology and Development Study Group UK Development Studies Association [EMAIL PROTECTED] - End forwarded message - ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Do you know if there is a Latin American country using the Internet to fight corruption?
Hi In latin america, some countries made laws or policies about access to the government information. Carlos Gregorio (i put this message in copy), worked in this issue, and i think he is the best specialist in the region about that. Yours, Erick Iriarte Ahon Alfa-Redi http://www.alfa-redi.org At 09:50 a.m. 22/08/2005, you wrote: Hello: I am writing a paper about the effect of the Internet on corruption. This is a statistical analysis but I would like to include one or two case studies from Latin America. Do you happen to know if there are any specific efforts in any of these countries using the internet with that objective. Thank you, Martha [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] DDN's bonnie bracey profiled in the new york times
In a message dated 8/22/05 6:40:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm trying to translate the NYT profile into Italian for the ADISI blog - but I'm stumped with crusader: a male crusader is a crociato - but a crociata is a cruise*. Would militante (militant) be OK with you? That is fine my friend. I do well with friends and helpers , and interested others like youYou have helped so many teachers as well. Bonnie Bracey bbracey at aol. com ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] verizon/yahoo's official news - low-tier dsl
hi everyone - here is the official news story from the associated press. http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050823/verizon_yahoo_dsl.html?.v=2 for those of our brothers and sisters in other countries, i'm hoping this initiative will indicate an appropriate business model for overseas dsl providers to follow. - phil -- Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.his.com/pshapiro/ (personal) http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/pshapiro (blog) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro (technology access work) http://mytvstation.blogspot.com/ (video and rich media) Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others. - Desiderata ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] verizon's new 768kbps dsl service for $15/month
hi everyone - verizon will be announcing today a low-tier dsl service to attract dial-up uesrs who haven't switched yet. i think this is wonderful news, especially for families (or households of unrelated persons) with more than one computer. the most important aspect of this news is that it allows persons who formerly had dial-up to now have a phone line open for voice communication while they're using the internet. people need an open phone line for communications regarding work, family, friends, etc. busy-phone-line dial-up has caused people to lose work opportunities and placed undue strains on relationships between family and friends. this dsl service also brings free internet telephony, such as skype and gizmo (http://www.gizmoproject.com), within the range of many more people. increasing the speed of this dsl service will be google's web accelerator (for windows) and firefox (with its effective popup blocking.) http://webaccelerator.google.com) this dsl service will put rich media within the reach of many more people. we haven't yet seen the development of large scale community video being distributed over the internet, but that opportunity is now available using the free video aggregator software called fireant. http://antisnottv.net on the other side of the coin, the year-long requirement for this service could end up being unduly burdensome on a large number of people. we live in a very mobile society. people who most need this service are the ones who will need to move for work reasons or for other personal reasons. (spouses trying to escape abusive relationships, as an example.) being locked into a year-long contract means that not a small number of people will be paying for service they're not using -- at their former residence. a six-month (or nine-month) service contract requirement would be more appropriate. if this is economically not feasible for verizon, they ought to consider raising the rate of this service to $17 or $18/month to make it more feasible for people to use a service without a year-long lock-in. (or offer an option to go with $15/month with lock-in, and $18/month without lock-in.) - phil the giant sucking sound you'll hear in september is the sound of dial-up users canceling their AOL accounts. it's my view that AOL may potentially lose 5 million or more dial-up accounts as a result of verizon's low-tier dsl initiative. -- Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.his.com/pshapiro/ (personal) http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/pshapiro (blog) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro (technology access work) http://mytvstation.blogspot.com/ (video and rich media) Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others. - Desiderata ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
