Re: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN)

[Marlene Bramley]

Hi there All
Happy new year and best wishes.  Our company (www.ngoconnectafrica.org) would 
like to use a similar Listserve client that allows users to reply to threads 
from forums via e-mail - similar to what is being used in this discussion group 
(managing mailing lists).  We would also like to manage newsletters with the 
same client.  Can anybody point me in the direction of where I could find it? 
Which ones are good and affordable etc. etc.
Regards
Marlene Bramley
www.ngoconnectafrica.org

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[mailto:digitaldivide-boun...@digitaldivide.net] On Behalf Of Daniel O. Escasa
Sent: 02 January 2009 05:05 PM
To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group
Subject: Re: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN)

Sabi ni Andy noong Fri, 2 Jan 2009 05:46:31 -0800 (PST):
> Why not just have ddn activities in multiple places? There's no reason
> why this has to be an either-or discussion. In an ideal world, DDN would
> be via email, on Moodle, have a wiki, be on Facebook, Twitter,
> Friendfeed, YouTube, etc...

Interesting idea. I know that at least Twitter and YouTube are
"mashable" although offhand I can't think of how this would work. Maybe
someone with a clearer mind (Christmas holiday hangover ) can cook
something up.

--
Daniel O. Escasa
independent IT writer and consulant
techblog at http://descasa.i.ph
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[DDN] Fwd: CALL FOR PAPERS: IDIA2009 Development Informatics Conference 28-30 October 2009 Kruger National Park, South Africa

[Paul Plantinga]

CALL FOR PAPERS

IDIA2009 Conference
28-30 October 2009
Digitally Empowering Communities:
Learning from Development Informatics Practice

www.developmentinformatics.org/conferences/2009/3rd.html


Call for papers


The 3rd International IDIA Conference will be held in Africa in order to 
make it easier for interested parties of this continent to participate. 
The conference is aimed at researchers, policy-makers and reflective 
practitioners. It will be managed by the School of Information 
Technology, Monash South Africa (Johannesburg). Monash University is 
seeking to accelerate its engagement internationally, and this 
conference reflects this commitment.

The Conference will be held at the Berg-en-Dal camp in the Kruger 
National Park, South Africa.

The Conference Committee calls for papers on the following themes. 
Papers will be peer-reviewed. Selected papers will be published in an 
accredited Journal.

While the main language of the conference will be English, participation 
from Francophone and Portuguese-speaking Africa is most welcome.

1. Communities and empowerment

   * What are developing communities?
   * Does every community need to 'develop'?
   * What does 'empowerment' mean in a DI context?
   * Why should communities be empowered with ICT?
   * What are the objectives of empowering communities?
   * What are the methods and instruments to empower communities?
   * Implications of the full range of 'digital divides'.


2. Development Informatics and ICT4D

   * Satisfying basic development needs with ICT.
   * What ICT cannot achieve; its limitations in development practice.
   * The range of changing economic models for empowering communities 
with ICT.
   * What are the special ICT issues for deep rural communities?
   * Giving voices to the poor via ICT; the necessity of advocacy.
   * The relevance of ICT planning and policies.
   * Does development automatically empower; the role of vested ICT 
interests?
   * Ethical and moral issues, eg. the barefoot economist debate, 
top-down/bottom-up/dual system approaches, and technological determinism.
   * Global versus regional implementation


3. DI in practice

   * What are the technical issues, networking problems, and relevant 
ICT devices?
   * System design for the bottom of the pyramid of the digital divide
   * Do small communities benefit from ICT, or is it only applicable on 
a large (regional, national) scale?
   * How do the micro social groups (eg. households and families) use 
ICT for their business?
   * Evaluating separate and integrated business, government and civil 
society ICT solutions.
   * Issues of free access and sustainable access.
   * Business filling the gap in the absence of government 
co-ordination of ICT practice.
   * When business practice and community expectation collide in ICT, 
who suffers?
   * Differences between individual access (such as OLPC, mobile 
phones) and public access (telecentres, MPCCs).
   * Open source vs proprietary systems.


4. Opportunities

   * The future of skills and literacy training, and professional 
development, as part of ICT.
   * Opportunities for professional communities to contribute to ICT.
   * Eliciting expressions of local concern and building them into ICT 
programs.
   * Ensuring that external ICT solutions meet local needs.
   * Balancing short-term and long-term ICT solutions.
   * Universal access as a dream or reality?
   * What is the appropriate role of developed countries in assisting 
with ICT empowerment?
   * Adapting developed values and practices to suit ICT contexts.
   * Which community networking principles best assist with ICT?
   * Is it meaningful to consider the role of the 'international 
community' in ICT?
   * Ongoing, universally-applicable measures of the effectiveness of 
ICT for empowerment.
   * Comparative studies of ICT for empowerment.



Submission of abstracts and proposals


Abstracts and proposals (not full papers) can only be submitted via the 
electronic registration system which will become available shortly.

Important dates

1 March 2009 Final date for submission of Abstracts
1 April 2009 Notification of acceptance of Abstracts
1 June 2009 Full papers due for blind peer review
1 August 2009 Peer review results
1 September 2009 Final version of papers due


Registration Information


Registration Information will become available in the first quarter of 
2009, latest by 1 April. Details will be posted on the website.


Conference fees


See website for details.


The conference venue is in a difficult to access, remote location, which 
will result in transport problems. Accommodation in chalets requires 
self-catering for meals.


In view of this, the Conference Organisers have made sp

[DDN] January 18th Deadline for Citizen Media Outreach Grants

[Janet Feldman]

http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/12/23/rising-voices-seeks-micro-grant-proposals-for-citizen-media-outreach

Application Deadline: January 18, 2009

Rising Voices (http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org), the outreach arm of 
Global Voices (http://globalvoicesonline.org), is now accepting project 
proposals for microgrant funding of up to $5,000 for new media outreach 
projects. Ideal applicants will present innovative and detailed proposals to 
teach citizen media techniques to communities that are poorly positioned to 
discover and take advantage of tools like blogging, video-blogging, and 
podcasting on their own.


As the internet becomes more accessible to more people, including mobile 
phone users, the so-called digital divide seems to be narrowing. In its 
place, however, we see a participation gap in which the vast majority of 
blogs, podcasts, and online video are being produced in middle-class 
neighborhoods in major cities around the world.


Rising Voices aims to help bring new voices from new communities and 
speaking new languages to the conversational web, by providing resources and 
funding to local groups reaching out to underrepresented communities in the 
developing world.

Please visit our current list of grantees for project examples:
http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/projects.


The sky is the limit, but unfortunately funding is not. Rising Voices 
outreach grants will range from $2,000 to $5,000. Please be as thoughtful, 
specific, and realistic as possible when drafting your budgets.


Successful projects will be prominently featured on Global Voices. Grantees 
are expected to host regular workshops to train participants how to start 
and maintain a weblog, upload and share digital photographs, and produce 
basic videos. Grantees are also required to post regular project evaluations 
and updates to the Rising Voices website.


Completed applications will be accepted no later than Sunday, January 18. 
Please submit your completed application on the Rising Voices apply page: 
http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/apply/

Feel free to ask questions in the comments section below or by sending an 
email to outre...@globalvoicesonline.org.


All the best,
David Sasaki
Rising Voices 


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[DDN] January 26 Workshop at the University of Chicago: "Scaling the Digital Divide: Home Computer Technology and Student Achievement"

[Alice Furumoto-Dawson]

Announcement (esp. for members in the Chicago metro area)
- provocative presentation at workshop session related to the Digital 
Divide and education:
At the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy Studies,
Center for Human Potential and Public Policy, Workshop/Working Group on 
Human Potential

January 26 *** Workshop on Human Potential Presentation 
Jacob Vigdor 
*, 
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics,
Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University
"Scaling the Digital Divide: Home Computer Technology and Student 
Achievement" 

(unintended consequences)

All workshops (except when noted) will be held on Mondays from 4:30 to 
5:50pm in Room 224
at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies (1155 E. 60th Street, 
Chicago, IL 60637 / Phone: 773-702-9623).
Questions should be directed to Associate Director Laurel Spindel, 
ljspi...@uchicago.edu 

The Workshop/Working Group on Human Potential is one of the core 
intellectual activities of the Center for Human Potential and Public 
Policy. It is an interdisciplinary forum for graduate students, post 
docs, and faculty whose work concerns behavior, health,
and well-being across the lifespan and the ways in which technology and 
public policy shape human potential and achievement.
The Workshop/Working group has active members in the areas of the 
social, behavioral, health, and policy sciences.

-- 
Alice Furumoto-Dawson, Ph.D.
Sr. Research Associate
Center for Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research
Institute for Mind & Biology
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL - USA

Email:  furum...@uchicago.edu
http://cihdr.uchicago.edu/

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[DDN] Global Health and Innovation Summit - Conference Registration

[Jennifer Staple]

Register Online Today. Registration rate increases monthly.  Please forward 
widely.

Global Health and Innovation Summit
A Conference Presented Annually by Unite For Sight
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference


Saturday, April 18 - Sunday, April 19, 2009
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

"A Meeting of Minds," --CNN

200 Speakers, Including Keynote Addresses by Dr. Susan Blumenthal, Nicholas 
Kristof, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs, Dr. Al Sommer, and Dr. Harold 
Varmus. Plus social innovation sessions by CEOs and Directors of Save The 
Children, Partners in Health, HealthStore Foundation, mothers2mothers, and many 
others.


The Global Health and Innovation Summit convenes a committed vanguard of 2,500 
people from more than 60 countries. The conference challenges students, 
professionals, educators, doctors, scientists, lawyers, universities, 
corporations, nonprofits, and others, to develop innovative solutions to 
achieve global goals.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

"Global Health Challenges and Opportunities," Susan Blumenthal, MD, MPA, Former 
US Assistant Surgeon General, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown 
School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center; Senior Medical Advisor, 
amfAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research; Chair, Global Health Program, Meridian 
International Center

"The Challenges of Development and Making Aid Work," Nicholas Kristof, 
Columnist, The New York Times

Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; 
Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and 
Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the 
United Nations Ban Ki-moon

"Millennium Villages: Update," Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Health 
Coordinator, Millennium Village Project

"Preventing Blindness; Saving Lives," Al Sommer, MD, MHS, Professor and Dean 
Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

"New Perspectives on Global Health and Science," Harold Varmus, MD, President 
and Chief Executive, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Former Director of 
the NIH; Nobel Prize Recipient

Confirmed Leaders of Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Speakers

"Unite For Sight: Social Entrepreneurship As A Symbol of Hope for the (Poor) 
Blind Villagers and Refugees in Ghana," James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and 
Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

"Strategic Social Entrepreneurship as a Tool for Advancing Global Health," Greg 
Dees, PhD, Professor of the Practice of Social Entrepreneurship and co-founder 
of the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, Duke University's 
Fuqua School of Business

"Social Entrepreneurship as a Tool to Strengthen Health Systems," Julia Devin, 
JD, MPH, Director of Programs, VillageReach

"Improving Public Health Delivery Through Social Entrepreneurship," Gene Falk, 
Co-Founder, Executive Directors, mothers2mothers

"The HealthStore Foundation: Improving Access to Life-Saving Medicines through 
Micro-Franchising," Scott Hillstrom, Chairman of the Board, CEO and Co-Founder, 
HealthStore Foundation

"The Impact of the Food and Nutrition Crisis on the Global Health Agenda," 
Charles MacCormack, PhD, President and CEO, Save The Children

"Health Care From The Grassroots," Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH, Medical Director, 
Partners in Health; Director, Institute for Health and Social Justice; 
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Division of Social Medicine and 
Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Ajay Nair, MPH, Portfolio Associate, Acumen Fund

Confirmed Featured Speakers

"Progress Towards Eliminating Blindness Due To Trachoma: Findings of 
Post-Intervention Impact Trachoma Prevalence Surveys in Seven Countries," Sam 
Abbenyi, MD, MSc, Director, Programs and Logistics, International Trachoma 
Initiative

"Unearthing Local Definitions of Child Protection and Well-Being," Alastair 
Ager, PhD, Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health, Mailman School 
of Public Health, Columbia University

"Keratoprosthesis as an Option for the Developing World: A Review of Pilot 
Projects in Ethiopia and Sudan," Jared Ament, MD, Clinical Research Fellow, 
Ophthalmology & Corneal Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard 
Medical School; Harvard School of Public Health

"Religious Teaching and Identity Construction in the Context of HIV Infection 
in Three Regions of Senegal," David Ansari, Intermural Research Training 
Fellow, National Institute on Aging

"Holistic Children's Services For Orphans Abroad," Jane Aronson, MD, Director, 
International Pediatric Health Services; Founder and Executive Officer, 
Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO); Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, 
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

"Workshop: How To Create An Organization To Do Community Work Abroad," Jane 
Aronson, MD, Director, International Pediatric Health Services; Founder and 
Executive Officer, Worldwide Orph

Re: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN)

[Molly E. Uzoh]

Hi Andy,

Happy New Year! I'm volunteering to be one of the moderators. Thanks for all
your sustained effort all these years.

Mary (Molly) Uzoh, CEO
Learning Right Technologies, LLC
P. O. Box 51616
San Jose, CA 95151
Phone: 408-649-5872, Cell: 408-826-2167
http://www.learningright.com

-Original Message-
From: digitaldivide-boun...@digitaldivide.net
[mailto:digitaldivide-boun...@digitaldivide.net] On Behalf Of Andy Carvin
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:34 AM
To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group
Subject: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN)

Hi Tom,

The problem is that there isn't an official moderator at the moment.
Technically I'm not supposed to be moderating the list anymore because I
work for NPR News and I can't be involved directly in policy discussions,
but the moderating from TakingITGlobal sometimes runs behind. I would
suggest that DDN members try to find three or four people who could share
the moderating duties, and I'm sure the TIG folks would be happy to get them
set up. Either way, I really shouldn't be doing it as long as I work for
NPR.


ac


Andy Carvin
andycarvin at yahoo  com
www.andycarvin.com
www.pbs.org/learningnow




- Original Message 
From: tom abeles 
To: digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:20:20 PM
Subject: Re: [DDN] The future of DDN


hmm, how long between submission and "approval" as in this just released
batch of postings.

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[DDN] Looking for lead activists on DTV transition

[Jeff Porten]

Greetings, all. I'm writing an article about the analog-to-digital  
conversion coming up in February, and I want the closing paragraphs to  
be a "what you can do" series of suggestions. If anyone knows  
organizations that are leading grassroots policy or volunteer activism  
here, please send them my way at jpor...@gmail.com.

Best,
Jeff Porten

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Re: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN)

[Andy Swarbrick]

As an owner-mod of around 30 groups on Yahoo and Google Groups I would
be happy to reapply that experience to support DDN, if that is at all
helpful.

One question seems to be what platform one might use for DDN.  Before
you get to that one must ask, "what is wrong (and right) with the
existing one, and if we change what could the benefits & pitfalls be".

What is wrong with the existing platform?  Does it cost money?   Is it
difficult to manage?  At least it has a stable user-base who know its
strengths and weaknesses.

As I say I use Yahoo Groups which of course is free.  Added to Y!G is
Grouply which is a social-networking front end, possibly giving all
the benefits and pitfalls of social networking, not to mention the
benefits and pros & cons of Y!G.

(It is worth noting that some Y!G and Google Groups seem to be
reflecting each others messages into both platforms.)

I also use and like Wiserearth and (like all platforms) it has its
benefits it also has its issues.  One disadvantage (depending on your
perspective) is that Wiserearth is primarily a website interface,
whereas I love the DDN email interface.  I do not know Moodle so
cannot comment.

To my way of thinkin any virtual group (and DDN is no different) goes
through its high and low points.  I run a few "dead" groups, but I
know that at the right moment any of them could go live.  So
quiescence is not to me a core problem.  What is needed is good
management.  This group needs someone to drive its agenda, and that
means in part to stimulate the DDN community into self-action.  What
technology is used is then of secondary importance.

Andy

If the current owner-mod structure discourages that self-promotion
(which it seems is true) then the starting point for me is to support
a change that corrects that core problem.  Correct that and then see
what else is necessary later.
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Re: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN)

[Fouad Bajwa]

Hi,

I have been moderating lists at various policy community and
development forums. I would like to volunteer.

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Andy Carvin  wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> The problem is that there isn't an official moderator at the moment. 
> Technically I'm not supposed to be moderating the list anymore because I work 
> for NPR News and I can't be involved directly in policy discussions, but the 
> moderating from TakingITGlobal sometimes runs behind. I would suggest that 
> DDN members try to find three or four people who could share the moderating 
> duties, and I'm sure the TIG folks would be happy to get them set up. Either 
> way, I really shouldn't be doing it as long as I work for NPR.
>
>
> ac
>
> 
> Andy Carvin
> andycarvin at yahoo  com
> www.andycarvin.com
> www.pbs.org/learningnow
> 
>
>
>
> - Original Message 
> From: tom abeles 
> To: digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:20:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [DDN] The future of DDN
>
>
> hmm, how long between submission and "approval" as in this just released 
> batch of postings.
>
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Re: [DDN] why not googlegroups - Re: The future of DDN

[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 with interest - Seems
to me this current thread on moderation might be overly comparing list
moderation to the role of policeman or headmaster scolding noisy children.
As a moderator with TechSoup, my experience lends to a suggestion that spam/
inappropriate post management is really a minor task (and as others have
noted; easer to manage nowadays with the technical tools available); of more
importance to moderation are tasks of maintaining list culture, supporting
(and sometimes generating) discussions, ensuring the timeliness of posts and
working to promote the lists and forums.

Don



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

[Barbara COMBES]

Hi All,
Why not set up an open community in a ning - can have multiple
discussion on different topics open at any one time.
www.ning.com

:)
BC


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From: digitaldivide-boun...@digitaldivide.net
[mailto:digitaldivide-boun...@digitaldivide.net] On Behalf Of Claude
Almansi
Sent: Friday, 2 January 2009 6:42 PM
To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group
Subject: Re: [DDN] why not googlegroups - Re: The future of DDN

Hi All

I agree with Nasira:

On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 3:54 PM, nash gardezi <[e-mail deleted]> wrote:
> Discussions here are worth, we need a moderator, and to  divide
workload for the moderator  we may have three  four moderator who may
coordinate amongst themselves and respond.
> regard
>
> Nasira Gardezi
> Senior Trainer

Of course, it might be possible to let the back end of the hosting
program take care of tech issues like huge attachments, vicious code
etc., as Rene G. Abad suggested:.

>
> --- On Wed, 31/12/08, Rene G. Abad  wrote:
>
> From: Rene G. Abad <[e-mail deleted]>
> Subject: [DDN] why not googlegroups - Re: The future of DDN
> To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" 
> 
> Date: Wednesday, 31 December, 2008, 11:51 AM
>
> hi all
>
> first of all a happy new year to everyone
>
> hope 2009 gives us a good ddn
>
> why not just unmoderate the group
>
> and let members just delete what they don't want
>
> and let google do the backend job for us
>
> regards to everyone
>
> rene
> y3k foundation
>

But there is more to the correct use of this list than just tech issues
in the "FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about the DIGITALDIVIDE
Discussion Group" elaborated by Andy Carvin
. See the
parts about trimming messages and about copyrighted materials, for
instance.

Also, about Rene's change of subject line to "why not googlegroups" -
and with apologies for repeating myself - there is a monoculture problem
with choosing Google groups. Nowadays, choosing Google groups would be
the same as if the Digital Divide Network had chosen MSN groups as a
host when it started.

This is why I expressed interest for Steven Cliff's
 proposal in a former message.

Claude Almansi
Geneva CH
http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/claude
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Re: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN)

[Cindy Lemcke-Hoong]

>>Why not just have ddn activities in multiple places? There's no reason why
>>this has to be an either-or discussion. In an ideal world, DDN would be via
>>email, on Moodle, have a wiki, be on Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, YouTube,
>>etc...In an ideal world, there would be money available to hire a full time 
>>manager to oversee DDN, but we do not have that kind of luxury. 

Perhaps I am wrong, my assumption is, the more different tools we have, the 
more volunteers DDN would need. Presently we sometime have to wait for days 
before emails are approved for publication, (2 of my emails took about a month 
for approval), I think that would kill Twiter, for example? Another hesitation 
I have is, from my own observation the past 3 years, I think there are only a 
handful of DDN members that are very skill at using different tools. What would 
that mean in finding volunteers? Personally even IF I am willing, I would not 
dare to offere my service. 

=



cindyho...@gmail.com

--- On Fri, 2/1/09, Andy Carvin  wrote:
From: Andy Carvin 
Subject: Re: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN)
To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" 

Date: Friday, 2 January, 2009, 2:46 PM

Why not just have ddn activities in multiple places? There's no reason why
this has to be an either-or discussion. In an ideal world, DDN would be via
email, on Moodle, have a wiki, be on Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, YouTube,
etc...

 
Andy Carvin
andycarvin at yahoo  com
www.andycarvin.com
www.pbs.org/learningnow


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Re: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN)

[Tobias Eigen]

Happy New Year everyone -

Has anyone on this list got experience trying to install and use the Wiser
Platform,
used on the Wiserearth.org site? I was pleasantly surprised to find that
they released their code under GPL.

Exploring that site, I am impressed by the functionality it offers and do
agree that creating a DDN group there might be a useful and easy thing to do
to keep DDN alive and growing in new directions. I liked Andy's suggestion
of using multiple tools and would welcome an experimental approach.

This list needs to remain though - I like being connected with you all
through this mailing list.

Cheers,

Tobias

On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 7:05 AM, Daniel O. Escasa
wrote:

> Sabi ni Andy noong Fri, 2 Jan 2009 05:46:31 -0800 (PST):
> > Why not just have ddn activities in multiple places? There's no reason
> > why this has to be an either-or discussion. In an ideal world, DDN would
> > be via email, on Moodle, have a wiki, be on Facebook, Twitter,
> > Friendfeed, YouTube, etc...
>
> Interesting idea. I know that at least Twitter and YouTube are
> "mashable" although offhand I can't think of how this would work. Maybe
> someone with a clearer mind (Christmas holiday hangover ) can cook
> something up.
>
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