Re: [liberationtech] I-Power : Using Crowd Support, Not Bribes, to Redress Public Grievances

2013-03-30 Thread Maxim Kammerer
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 11:01 PM, Yosem Companys wrote: > From: V Nath > > I am looking for feedback on the "I-Power" platform. > > I - Power plans on - Using Crowd Support, Not Bribes, to Redress Public > Grievances. > People feel powerless when Governments fail to act on their grievances. > I

Re: [liberationtech] Vote results on "Reply to" Question

2013-03-30 Thread Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes
Amén! I just find it ridiculous to apply red-phone rules to lists that ate green-phone! On Mar 30, 2013 10:25 PM, "Maxim Kammerer" wrote: > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > > Failure, actually. It shows that democratic decisions > > tend to produce technically suboptimal res

Re: [liberationtech] Vote results on "Reply to" Question

2013-03-30 Thread Maxim Kammerer
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > Failure, actually. It shows that democratic decisions > tend to produce technically suboptimal results. The vote in this case shows that majority of subscribers value their convenience more than cool stories of someone's past stupidity or sett

Re: [liberationtech] skype

2013-03-30 Thread Anthony Papillion
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 03/30/2013 07:23 PM, hellekin wrote: > >> That said, though, even if I'm right on all those points, that's >> not going to stop people from using it. And that's where >> *you're* right: I wish you weren't, but you are, and I don't know >> how t

Re: [liberationtech] skype

2013-03-30 Thread hellekin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 03/30/2013 11:04 AM, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > > Microsoft, like many corporations, employs professional spokesliars > who are very, very good at crafting wording that can be defended > (should it come to that) but which doesn't present the truth in

[liberationtech] Mobile Martus and (sort of) Not Recruiting

2013-03-30 Thread Jim Fruchterman
We'll be shortly going into beta test with our Mobile Martus Android app, allowing Martus users to do secure data collection on Android handsets and sync that data with their Martus accounts in the cloud. This is not full-on Martus on a phone, rather a minimalist interface to send text, photos,

Re: [liberationtech] Review: 5 recent works on the digital divide and telecentres/CTCs

2013-03-30 Thread Warigia Bowman
Nice, thanks! On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 10:56 AM, peter miller wrote: > Folks, as part of an upcoming conference presentation proposal, I've > posted on the Social Science Research Network a review of five recent works > "From the Digital Divide to Digital Inclusion and Beyond: Update on > Telece

[liberationtech] Review: 5 recent works on the digital divide and telecentres/CTCs

2013-03-30 Thread peter miller
Folks, as part of an upcoming conference presentation proposal, I've posted on the Social Science Research Network a review of five recent works "From the Digital Divide to Digital Inclusion and Beyond: Update on Telecentres and Community Technology Centers (CTCs)." Based on a critical inclus

Re: [liberationtech] skype

2013-03-30 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 02:36:53PM -0700, Yosem Companys wrote: > Rich, that's because you're not thinking like the average non-technical > user, who usually does the following: [snip thorough and IMHO, on-point analysis] You make an excellent (series of) points. And I have to concede that you'r

Re: [liberationtech] Vote results on "Reply to" Question

2013-03-30 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 09:46:00PM -0500, Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes wrote: > "spam"? how about your message? isn't it "meta-spam"? :D xd I can tell you that I'm not filling your inbox with repetitive one-liners, which should have gone a single person taking the tally. > Responsible and