Hi everyone,
This Sunday I'm going to hit the road for a couple of weeks. I'll spend
all of next week in Geneva at the planning meeting, or "prepcom," for
the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). I'll be
participating as a civil society delegate, but also plan to blog and
podcast as
Hi everyone,
Last night we had fun gathering of DDN members, local and otherwise, at
Boston's Lenox Hotel. We hung out for about 90 minutes before some of us
continued to Cambridge for the weekly Berkman Bloggers group, which was
quite crowded due to a production crew from ABC's Nightline sittin
Lars has a very important point. Profit may play a role, perhaps a central
role, in solving many of our major problems, including the digital divide
and education for all. The idea that we can do it all with free software is
a romantic notion, one that does not take into account the major expenses
Andy,
Thanks for posting this article. Eduardo Crespi, of the Centro Latino
center, does a lot of partnering with the National Network of Libraries
of Medicine, both in Missouri and Texas. He was able to get a program
into the school system in Missouri, and by training students to access
health inf
At 12:37 PM 1/26/2005, you wrote:
I need this too! (see bleow)
Was going to download Goggle desktop, but heard lots of negative comments
about using this.
Anyone know a reliable desktop search tool - that wont breach my privacy -
and is free!!
Thanks
JW
I use Copernic: http://www.copernic.com/.
hi DDN members -
a friend of mine in DC has many talents and has volunteered his
time in countless ways around town. i suggested he set up an
account on the new Digital Divide Network web site.
although he has many talents, i know he'll be daunted in filling
in his profile on th
Hi All
The WTO's TRIPS (trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights)
approach is not very likely to help bridge the digital divide.
Nevertheless, this colloquium might be interesting in a "know thy
enemy" way. Plus: " Expenses of participation in this programme will be
borne by the o
Andy, Thanks for posting this. Here are a few quick comments. Though the article
does reflect the increasing interest in African language use in software and
web content, it also seems a little off or incomplete on some aspects.
First, one has the impression that among commercial software interest
Hi everyone,
Michael Verdi has set up a blog that outlines in four steps how to
create a video blog using free online tools:
http://freevlog.blogspot.com/
I haven't tried it myself, but the instructions seem very straightforward.
thanks,
ac
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Andy Carvin
Progr
Very interesting article. Of course, the Bush administration made eliminating
community technology funding a priority from day one of their first
administration. The CTC program is gone after several years of minimal support.
In fact, the Bushies are trying to eliminate or drastically reduce al
Among the responses to the Rizzo piece cited by Andy earlier today was this
snippet about "broadband vouchers." I thought it interesting - it could
work if it provided enough demand-side incentive for network providers to
build infrastructure in underserved neighborhoods. On a small scale, any
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