Re: [DDN] Private Media takes to the Internet e-Reporting the EmergencySituation in Pakistan
The blocking of YouTube began in Pakistan over the weekend. Here's an NPR story about it: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19333956 Andy Carvin andycarvin at yahoo com www.andycarvin.com www.pbs.org/learningnow - Original Message From: Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 9:08:46 PM Subject: Re: [DDN] Private Media takes to the Internet e-Reporting the EmergencySituation in Pakistan Fouad Riaz Bajwa wrote: This is very old news now, from last year, I wonder why Digital Divide list admin took so long to deliver it, anyways, nowadays Youtube.com is banned in the country. The list had a hiccough (or long belch), apparently. Getting past that, when was YouTube banned in Pakistan? I hadn't heard of that. -- Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.your2ndplace.com http://www.opendepth.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/knowprose/ Criticize by Creating - Michelangelo The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine. - Nikola Tesla ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Private Media takes to the Internet e-Reporting the EmergencySituation in Pakistan
Andy Carvin wrote: The blocking of YouTube began in Pakistan over the weekend. Here's an NPR story about it: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19333956 Thanks, Andy. I'd heard of Iran calling for the blocking of Wikipedia, but not of this... -- Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.your2ndplace.com http://www.opendepth.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/knowprose/ Criticize by Creating - Michelangelo The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine. - Nikola Tesla ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] New Issue of the African International Journal of Computing and ICT
[sti4d-africa] Re: Africans: Journal Articles and Editorsh Hello all - Take a minute to browse through the new issue of - The International Journal of Computing and ICT Research (IJCIR) - http://www.ijcir.org/ There are interesting articles on new research developments, experiences and best practices in computing and the use of information communication technologies (ICT) in the African development. IJCIR publishes and seeks papers in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Communications and Computer Networks, ICT for Sustainable Development , and other related areas. For more information about the journal, to take a look at the current issue, to subscribe, and to submit a paper, please visit www.ijcir.org -- Dr. Joseph Migga Kizza Professor Department of Computer Science Engineering Director, Center of Information Security and Assurance http://www.utc.edu/cisa/ College of Engineering and Computer Science The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37403 Tel: 1-423-425-4043; Fax: 1-423-425-5229 http://www.utc.edu/~jkizza/ *** It would be good if we were not to fail in our endeavors, but we do. It is wonderful, though, when we fail because we learn from the experience. Those who do not learn are doomed to fail for life. *** ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Using Virtual Worlds and Emerging Technologies for Peoplewith Disabilities
Will you archive the discussion and make it available to those unable to attend the online session? Regards, Heike Boeltzig Research Associate Institute for Community Inclusion University of Massachusetts Boston 100 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125 617.287.4315 (voice) 617.287.4352 (fax) 617.287.4350 (tty) www.communityinclusion.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Malin Coleridge Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 7:36 PM To: DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net Subject: [DDN] Using Virtual Worlds and Emerging Technologies for Peoplewith Disabilities Please come check us out. Using Virtual Worlds and Emerging Technologies for People with Disabilities Friday, Feb. 29th, 2008: Join us for a 1-day free online event happening on TechSoup.org http://TechSoup.org 's Community forums and in Second Life: Using Virtual Worlds and Emerging Technologies for People with Disabilities This two-part, interactive event will take place in two locations online: First, the live discussion in the virtual world of Second Life at 9am PST The follow-up discussion will take place for the rest of the day, 10AM PST- 6PM PST, in TechSoup's Accessible Technology Public Computing forum at: http://www.techsoup.org/go/accessibletechnology http://www.techsoup.org/go/accessibletechnology Event Schedule: 9 AM PST in the Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater in Second Life. Simon Stevens (aka Simon Walsh in Second Life) http://www.simonstevens.com http://www.simonstevens.com will be speaking about his work in Second Life. Simon Walsh is chief executive of Enable Enterprises which manages the Wheelies nightclub for people with disabilities in Second Life and the Second Ability Second Life simulator. In real life, Simon has cerebral palsy and lives in Coventry, UK. He is a disability consultant and trainer working with many organizations large and small. Simon will give a virtual talk via text chat in the Nonprofit Commons amphitheater, in the virtual world of Second Life 10AM PST- 6PM PST --the follow-on discussion will continue in an all-day, asynchronous (not-live) forum on TechSoup. This event will occur in a question and answer format in the TechSoup Accessible Technology Public Computing forum http://www.techsoup.org/go/accessibletechnology http://www.techsoup.org/go/accessibletechnology , where we'll discuss issues such as: -Innovative ways that emerging technologies are making technology more accessible for people with disabilities -Ways people with disabilities use technologies to expand their communities? -How can we work to make accessibility a design priority in the virtual world as well as the real world? -What are some free resources to help people with disabilities find accessible technology tools? -How can nonprofit organizations help make technology more accessible for people with disabilities? Join us Feb. 29th in the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life at 9am PST, and then in the TechSoup Accessible Technology Public Computing forum http://www.techsoup.org/go/accessibletechnology http://www.techsoup.org/go/accessibletechnology for a free all-day, asynchronous (not live) online event as we explore these topics and more. If you have any questions, please email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] No registration is needed; just show up and post your questions! Malin Coleridge Senior Web Analyst TechSoup.org (a program of CompuMentor) Tel: (415) 633-9346 Fax: (415) 512-9400 http://www.techsoup.org BLOCKED::http://www.techsoup.org/ http://www.compumentor.org BLOCKED::http://www.compumentor.org/ ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
