I have learned that the link to the survey on local data use I posted earlier is invalid.
The working link is: http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB224J9R6QM4T Thank you to those who alerted me to this error. Laura Smith -----Original Message----- From: Urban Technology & Telecommunications digest [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 12:03 AM To: telecom-cities digest recipients Subject: telecom-cities digest: September 29, 2005 TELECOM-CITIES Digest for Thursday, September 29, 2005. 1. Survey on Local Data Use 2. Demos - Catalogue - People Make Places 3. phones on planes 4. 61.3% of US home Internet connections are broadband in August 2005- ZDNet.com 5. Wired News: Meetro Eases Hookups in Your Hood ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Survey on Local Data Use From: "Laura Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:10:59 -0400 X-Message-Number: 1 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5C4FF.9E41B14A Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Urban Markets Initiative (UMI), of the Metropolitan Policy Program of the Brookings Institution, knows that you, like many other professionals in government and development fields, may be concerned with issues related to local data, including accessibility, availability, and quality. =20 =20 In response to a growing awareness of the importance of local data, the National Infrastructure for Community Statistics (NICS) initiative was proposed as a nationwide web-based utility that facilitates access by public and private decision-makers to detailed, current community-level statistics from thousands of local, state, federal, and commercial data sources. In order to help build a stronger infrastructure, UMI has developed a survey to support development and assess local data opportunities that might be met by the NICS initiative. =20 =20 We recognize the importance of up-to-date survey and administrative data sets for small areas in informing public debate, supporting better public and private choices, and empowering communities to adapt to accelerating socioeconomic change. NICS is reaching out to the national community of data users and disseminators for their help in improving data quality and access for local governments, institutions, and community organizations. =20 =20 With this in mind, UMI seeks to gauge current strengths and weaknesses of data quality and availability for local governments, institutions, and organizations like your own. Given your expressed interest in local data-related issues, we would like to extend an invitation for you to complete our brief 15 minute survey designed to assist NICS in better serving your data needs, and the needs of local data users nationwide. =20 Please visit the survey at http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=3DWEB224J9R6QM4T <http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=3DWEB224J9R6QM4T>=20 =20 Thank you in advance for your contribution to the development of a National Infrastructure for Community Statistics. =20 If you have any questions, please email Laura Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED] =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5C4FF.9E41B14A Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40";> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:PMingLiU; panose-1:2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} @font-face {font-family:"[EMAIL PROTECTED]"; panose-1:2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} span.t10p-a-black1 {font-family:Arial; color:black;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"2050" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div class=3DSection1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>The Urban Markets Initiative (UMI), of the Metropolitan Policy Program of = the Brookings Institution, knows that you, like many other professionals in government and development fields, may be concerned with issues related = to local data, including accessibility, availability, and quality. = <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>In response to a growing awareness of the importance of local data, the = National Infrastructure for Community Statistics (NICS) initiative was proposed = as a nationwide web-based utility that facilitates access by public and = private decision-makers to detailed, current community-level statistics from = thousands of local, state, federal, and commercial data sources. In order to = help build a stronger infrastructure, UMI has developed a survey to support development and assess local data opportunities that might be met by the = NICS initiative. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>We recognize the importance of up-to-date survey and administrative data = sets for small areas in informing public debate, supporting better public and = private choices, and empowering communities to adapt to accelerating = socioeconomic change. NICS is reaching out to the national community of data = users and disseminators for their help in improving data quality and access for = local governments, institutions, and community organizations. = <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>With this in mind, UMI seeks to gauge current strengths and weaknesses of = data quality and availability for local governments, institutions, and = organizations like your own. 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The dominant =20= urban story of the past 20 years has been of creeping privatisation =20 and social fragmentation resulting in the loss of space for shared =20 experiences between people. The challenge now is to find a new story that reconnects public, =20 private and civic spaces alike, and can provide the impetus for =20 growing the shared life of our towns and cities. This agenda applies =20 as much to an out-of-town shopping centre as it does to a =20 neighbourhood park. Based on in-depth studies of three British towns and cities Cardiff, =20 Preston and Swindon, People Make Places explores how the best public =20 spaces are created by people and communities themselves. The book =20 sets out the forms of governance, design principles and everyday uses =20= that can help boost people=92s participation in public space and the =20 wider public life of their town or cit download report - http://www.divamedia.co.uk/artwork/demos/=20 Demos_PMP_Final_02.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: phones on planes From: Anthony Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:12:33 -0700 X-Message-Number: 3 Cellphones-on-planes era poised to begin 21 September 2005 Celeste Biever Magazine issue European aeroplane passengers will be able to make cellphone calls =20 during flights as early as 2006, with wireless internet following =20 closely behind European aeroplane passengers will be able to make cellphone calls =20 during flights as early as 2006, with wireless internet following =20 closely behind, according to two major European airlines. British Midland Airways (BMI) and TAP Air Portugal announced on =20 Tuesday that they will be the first to permit passengers to talk, =20 text and surf the web using their cellphones through an on-board call-=20= routing system called a pico-cell. Trials of the system, made by OnAir in Geneva, Switzerland, will =20 begin towards the end of 2006 on selected Airbus flights out of =20 London Heathrow, UK, according to Nigel Turner, BMI chief executive =20 officer. They will be available on an unspecified selection of TAP =20 Air Portugal flights at around the same time. =93This pilot will guide us on usage patterns and some of the social =20 issues in using mobile phones on aircraft,=94 he says. However, whether =20= the service can actually be deployed depends on ...= ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: 61.3% of US home Internet connections are broadband in August 2005- ZDNet.com From: Anthony Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:48:57 -0700 X-Message-Number: 4 http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=9066 61.3% of US home Internet connections are broadband in August 2005 -Posted by ZDNet Research @ 12:10 am Broadband Nielsen//NetRatings announced that the number of Americans with broadband access reached 42% of the US population in August 2005, increasing 16% since the beginning of 2005. In January 2005, 103.8 mln Americans had broadband access; by August, that figure had grown to 120.8 mln. In August 2005, the share of active US Internet users connecting online via broadband from home reached an all-time high, at 61.3%, compared with 51.4% of active Internet users in August 2004. In August 2005, there were 86.1 mln Internet users accessing the Web through high-speed connections, marking a 34% gain over 64.1 mln during August 2004. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Wired News: Meetro Eases Hookups in Your Hood From: Anthony Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:56:23 -0700 X-Message-Number: 5 http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,69023,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3 Meetro Eases Hookups in Your Hood By Ryan Singel Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,69023,00.html 02:00 AM Sep. 29, 2005 PT A new, location-based web service is trying to make social-networking software more about socializing than simply collecting lists of buddies. Meetro, from a small, Chicago-based company called Meetroduction, marries instant-messaging software with geo-proximity technology in the hopes of expanding people's social circles. When you sign on and report your location, Meetro's Windows-only software displays the names and photos of users within a certain geographic radius of your address. You can then check out what music and books someone likes, according to their profile, and instantly start chatting, or invite them to join you for coffee a couple blocks away. Dating and making business contacts are the most obvious uses of Meetro, according to Meetroduction CEO Paul Bragiel. But he hopes the service will smooth the process of making new friends. "Ten years ago, the idea of dating people you met off your computer was ridiculous, but now it's commonplace," Bragiel said. "Ours is the next bump. People right now are meeting over computers and plan to meet each other. Meetro is dynamic, so if someone shows up in your local area, you can meet up in 10 minutes because they are less than a quarter-mile away." Meetro users currently are clustered mainly in Chicago and New York City and mostly seem to be 18- to 30-year-olds, college students and people new to a city who are looking to socialize. Bragiel says his company is very aware of privacy issues and works to make sure Meetro does not turn into stalkerware. For starters, the software generalizes locations, so a user can know that someone is within a mile, but won't get a specific address. Meetro users can also prevent someone from ever seeing their profile or IM-ing them again by hitting a prominently placed "block" button. Meetro isn't the only location-based social-software application, though nothing else works quite the way it does. Google recently acquired dodgeball.com, a service that lets you use SMS to broadcast your location to nearby friends. A Germany-based company called Plazes that lets people report their location and contact information is drawing in Silicon Valley technologists. And several large cell-phone providers offer a service that lets you know the locations of friends on the same carrier. Many Meetro users' first chat invitation comes from the service's unofficial ambassador, Jean Zei, a 31-year-old office manager who goes by the handle "QueenJean" and makes a point of welcoming new users. Zei says that, despite having made dozens of new friends, she has had to block three users permanently. "Like anywhere else, there's some weirdos out there that I block just because I don't wanna look at them," Zei said in an instant message. "But otherwise, the crowd is so fun and welcoming and inviting." Kurt Uhlir, a Chicago technologist who edits a blog called The Technology Suits, is looking forward to Meetro having enough users that he can easily find people nearby who share his interests. "I have already met a few people while in downtown Chicago, once at a flight delay in O'Hare and another time in Atlanta for a layover where I met someone just to talk to for a while," Uhlir said. "I have even kept up with one of those guys since for business reasons and we bounce ideas around about advertising models." --- END OF DIGEST --- You are currently subscribed to telecom-cities as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%%
