[DDN] Blogs, Wikis Clicking on Campus (fwd)

2005-03-11 Thread Andy Carvin
ty, remove the limits on class time, give professors a better sense of student understanding and interest and keep students writing, thinking and questioning. -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http:

[DDN] BitTorrent May Prove Too Good to Quash (fwd)

2005-03-13 Thread Andy Carvin
ike the logical fusion of peer-to-peer file-sharing and traditional downloading. It's too robust to stamp out with lawsuits, but too effective not to adopt for commercial use. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28925-2005Mar12.html -- --- Andy Carvin

[DDN] new feature: DDN friends

2005-03-14 Thread Andy Carvin
ture upgrades to the site, we may add other features to this tool, but for now it's a simple, handy way to list friends and colleagues on your personal profile page and build your social network on DDN. Please give it a try and let us know what you think. thanks, andy -- ---

[DDN] Cyber-dissident Zouhair Yahyaoui dies of heart attack

2005-03-14 Thread Andy Carvin
.php3?id_article=12848 Radionongrata.info Stéphane koch ___ Plenary mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . o

[DDN] Web documentary: Baramati Bus Stop

2005-03-14 Thread Andy Carvin
exporting the movie as a Quicktime file, took approximately eight hours over the course of several days. Anyway, please check it out when you get a chance and let me know what you think. thanks, andy -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media &

[DDN] The economics of scientific and biomedical journals (fwd)

2005-03-15 Thread Andy Carvin
, and publishers — promises optimal results for each sector more than ever. http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/jeon/index.html -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net

[DDN] Technology Review special issue on "World Changing Ideas"

2005-03-15 Thread Andy Carvin
the relative state of ICTs around the world. Thanks, Andy -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com ---

[DDN] DDN Meetups on March 23 - please join us!

2005-03-15 Thread Andy Carvin
t http://ddn.meetup.com, set up an account and get involved in a local meetup. thanks, andy -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http:

[DDN] New DDN Community: The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

2005-03-15 Thread Andy Carvin
p://www.wsis.org. thanks, andy -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com ---

[DDN] Mouse adapter for hand tremor sufferers (fwd)

2005-03-15 Thread Andy Carvin
Montrose Secam Limited, a small British electronics company, which plans to manufacture and sell the Assistive Mouse Adapter for under $100. http://www.physorg.com/news3399.html -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc .

Re: [DDN] phone vs net

2005-03-16 Thread Andy Carvin
ry to find the most appropriate uses for them from one context to the next -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com --

[DDN] MIT Backs Open Source in Brazil Computers for Poor (fwd)

2005-03-18 Thread Andy Carvin
ologyNews&storyID=7939494 -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com --- _

[DDN] Boston Digital Divide Meetup - Wednesday, March 23

2005-03-18 Thread Andy Carvin
#x27;d like to join us, please RSVP using the above link - and feel free to let others know about the event. You don't have to be a DDN member to participate - anyone interested in the digital divide is welcome to attend. thanks, ac -- --- Andy Carvin Program

[DDN] Other DDN meetup groups

2005-03-18 Thread Andy Carvin
tup.com. Thanks, ac -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: h

[DDN] Adding your organization to the DDN website

2005-03-20 Thread Andy Carvin
es to see if your organization is listed; if it's not, this should take care of it. thanks, andy -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http:

[DDN] Wikimania Call for Papers (fwd)

2005-03-20 Thread Andy Carvin
accepting nominations for speaker panels and keynote speakers, and suggestions for other activities. Mail all submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more conference information, see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania:Main_Page. -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director

Re: [DDN] A digital divide photo

2005-03-21 Thread Andy Carvin
. This one is from Thailand: http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2001/stories/20030117001206400.htm Charles Geiger Executive Director WSIS -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net

Re: [DDN] Proposed Panels for ARNOVA Meeting in November

2005-03-21 Thread Andy Carvin
/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsu

[DDN] Ourmedia and bridging the content digital divide

2005-03-21 Thread Andy Carvin
content side of the digital divide -ac -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-i

Re: [DDN] Ourmedia and bridging the content digital divide

2005-03-22 Thread Andy Carvin
] - Original Message - From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 1:02 AM Subject: [DDN] Ourmedia and bridging the content digital divide Like Phil noted earlie

[DDN] Chirac Plans French 'Counter-Offensive' on Internet Culture (fwd)

2005-03-22 Thread Andy Carvin
y and more rapidly on the Internet." http://www.cio-today.com/story.xhtml?story_title=Chirac-Plans-French--Counter-Offensive--on-Internet-Culture&story_id=31513 or http://tinyurl.com/4c9ew -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community

Re: [DDN] Chirac Plans French 'Counter-Offensive' on Internet Culture

2005-03-22 Thread Andy Carvin
the opportunity to share their knowledge, wisdom, literature and history via the Internet will benefit everyone, whether they speak English, French, Arabic, Vietnamese or Wolof ac David P. Dillard wrote: Thanks to Andy Carvin for posting on this very important and very digital divide and in th

Re: [DDN] Ourmedia.org web site appears to be working well

2005-03-22 Thread Andy Carvin
get a password prompt--anyone else having this problem? Chris Warner-Carey Grace Lutheran Church Ukiah, CA -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org B

[DDN] reminder: Boston DDN meetup tonight

2005-03-23 Thread Andy Carvin
orner of Boylston and Exeter, near Copley Square. For more details, please visit here: http://ddn.meetup.com/7/events/4327152/ thanks, ac -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide

[DDN] Last night's Boston DDN meetup

2005-03-24 Thread Andy Carvin
or eight people, so the fact we got 14 people was a very positive sign. Hopefully others who attended will share their thoughts about the meeting as well. -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digita

[DDN] podcasting from the National Model UN Conference

2005-03-24 Thread Andy Carvin
rsations I had afterwards, I have a feeling a lot more than that will get involved. I recorded my speech as well; I'll post that online a little later if I can get the bandwidth here to cooperate -andy -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Me

[DDN] Powerpoint from NMUN speech

2005-03-24 Thread Andy Carvin
at least outside the US How to Get Involved Join WSIS Civil Society Plenary and Caucuses www.wsis-cs.org Join WSIS Youth Caucus www.wsisyouth.org Organize WSIS events on campus: - recruit students to volunteer - plan WSIS Meetups for November (ddn.meetup.com) - Blog, blog, blog -- ----

[DDN] Movie Review: Local Voices, Global Visions

2005-03-24 Thread Andy Carvin
Global articulate the importance of WSIS better than I ever could with just an old-fashioned speech -andy -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andyca

[DDN] Women, Poverty and ICT: Mediating Social Change (fwd)

2005-03-25 Thread Andy Carvin
Poverty Reduction and Research ICT Innovations for Poverty Reduction. -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin

[DDN] podcast of my NMUN keynote yesterday

2005-03-25 Thread Andy Carvin
had a lot of fun talking with them. MP3 format: http://www.andycarvin.com/podcasts/nmun.mp3 OGG format: http://www.andycarvin.com/podcasts/nmun.ogg I'll take a crack at transcribing it during the train ride back to Boston. Until then, enjoy... -andy -- ------- Andy

[DDN] DDN: 6,600+ Members from 115 countries!

2005-03-26 Thread Andy Carvin
an Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe thanks, ac -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acar

[DDN] ALERT: another earthquake off Indonesia, possibly tsunami alert

2005-03-28 Thread Andy Carvin
on as possible. -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com --- ___ DIGITAL

[DDN] NEWS: tsunami update

2005-03-28 Thread Andy Carvin
CTION SHOULD INCLUDE EVACUATION OF COASTS WITHIN A THOUSAND KILOMETERS OF THE EPICENTER AND CLOSE MONITORING TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR EVACUATION FURTHER AWAY. http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/wmsg -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Communit

Re: [DDN] Last night's Boston DDN meetup

2005-03-28 Thread Andy Carvin
ssage. -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com --- ___ DIGI

[DDN] Brazil: Free Software's Biggest and Best Friend (fwd)

2005-03-29 Thread Andy Carvin
l of these machines should be installed with proprietary or free/open source software. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/technology/29computer.html -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitald

Re: [DDN] Movie Review: Local Voices, Global Visions

2005-03-29 Thread Andy Carvin
nnecting visual artists to create a better world On 3/24/05 12:02 PM, "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Movie Review: Local Voices, Global Visions I'm riding on an Amtrak Acela train through snowbound Connecticut right now on my way to the National Model United Nations

[DDN] WSIS, Civil Society and Multi-Stakeholderism (fwd)

2005-03-30 Thread Andy Carvin
eve are not in the public interest. http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/735.htm -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http:/

[DDN] op/ed: High-speed learning (fwd)

2005-03-30 Thread Andy Carvin
eement fulfills a requirement of Comcast's franchise agreement with the city, but, more importantly, it plays a role in democratizing the power of technology. http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/opinion/11259917.htm -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director

[DDN] TakingITGlobal Youth Documentary Now Online

2005-03-31 Thread Andy Carvin
CTs in the hands of youth, both in terms of the projects profiled and the making of the documentary itself. andy -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.

[DDN] UK government tackles digital divide (fwd)

2005-04-02 Thread Andy Carvin
://www.vnunet.com/news/1162286 -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com --- ___

[DDN] Water bottle WiFi in Mali (fwd)

2005-04-04 Thread Andy Carvin
sources and adapted to use materials readily available in Mali such as plastic water bottles (peep the “BottleNet” antenna at right), used motorbike valve stems, and window screen mesh. http://www.engadget.com/entry/123437037760/ -- --- Andy Carvin Program

[DDN] Boston Community WiFi Forum @ BPL on Tuesday 4/19 at 7pm]

2005-04-15 Thread Andy Carvin
. Press Release: http://www.bostonwag.org/summit/WiFiCommunityForumPressRelease_2.pdf There's a WiFi Meetup event page you can RSVP to the event: http://wifi.meetup.com/3/ Please send any inquiries to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Mike Oh, Susan Kaup, Pat McCormick Founders, BostonWAG.org --- -- -

Re: [DDN] Technology Grant

2005-04-15 Thread Andy Carvin
advertising isn't allowed. ac -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com --- __

[DDN] Seeking volunteer judges for World Summit Awards USA competition

2005-04-19 Thread Andy Carvin
kground. Thanks, ac -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com --- _

[DDN] blog: The Mystery of the Food Pyramid

2005-04-20 Thread Andy Carvin
://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2005/04/the_mystery_of.html thanks, ac -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com ---

[DDN] DDN reaches 7,000 members!

2005-04-21 Thread Andy Carvin
x27;s been spreading the word about DDN - we couldn't have grown so fast without you. And for those of you new to the group, welcome! thanks, ac -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net

Re: [DDN] GETS NUDGE FOR IT'S SUCCESS!

2005-04-23 Thread Andy Carvin
by users rather than by us, that means the quality and diversity of the content is only as good as what others are posting, and so far I'm very happy with how things are going. So please keep posting! thanks, andy Andy Carvin, who keeps it all working, must have at least 10 arms on the key

[DDN] MyPyramid.gov: Achieving E-Health for All?

2005-04-22 Thread Andy Carvin
ew.php?ArticleID=401 -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com --- ___ DI

[DDN] Seeking compelling telecentres to profile in EDC/IDRC book

2005-04-22 Thread Andy Carvin
rmación completa del contacto (email incluyendo), entonces describen su misión, servicios y qué le hace una historia que obliga. Si usted quisiera recomendar un telecentre o una red del telecentre, por favor email yo apagado-lista no más adelante que de abril el 30 en el acarvin @ edc . org. --

Re: [DDN] Current browser standards for international audiences

2005-04-24 Thread Andy Carvin
It's clear that this debate over browsers and stylesheets isn't going to be resolved, and the discussion is getting acrimonious. I think it's time we take this conversation off-list. ac -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media &

[DDN] what are your favorite telecentre initiatives?

2005-04-25 Thread Andy Carvin
strate the role of telecentres in global development, and how they're more than just simple public access points to the interest. So please post your thoughts to the list; I'd love to hear what you think. thanks, andy -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director

[DDN] Internet-illiterate parents hold back kids (fwd)

2005-04-28 Thread Andy Carvin
t knowing how to best use the internet may have a negative impact on their education and employment opportunities." http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39129963,00.htm -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @

[DDN] New Voices citizen media grantees announced (fwd)

2005-04-28 Thread Andy Carvin
ps://cyber.law.harvard.edu/lists/info/globalvoices Cheers, Rebecca -- Rebecca MacKinnon Research Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Weblog - http://www.RConversation.com "North Korea zone" - http://www.NKzone.org "Global Voices" - http:/

[DDN] Google Unites Europe (fwd)

2005-04-30 Thread Andy Carvin
e. That's why it is so strange that the European project was sparked by fear, a misplaced fear at that http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/29/AR2005042900432.html -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media &

[DDN] emergency alert emails get treated like spam (fwd)

2005-05-02 Thread Andy Carvin
http://www.andycarvin.com/ permalink: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2005/05/ensuring_that_g.html -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andyca

[DDN] World Summit Awards USA competition: Submit Your Website Now!

2005-05-02 Thread Andy Carvin
free to email me at acarvin @ edc .org. For more information about the competition and WSIS, please visit here: http://www.wsis-award.org http://www.wsis.org -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://ww

[DDN] Worldwide E-Readiness Rankings from The Economist

2005-05-03 Thread Andy Carvin
ure deficit, but many are making progress http://press.arrivenet.com/tec/article.php/623761.html -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Bl

[DDN] seeking telecentre recommendations in Asia and the Pacific

2005-05-04 Thread Andy Carvin
project is particularly innovative. If possible, please email them to me by the end of the week. thanks, ac -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-i

Re: HOAX: RE: [DDN] www.donotcall.gov

2005-05-06 Thread Andy Carvin
find. -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com --- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mai

[DDN] Want E-Gov? Pick Up the Phone (fwd)

2005-05-06 Thread Andy Carvin
http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php?channel=17&id=93902 -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldi

[DDN] Digital Divide, Telecentres and Iraq

2005-05-06 Thread Andy Carvin
eet and prosper in the coming years. I know there are at least one or two Iraqis on the list. I hope they're reading this thread; perhaps they would want to comment. -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @

[DDN] blog- Open Source Radio: Making Mobcasting a Reality

2005-05-06 Thread Andy Carvin
hed about Open Source. And now my RSS reader tells me that Brendan's posted an MP3 of the first program, so I'm gonna go listen to it right now... -andy -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acar

[DDN] explosion at Kabul cybercafe kills three

2005-05-08 Thread Andy Carvin
lippines. But police said Sunday they were mistaken. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050508/ap_on_re_as/afghan_explosion -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http:

Re: [DDN] best blog in tennessee - paul chenoweth

2005-05-08 Thread Andy Carvin
paul has been covering the blognashville event on his blog. i almost felt i was there reading his coverage of the event. - phil -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.d

Re: [DDN] explosion at Kabul cybercafe kills three

2005-05-08 Thread Andy Carvin
communication, knowledge and modernity - anathema to many extremists. This, in turn, could lead to a chilling effect - the closing of cybercafes and telecentres in the name of security - which would be a real shame... ac ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center

[DDN] keeping things on-topic....

2005-05-08 Thread Andy Carvin
le to discuss the digital divide in war-torn parts of the world, let's keep it focused on the digital divide side of the story. thanks for understanding, andy Andy Carvin wrote: John Hibbs wrote: That is a grim reminder of the fierce nature of those who wish to return Afghans -- and other Arab

[DDN] request for nominations: AO / Technorati Open Media 100

2005-05-08 Thread Andy Carvin
100"; rel="tag">AOTechnorati100 I plan to post my nominations on my blog this afternoon, once I've had some time to think about it. Nominations are due May 16, so get cracking! :-) thanks, andy -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Medi

[DDN] last day for nominations: Technology Review 35

2005-05-09 Thread Andy Carvin
o nominate someone, go here: http://www.technologyreview.com/35under35/?trk=nl As is the case with the Technorati 100, it would be great if we could get some digital divide advocates included in this year's honors... ac -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC C

Re: [DDN] Webheads and the Digital Divide Network,

2005-05-09 Thread Andy Carvin
m marketing hype... podcasting has limited value to the vast majority of users of the internet. Audio blogging is for people who have bandwidth. -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide

Re: [DDN] Want E-Gov? Pick Up the Phone (fwd)

2005-05-09 Thread Andy Carvin
_ 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. -- --- Andy

[DDN] E-gov worsening the digital divide? (fwd)

2005-05-09 Thread Andy Carvin
to grow, there will always be a sizeable minority that will not embrace the internet. And many of them are precisely the people that need to interact with the government - the poor and the elderly. http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39130236,00.htm -- ----

Re: [DDN] Webheads and the Digital Divide Network,

2005-05-09 Thread Andy Carvin
long. From what the developer's told me, the site wasn't initially designed with the disabled community in mind, but they're now exploring ways of making this a service for people with visual impairments. ac -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center

[DDN] Call for papers-ICT4D and universities

2005-05-09 Thread Andy Carvin
shington), Colin M. Maclay (Harvard Law School), and Raul Roman (University of Washington). -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: htt

Re: [DDN] Let's Nominate Andy for the award

2005-05-10 Thread Andy Carvin
ding discussing the recent example of the MyPyramid.gov website and some of the equity challenges facing it. Since Dubai is quite wired as well, I'll try to blog and podcast whenever possible. As always, you can find my posts at www.andycarvin.com. A mirror of the site is also located on DDN

[DDN] Rural India's rough road to computer literacy (fwd)

2005-05-10 Thread Andy Carvin
.html -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com --- ___ DIGI

[DDN] hello from budapest

2005-05-11 Thread Andy Carvin
the whole I am exhausted and not yet comfortable typing on a Hungarian keyboard, so I will write more on my blog and post it later -andy andy carvin acarvin at edc org ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org

[DDN] update from Hungary

2005-05-14 Thread Andy Carvin
our. you can find it here: http://www.andycarvin.com/ ac -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: h

[DDN] GCC e-government conference, anyone?

2005-05-17 Thread Andy Carvin
e, because I'd love to meet fellow DDN members in the region. And as always, I'll blog about the conference at www.andycarvin.com. thanks, ac -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.di

[DDN] TechSoup article on podcasting

2005-05-18 Thread Andy Carvin
te your first podcast. http://www.techsoup.org/howto/articlepage.cfm?ArticleId=598&topicid=2 -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org

[DDN] apology for off-topic post

2005-05-20 Thread Andy Carvin
Hi everyone, I posted the previous message accidentally while moderating the list on my mobile phone; it was off-topic, commercial and not relevant to the list. Please disregard it. Jim Vines wrote: > With regard to HIV/AIDS as well as all viruses, everyone would do > well to visit www.oxygenhea

Re: [DDN] apology for off-topic post

2005-05-20 Thread Andy Carvin
Thanks, Jim, I appreciate it -andy My apologies Andy - - - I meant this as a potentially useful reference. I have no commercial interest in Mr McCabe's web site. - - - Jim Vines Andy Carvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi everyone, I posted the previous message accidentally while

[DDN] hello from the GCC e-gov conference in Dubai

2005-05-20 Thread Andy Carvin
me thought Internet access inequities would be a barrier, many more thought that a lack of skills by the public and a lack of understanding by fellow policymakers were much bigger challenges. -andy - Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media &

Re: [DDN] Let's Nominate Andy for the award

2005-05-21 Thread Andy Carvin
didate, Steinhardt School of Education [EMAIL PROTECTED] Adjunct, Marymount Manhattan College Adjunct, City College of New York-Graduate Education H: 212-929-6768, before 10PM F: 212-929-1129 - Original Message - From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Dig

Re: [DDN] hello from the GCC e-gov conference in Dubai

2005-05-21 Thread Andy Carvin
this conf., as Dubai is leading the region in such topic..Are there any representatives from Iraq goverment ? Its good for Iraqis to gain such experience for our nascent reform.. Ala Al-radhi Baghdad --end- --- Andy Carvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

[DDN] Position: WebJunction Curriculum Manager

2005-05-21 Thread Andy Carvin
until June 10, 2005. For additional information, please visit the OCLC web site. OCLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsu

[DDN] Is 'CraigsNews' Coming Soon? (fwd)

2005-05-21 Thread Andy Carvin
ed by a team of volunteer journalists; in others, such as Wiki News, a group does serial fact-checking and vetting on an existing piece, calling attention to errors or omissions. http://technologyreview.com/articles/05/05/wo/wo_052005hellweg.asp -- ------- Andy

[DDN] DDN-related sessions at CTCNet

2005-05-21 Thread Andy Carvin
ify strategies to bridge the digital divide. Andy > Carvin, chairperson of the WSIS Telecentres Caucus, will outline the history > and goals of the summit, and explore the potential role that CTC activists > may play in this historic event. John Zoltner will discuss the need for >

Re: [DDN] hello from the GCC e-gov conference in Dubai

2005-05-21 Thread Andy Carvin
Interesting comments, Jayne... Meanwhile, the last two speakers here at the conference have both made referencs to the digital divide and digital literacy. A pleasant surprise -andy > >>A representative from Dubai's egov directorate just spoke. She talked about >a survey done by the governmen

Re: [DDN] hello from the GCC e-gov conference in Dubai

2005-05-21 Thread Andy Carvin
Interesting comments, Jayne... Meanwhile, the last two speakers here at the conference have both made referencs to the digital divide and digital literacy. A pleasant surprise -andy > >>A representative from Dubai's egov directorate just spoke. She talked about >a survey done by the governmen

[DDN] digital divide-related discussions at the GCC e-gov conference

2005-05-21 Thread Andy Carvin
ti gentleman who had a heart attack during the morning conference session yesterday passed away en-route to the hospital, we discovered last night. People at the event clearly seem rather introspective because of this; our hearts and prayers are certainly with his family.... -andy -- -

[DDN] Transforming Estonian into E-Stonia

2005-05-22 Thread Andy Carvin
will be able to vote wherever they may have Internet access," Tallo said. They've also launched a website, http://tom.riik.ee, called I Decide Today. The site allows the public to file official requests for new policies or legislation. If their recommendation gets rejected, the gove

Re: [DDN] digital divide-related discussions at the GCC e-gov conference

2005-05-23 Thread Andy Carvin
ost of the homepage is in Arabic, so you might have better luck than I did searching it. :-) http://egov.dubai.ae/ Andy Carvin acarvin at edc . org ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digita

[DDN] Last week to accept nominations to World Summit Awards USA Competition

2005-05-26 Thread Andy Carvin
also be received no later than May 30. Please mail them to Andy Carvin, EDC Center for Media & Community, 55 Chapel Street, Newton, MA 02458. Winners of the USA competition will be announced the first week of July. For more information on the awards, please visit www.wsis-award.org. For

[DDN] languages on the list (was Open Access News von FQS)

2005-05-31 Thread Andy Carvin
___ 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. -- --- Andy Car

[DDN] New Children's Partnership report on children and digital opportunity (fwd)

2005-06-01 Thread Andy Carvin
ren’s Partnership: www.childrenspartnership.org. Laurie Lipper [EMAIL PROTECTED] 202/429.0033 OR Carrie Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 310/260.1220 -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide

[DDN] Scholarships available for BlogHer Conference

2005-06-01 Thread Andy Carvin
/corner/2005/05/upcoming_bloghe.html Details about the conference: http://www.blogher.org/ Please visit these websites for more info, as I am not affiliated with the conference. ac -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @

Re: [DDN]The Personal vs the Social Computer Was: UpdateontheSimputer

2005-06-02 Thread Andy Carvin
owing down the list. All messages are being approved but are taking many hours to post. Once this thread dies down posting should speed up again, but until then, please be patient. ac -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarv

[DDN] ITU meeting: multi-stakeholder partnerships to bridge the digital divide

2005-06-02 Thread Andy Carvin
//www.digitaldivide.net/events/view.php?EventID=136 Here's the conference URL: http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/ni/wsisbridges/ thanks, ac -- ------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net

[DDN] Ghana Opens Information Centres (fwd)

2005-06-03 Thread Andy Carvin
://www.sdnp.undp.org/perl/news/articles.pl?id=&do=gpage -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andyca

[DDN] blog: Ethan Zuckerman and I - Long Lost Cousins?

2005-06-04 Thread Andy Carvin
w and founder of Geekcorps - and I recently discovered: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2005/06/ethan_zuckerman.html have a good weekend, andy -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide

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