Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC

2008-10-05 Thread Don Cameron
Reinvent the word, not the concept, because the word telecenter does not convey meaning to anyone who doesn't already know what it means. Whereas community computing center does convey meaning even if you never heard the phrase before. IMO a Telecentre is best defined by the societal context

Re: [DDN] why not googlegroups - Re: The future of DDN

2009-01-13 Thread Don Cameron
Claude Almansi wrote: Yes, the e-mail list is stifled. But isn't it because people hesitate to post to it because they don't know when the post will get through? Yes - and another silent witness here :-) I tend not to contribute to DDN for the above reason, however still follow discussions

Re: [DDN] Verizon Wireless announcement re. shutting down SMTP service

2009-07-29 Thread Don Cameron
Verizon Wireless has announced that it intends to cease providing SMTP service to its broadband customers snip) Are you sure this is correct? I understand Verizon intends to stop SMTP relay services (mostly not needed by today's ISP's who allow outbound mail from