Re: [DDN] New Book: From Rural Village to Global Village

, as appropriate? thank you tom abeles, editor On the Horizon http://www.emeraldinsight.com/oth.htm Heather Hudson wrote: Greetings DDN colleagues: My new book From Rural Village to Global Village: Telecommunications for Development in the Information Age was just published in both hardback and paperback

Re: [DDN] Is the Internet the New Social Welfare Delivery System?

find a uniform and commensurable set of values that brings the world into harmony- On earth that is and not in some etheral life in a spiritual world. thoughts? tom abeles ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http

Re: [DDN] personal vis social and the academic

. thoughts? tom abeles ___ 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] after the axial age

which, when slipped into place, open and stabilize the Star Gate or portal to Eden or, at least to some world which is better than a disease ridden village with no water, sewage or electricity. Is there salvation for an ICT-for-Development apostate? thoughts? tom abeles

Re: [DDN] Re: The Personal vs the Social Computer Was: Update on the Simputer

the concentration of folk into regional centers leading to the demise of rural communities and business in favor of regional big box stores. One must be careful about what one wishes for; you might, like Midas, get that wish thoughts? tom abeles Sandra Andrews wrote: Thank you, Aditie

Re: [DDN] Update on the Simputer

. The Simputer is a false God and the ICT disciples are members of an aberrant branch of the faith based secular humanism. thoughts? tom abeles John Hibbs wrote: At 10:02 AM -0700 5/29/05, Dr. Steve Eskow wrote: If the Simputer is a superior product, and mass producing it will dramatically lower

[DDN] personal vis social and the academic

to immediately affect efforts to bring help to the disenfranchised. thoughts? tom abeles ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [DDN]The Personal vs the Social Computer Was: Update on the Simputer

are often ubiquitous. Thus support of the Simputer, in its current embodiment and the comparison with laptops or desktops is moot. Rather it is :academic which seems to be a better term. thoughts? tom abeles ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE

Re: [DDN] The real digital divide (fwd)

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[DDN] mobile global broadband

The following from Kurzweil's email newsletter: * Mobile broadband Internet access anywhere KurzweilAI.net March 14, 2005 * Three new Inmarsat 4 communications satellites will provide global broadband Internet access to mobile users for the first

Re: [DDN] The real digital divide (fwd)

in a remote village in Bangladesh when the urban poor in the streets of Dhaka mean you could begin right after landing. thoughts? tom abeles Andy Carvin wrote: From the latest issue of The Economist -ac The real digital divide IT WAS an idea born in those far-off days of the internet bubble

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

of purposes much like breaks and receptions at a conference. The social dynamics of lists are often not a subject of discussion and I am not sure if they have been or need to be studied other than for an academic. thoughts? tom abeles Andy Carvin wrote: Hi Taran, Actually, this is something I've

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

of these tools versus having a blog capture DDN list messages? thanks, ac Tom Abeles wrote: 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

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

the movement of bodies to the conference a decidedly costly event when most could be conferenced. This conference provides a brilliant opportunity to better understand where the golobal flow of information is, today. thoughts? tom abeles John Hibbs wrote: With all due respect, Eddan, why do I have

Re: [DDN] RSS: The Next ICT Literacy Challenge?

for the digitally disenfranchised may not imply just wiring the world and putting a computer in the hands of all. That would be falling into the same trap that concerns me (see above). thoughts? tom abeles ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE

Re: [DDN] Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web

here. thoughts? tom abeles John Hibbs wrote: Thank you Andy Carvin for a fine, fine post about an exceptionally complex subject - the Semantic Web. Stephen Downes has helped me along with this sort of thing, especially with his daily publication, http://www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.htm {Plug