[DDN] PODCASTING: Finding Out About Postcasting on the University Web Design Discussion Group
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:20:10 -0400 From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Information Sources [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PODCASTING: Finding Out About Postcasting on the University Web Design Discussion Group PODCASTING: Finding Out About Postcasting on the University Web Design Discussion Group A member of the University Web Design discussion group asked the group about use of podcasting, in particular had members of the list seen it in use in their experience. I sent the following response to this requester and to the UWEBD list. University Web Design (UWEBD) UWEBD List FAQ http://www.usask.ca/web_project/uwebd/about_list.html The Digital Divide Network has become something of a hot bed of podcasting marvels. This website, online web board and list based discussion group has been posting about and practicing this art extensively. Digital Divide Network! A project of the Center for Media Community at EDC, Inc. www.digitaldivide.net The Digital Divide Network is the Internet's largest community for activists, policymakers and concerned citizens working to bridge the digital divide. At DDN, you can build your own online community, publish a blog, share documents and discussions with colleagues, announce news and events and submit articles. Connect with more than 6,600 DDN members from 115 countries to share ideas, form partnerships and develop new strategies for bringing technology and educational resources to underserved communities. A site search of the term podasting leads to this result http://www.digitaldivide.net/search/index.php?Keyword=podcasting Search Results The 33 matches to your search for (everything) are listed below: Blogs (33 matches) Headlines (2 matches) Blog Posts Podcasting from the National Model UN Conference Posted by: Andy Carvin | Date: 05.03.24 blogging about the Odeo podcasting service Posted by: Phil Shapiro | Date: 05.03.20 Podcasting for nonprofits: Next big thing, or merely flavor of the month? Posted by: Deborah Elizabeth Finn | Community: Bridging the nonprofit digital divide | Date: 05.03.12 VOA features AudioActivism and Podcasting Posted by: Brian Russell | Community: Community Technology | Date: 05.03.10 Pop Quiz - How does your generation define Podcasting? Posted by: Paul Chenoweth | Date: 05.02.17 Podcasting the Patriots Parade Posted by: Andy Carvin | Date: 05.02.08 Podcasting, Mobcasting and Beercasting, Oh My! Posted by: Andy Carvin | Date: 05.02.06 Podcasting, Mobcasting and Beercasting, Oh My! Posted by: Andy Carvin | Date: 05.02.06 Podcasting, Mobcasting and Beercasting, Oh My! Posted by: Andy Carvin | Date: 05.02.04 Come il podcasting salver la radio di Tod Maffin Posted by: Claude Almansi | Date: 05.02.02 Public Broadcasting Meets Podcasting Posted by: Andy Carvin | Date: 05.01.22 Podcasting Update Posted by: Andy Carvin | Date: 05.01.21 When Mobile Podcasting Leads to Mobcasting Posted by: Andy Carvin | Date: 05.01.16 When Mobile Podcasting Leads to Mobcasting Posted by: Andy Carvin | Date: 05.01.16 Podcasting with a Smartphone Posted by: Andy Carvin | Date: 05.01.15 FOUND: Adam Curry's Podcasting Gear Photo Posted by: Brian Russell | Date: 05.01.07 Creating a How-To Guide to Podcasting for Citizen Journalists Posted by: Andy Carvin | Date: 05.01.07 The Other End of Podcasting -- 01-06-05 Posted by: David Warlick | Date: 05.01.06 The Other End of Podcasting -- 01-06-05 Posted by: David Warlick | Date: 05.01.06 The Other End of Podcasting -- 01-06-05 Posted by: David Warlick | Date: 05.01.06 The Other End of Podcasting -- 01-06-05 Posted by: David Warlick | Date: 05.01.06 It's not a '50s B Movie, it's Podcasting -- 12-28-04 Posted by: David Warlick | Date: 04.12.28 It's not a '50s B Movie, it's Podcasting -- 12-28-04 Posted by: David Warlick | Date: 04.12.28 It's not a '50s B Movie, it's Podcasting -- 12-28-04 Posted by: David Warlick | Date: 04.12.28 It's not a '50s B Movie, it's Podcasting -- 12-28-04 Posted by: David Warlick | Date: 04.12.28 It's not a '50s B Movie, it's Podcasting -- 12-28-04 Posted by: David Warlick | Date: 04.12.28 Podcasting Tutorial Intro Posted by: Brian Russell | Date: 04.12.26 Making Podcasting Accessible to All Posted by: Andy Carvin | Date: 04.12.23 What is this new Podcasting stuff? Posted by: Brian Russell | Community: Cool Tools | Date: 04.12.23 Boston Globe Podcasting Story Posted by: Andy Carvin | Date: 04.12.20 Podcasting Tutorial Posted by: Brian Russell | Date: 04.12.17 Keep Podcasting Fun Posted by: Brian Russell | Date: 04.12.15 Comments for the Podcasting Daddies Posted by: Brian Russell | Date: 04.12.05 Headlines Podcasting: The People's Radio Posted by: Phil Shapiro Community: Access Dated: February 15th, 2005 For a Start-Up, Visions of Profit in Podcasting Posted by: Cedar Pruitt Community: Cool
[DDN] USA Today News Article
I don't know if many of you got an opportunity to see this article but I found it interesting -- Wireless Internet access about to go extra 5 miles By Michelle Kessler, USA TODAY Intel, ATT and other corporate giants are throwing their weight behind a new wireless Internet service powerful enough to send a signal more than 5 miles. No. 1 chipmaker Intel today is to announce its first chip for the service, called WiMax. Intel's more than 20 partners also include telecom heavyweights Qwest and British Telecom and tech giants Siemens and Texas Instruments. See full story at: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2005-04-18-intel-usat_x.htm Rev. Christian King PINK HOUSE CTC 1551 Mulberry Street Charleston, SC 29407 843-556-3486 (Office) 843-766-9861 (Cell) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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.
[DDN] blog: The Mystery of the Food Pyramid
Hi everyone, I've written a blog entry today that might be of interest. It's called The Mystery of the Food Pyramid: An E-Government Fiasco?, and it discusses the new USDA Food Pyramid released this week. The pyramid is actually one of a dozen pyramids now available, based on a person's age, gender and level of physical activity. Unfortunately you need to go online to find out which diet you should follow, and this raises some serious questions regarding the digital divide, e-government for all, and Web accessibility for the disabled. Here are some quotes from my blog: ... I truly, truly hope the USDA does more than just this website to educate the public, though. As I've written before in my work on e-government for all, it's poor policymaking to assume that all constituents will have equal access to the Internet or the skills to use it. Therefore, you need to make sure you use alternative offline channels -- TV, radio, print, in-person meetings, etc -- to make government services and information available to the people who need it. Unfortunately, when you look at various demographic groups, there's a higher likelihood of lower-income, less-educated people to eat a poor diet. Just the audience you'd want to reach in a public health campaign, right? Paradoxically, they're also the ones least likely to have Internet access or Internet skills. This makes it even more important to invest in large-scale offline campaigns to get health-related information directly into their hands. Meanwhile, don't get me started on Web accessibilty for the disabled. I ran an accessibility test on the homepage and the Inside the Pyramid page, which describes the pyramid in greater detail. Both failed even the most basic accessibility standards; in the case of the homepage, it was because it didn't have alternative text descriptions for all the images on the homepage To read more, please visit here: http://www.andycarvin.com A permanent link for the article is here: http://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 --- ___ 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.
[DDN] Kenyans use MSM to gain employment.
...NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters) - In the rural parts of Kenya, jobseekers wishing to use the Internet used to have to travel long distances to the nearest town with a cyber cafe. That changed last year with the creation of OneWorld International, a Kenyan firm offering a mobile phone text messaging service that advertises jobs and allows candidates to apply from wherever they are. It's relatively easy. All you need is access to a mobile phone with a Safaricom connection, said Antony Mwaniki, OneWorld International's business manager http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNewsstoryID=8225400src=eDialog/GetContent That's just a brilliant use of technology. I hope it's effective. -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: Panama City, Panama [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxgazette.com http://www.a42.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net Criticize by creating. Michelangelo ___ 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.
Re: [DDN] Current browser standards for international audiences
If you go to the home page of any of the following using Netscape 4.6 they do NOT display properly. So for a 'novice' and for anyone on the other side of the digital divide who wants to easily communicate with others via the internet, and not have the technology disempower them, these are the nonsense wordpress.com squarespace.com MyBlogSite.com/ blogger.com xanga.com blogjet.com livejournal.com is sort of ok - you can follow screen instructions at least blogware.com also seems just about okay So the 'nonsense' is that the medium is blocking the (potential) message. JW (this is not an exhaustive list - just what I could tolerate doing over an hour switching between Netscape 4 and IE6 for comparison) Point of Information - the Digital Divide home page displays, but none of the discussion board facilities display in Netscape 4 At 04:08 16/04/2005, Todd Seal wrote: I don't have figures for browser configurations in that part of the world, but I have trouble with their assessment that blogs don't display correctly in NS4 (I assume 4.7, but it may be 4.5). Most blog software just takes what you type into it, stores it in a database, and spits out code when you want it. That is all done on the Web server, independent of your browser. The way it's displayed has to do with the code the blog software spits out. That can be changed to suit the purpose. If that person is having trouble with blogs displaying correctly in NS4, it's most likely simply a matter of a CSS-based layout or just the software producing troubled code. Easily fixed. If folks using NS4 want content, they get it without any fancy layout. I don't see a problem with that. But this idea of blogging software not working in NS4 is nonsense. The only thing I can think of is dealing with logging into blog software. Much of the time, those administration panels are full of code that doesn't render well in older browsers. Again, though, this is just a matter of modifying the code it spits out. Back on the topic here (sorry for that, but I get into discussions about such things!), what is wrong with using CSS to create the layout, thereby serving up to NS4 users a sort of plain text version of your site? Look at most modern sites and turn CSS off (somewhere in your browser options). What's wrong with that presentation? A computer with NS4 probably isn't working terribly fast, so those graphics and such that CSS brings in would take too long to display anyhow. If you're writing valid (X)HTML, you page content will show up just fine. Isn't that the important stuff, anyhow? It's all about the content, right? Shouldn't the latest W3C standards work just fine for international audiences? -todd seal [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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. ___ 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.
RE: [DDN] blog: The Mystery of the Food Pyramid
And the page doesn't even work today - i'm assuming its been overwhelmed with users, but everytime i get on it, and try the interactive tools, it times out. siobhan Siobhan Champ-Blackwell Community Outreach Liaison NN/LM-MCR Creighton University Health Sciences Library 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 402.280.4156/800.338.7657 option#1,#2, then #1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nnlm.gov/mcr http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Andy Carvin Sent: Wed 4/20/2005 1:46 PM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: [DDN] blog: The Mystery of the Food Pyramid Hi everyone, I've written a blog entry today that might be of interest. It's called The Mystery of the Food Pyramid: An E-Government Fiasco?, and it discusses the new USDA Food Pyramid released this week. The pyramid is actually one of a dozen pyramids now available, based on a person's age, gender and level of physical activity. Unfortunately you need to go online to find out which diet you should follow, and this raises some serious questions regarding the digital divide, e-government for all, and Web accessibility for the disabled. Here are some quotes from my blog: ... I truly, truly hope the USDA does more than just this website to educate the public, though. As I've written before in my work on e-government for all, it's poor policymaking to assume that all constituents will have equal access to the Internet or the skills to use it. Therefore, you need to make sure you use alternative offline channels -- TV, radio, print, in-person meetings, etc -- to make government services and information available to the people who need it. Unfortunately, when you look at various demographic groups, there's a higher likelihood of lower-income, less-educated people to eat a poor diet. Just the audience you'd want to reach in a public health campaign, right? Paradoxically, they're also the ones least likely to have Internet access or Internet skills. This makes it even more important to invest in large-scale offline campaigns to get health-related information directly into their hands. Meanwhile, don't get me started on Web accessibilty for the disabled. I ran an accessibility test on the homepage and the Inside the Pyramid page, which describes the pyramid in greater detail. Both failed even the most basic accessibility standards; in the case of the homepage, it was because it didn't have alternative text descriptions for all the images on the homepage To read more, please visit here: http://www.andycarvin.com A permanent link for the article is here: http://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 --- ___ 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. ___ 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.
Re: [DDN] blog: The Mystery of the Food Pyramid
Hello, Agree on the points about the web site. Additionally, try to figure out which physical exercise group you belong to if you don't exercise everyday .. a required response to access a customized food pyramid...if the web site worked that is. Again, turning away the people perhaps most in need of the information. Underlying is the already ongoing controversy about the Feds hiring a private PR firm, Porter Novelli that often/mainly works for the food industry, to conduct the marketing associated with the release of the new pyramid(s). Gov. sources claimed the contract was necessary because they did not have the resources or skills to proceed without assistance and needed industry support to succeed according to an Associated Press article in recent NY Times. Critics argue it is like giving a wolf keys to the hen house. From that perspective, it is no surprise that the information is difficult to access. For what its worth. Best, andrew Good points, Andy. In addition, the US Government apparently didn't realize that some folks might actually want to look at their new images (despite, or because of, how confusing they might be) -- when my wife (a trained nutrionist) tried to visit the new websites, she failed seven times because of cicuit overload or inadequate server capacity. Oh, well, we all eat Mediterranean in this household anyway, but still... it would be kind of nice if the Government had a vague idea what it was doing steve wagenseil expert/consultant OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions Human Rights Warsaw, Poland http://www.osce.org/odihr --- Andy Carvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, I've written a blog entry today that might be of interest. It's called The Mystery of the Food Pyramid: An E-Government Fiasco?, and it discusses the new USDA Food Pyramid released this week. The pyramid is actually one of a dozen pyramids now available, based on a person's age, gender and level of physical activity. Unfortunately you need to go online to find out which diet you should follow, and this raises some serious questions regarding the digital divide, e-government for all, and Web accessibility for the disabled. Here are some quotes from my blog: ... I truly, truly hope the USDA does more than just this website to educate the public, though. As I've written before in my work on e-government for all, it's poor policymaking to assume that all constituents will have equal access to the Internet or the skills to use it. Therefore, you need to make sure you use alternative offline channels -- TV, radio, print, in-person meetings, etc -- to make government services and information available to the people who need it. Unfortunately, when you look at various demographic groups, there's a higher likelihood of lower-income, less-educated people to eat a poor diet. Just the audience you'd want to reach in a public health campaign, right? Paradoxically, they're also the ones least likely to have Internet access or Internet skills. This makes it even more important to invest in large-scale offline campaigns to get health-related information directly into their hands. Meanwhile, don't get me started on Web accessibilty for the disabled. I ran an accessibility test on the homepage and the Inside the Pyramid page, which describes the pyramid in greater detail. Both failed even the most basic accessibility standards; in the case of the homepage, it was because it didn't have alternative text descriptions for all the images on the homepage To read more, please visit here: http://www.andycarvin.com A permanent link for the article is here: http://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 --- ___ 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. ___ 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. ___ 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.
Re: [DDN] Current browser standards for international audiences
Again, I say nonsense, though you are correct about the Digital Divide discussion boards not displaying at all in NS4.x (faux pas!!). You're talking about Web sites displaying improperly and I'm talking about software working. My point is that the software works, it just hasn't been modified to display very well. I logged into my blogger account just fine with NS4.7. It doesn't look as pretty, but it does work. Actually, I am rather impressed with blogger.com in this regard. I even kept the style sheets on in there and it wasn't an issue. Looking at my Blogger site with *the style sheet turned off*, it works and my content is there (with style sheets enabled, it is a mess I'll admit). What I suggest is coding pages so that the CSS isn't even picked up by older browsers, something that hasn't been done by any of those sites you listed. That's why those pages look so bad in NS4.x. It isn't that they don't work, it's that they simply display the information poorly. I can't stress that enough. Perhaps an issue has been created where there is none. There's an easy way to avoid all this and give anyone a voice online who wants it. In your Netscape browser, if you go to Preferences Advanced, make sure that Enable style sheets is not selected and you'll find your browsing experience much more to your liking: plain and unstyled, but operational. I logged into my WordPress installation just fine and even visited their site without incident. In fact, I visited all the sites you listed and, with style sheets not enabled, they displayed the content very well (I couldn't get myblogsite.com up; maybe it was down for repairs or something). Those sites are all coded nicely and display the unstyled content as they should. Perhaps that's really all that needs to be done to go a long way with this problem. Just turn off the style sheets! That's it!? That's it. Now, even those using NS4.7 can blog (that's the lowest version I have around here; I can only assume that this will be true with NS4.5 and 4.6, but test it for me). No technology disempowerment or anything. I stand by my original comments (the nonsense bit included) and reply: anyone on the other side of the digital divide who wants to easily communicate with others via the internet can do so simply by turning off style sheets in their browser and that's easy to do. -todd seal [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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.
