Snipped some stuff...
John Hibbs wrote:
Here's my caveat. The one area that I think needs improvement is how
both groups can get more attention?
My guess is that podcasting, satellite radio, community radio and the
innovative spirits that are found in both groups are the main
ingredients
I just got a note in the mail today from Technology Review magazine;
today is the last day to nominate someone for their Technology Review
35. This is an annual list of technology pioneers under the age of 35.
They give the awards at their annual conference each September.
To nominate someone,
One of the things I find interesting about the history of podcasting is
that it was developed, in part, as a way for people with limited
bandwidth to download audio. Audio blogging isn't new by any means; lots
of us have been doing it for years. The thing that made podcasting kick
into high
Hi John,
We don't have a budget right now to add new functionalities to the
website, so any new tools like this would have to be freely available
ac
John Hibbs wrote:
Speaking of forgotten technologies, how about fax-on-demand? And
auto-responders?
In this regard, a friendly thought sent
A few weeks ago Andy reported that enrollment had reached over 6,000 in the
DDN list. However, in subsequent conversations we all agreed that far fewer
than that were actually active in using the DDN and similar sites to learn,
collaborate and bring solution to some of the problems that we write
At 10:25 AM -0400 5/9/05, Andy Carvin wrote:
That's why I'm glad Chris Lydon and his team are doing Open Source
Radio - they're using mobcasting (in this context, public
contributions via telephone) and are unabashedly happy to mix in
content that's low-quality from a technical/broadcasting
I checked on line for California Fundraising Trusts and more
specifically for non profit organizations based on the ZIP code for
Charity Advantage in Fallbrook California. Both searches resulted in
zero hits for Charity Advantage, Inc. I suspect they are a for profit
organization dealing with
From Silicon.com... -ac
E-gov worsening the digital divide?
Will putting more government services online actually worsen the digital
divide?
This is the implication of research into the impact of online school
admissions systems, which warns there's a risk that only the parents who
are already
I disagree still about mainly because 15 meg of MP3 is usually less than
64k of text. IT Conversations is a nice site, but it's also a way of
enforcing the unavailability of content to the community.
If IT Conversations, as an example, is such a brilliant site - why is
the bar so high for entry?
Dave Pentecost wrote:
And the phrase lowest common
denominator leads to an easy condescension to your readers.
Good point. Perhaps lowest common accessibility denominator would be
better. I was trying (and maybe failing!) to make the point that most
people on the internet don't have as much
I don't believe they are, as I cannot find them in Guidestar (which lists all
registered nonprofits. It also seems like alot of money $35 just for web
hosting!
Tim Gemelli
Principal
{ www.eNonProfits.org }
- Original Message -
From: Terry Mar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'The Digital
Their domain is registered to Net Cruiser Technologies Inc. out of PA.
A search on Google turned up some government sites listing their program
and links to out of date Urls, a few of which are archived.
About Net Cruiser Technologies, Inc.
Taran Rampersad wrote:
My position is strong on this, I know. But podcasting by itself probably
is only useful for the visually impaired, and I don't know that anyone
does podcasting for that purpose yet. They should. But mobcasting is the
superior thing to do in this scenario as well.
Actually,
Ross Gardler wrote:
Remember that bandwidth need not be a live Internet connection. I
recently passed a Compact Flash containing a number of key
presentations from IT Conversations to a colleague in rural Guyana.
In his village he doesn't even have a computer, let alone an Internet
connection.
Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS
Community Outreach Liaison
National Network of Libraries of Medicine - MidContinental Region
Creighton University Health Sciences Library
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178
402-280-4156/800-338-7657
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://nnlm.gov/mcr/ (NN/LM MCR Web Site)
Thought this might be of interest to list members... -ac
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Subject:Call for papers-ICT4D and universities
Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 15:09:33 -0700
From: Raul Roman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/Information Technologies and International Development /(ITID) is a
Does anyone out there know if Charity Advantage is a nonprofit or a For
profit organization?
There is nothing on their website that clearly states what they really are.
They say some pretty ambiguous things, like:
We want to thank the following foundations for their continued support of
Hi, Everybody. Most of you don't know me--I just lurk on Andy's discussion
group. However, I do use the material here. I would like to nominate him for
an award that he posted about. However, in order to do it, I need to give
two or three other names.
If you would be willing to join me, please
Dear Ashish Saboo,
Thank you for the courteous disagreement: you show us the kind of
communication that tries to avoid the anger that underlies violence.
I think that after a bit more discussion we would find ourselves agreeing.
You cite Andrew Grove's image of steel, which intrinsically is
Hello DDN members..
I've been lurking for a while and thought I would post a message myself.
I am curious about members' thoughts on various terms we use when
we discuss 'information society'.
First, I would like to focus on the e vs i issue. (electronic vs
information)
We have been
To DigitalDivide list:
It's not too late to register for the
6th Annual RTPnet Conference and Community Technology Awards
Friday, May 20, 2005 from 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
William and Ida Friday Center, 100 Friday Center Dr., Chapel Hill, NC
http://www.rtpnet.org/conf/
Spaces are filling up fast! Don't
I use the commericial product, Text Aloud MP3 to convert text that I can
cut and paste into MP3 files. It sure saves on paper for those articles
I should read but don't need to waste trees with.
Also, I had an open source prototype built for webcasting public meeting
audio with webcam images
I had the same reservations. Full disclosure would be appreciated.
Laura Waterman Wittstock
Minneapolis, MN USA
On Monday, May 9, 2005, at 09:00 AM, Terry Mar wrote:
Does anyone out there know if Charity Advantage is a nonprofit or a
For
profit organization?
There is nothing on their website
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