From fouadbajwa at gmail.com Sun Nov 4 06:49:41 2007 From: fouadbajwa at gmail.com (Fouad Riaz Bajwa) Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 16:49:41 +0500 Subject: [DDN] Private Media takes to the Internet e-Reporting the Emergency Situation in Pakistan Message-ID: <472db1fe.1b588c0a.7b81.ffffbfc2@mx.google.com> Private Media takes to the Internet e-Reporting the Emergency Situation in Pakistan (BytesForAll Pakistan - Emergency News Service) After Private Media Channels were shut down under Emergency Declaration as part of the second military coup in Pakistan, channels have adopted the Internet as their medium for e-Reporting. Many major News Channels of the country have initiated Live Audio streams for news reporting via their websites thus providing an option to update citizens on the situation. Commenting on the Emergency situation in Pakistan, a News Media Channel source shared that PEMRA, the media regulatory body had issued an ordinance to private news channels ordering the closure of television transmission. This order has also terminated CNN and BBC transmissions on private cable networks in the country thus citizens are unable to access updates on the prevailing Emergency situation that was announced Saturday evening followed by a late night speech by General Musharaf. "We have initiated transmission by employing light weight data streams and an IP addressing scheme range put into place in order to manage prevention by the authorities and we can do an immediate shift-over as the need arises". said an IT expert at a local news channel. Such a channel includes the country's most famous Geo Television Network at http://www.geo.tv. "The current situation of the country is under Marshal Law after Emergency was declared by revoking the constitution that has also terminated the human rights of citizens". The current situation poses a security threat of members of Civil Society. This also includes the key members of the BytesForAll Network spread throughout the country. The BytesForAll Pakistan will be e-Reporting on the electronic and civil situation in the region. A detailed list of Pakistani Television Channels and media networks are available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pakistani_television_channels From fouadbajwa at gmail.com Sun Nov 4 06:52:18 2007 From: fouadbajwa at gmail.com (Fouad Riaz Bajwa) Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 16:52:18 +0500 Subject: [DDN] Ammended: Private Media takes to the Internet e-Reporting the Emergency Situation in Pakistan Message-ID: <472db2a1.03b48c0a.19dd.ffffd77e@mx.google.com> Private Media takes to the Internet e-Reporting the Emergency Situation in Pakistan (BytesForAll Pakistan - Emergency News Service) After Private Media Channels were shut down under Emergency Declaration as part of the second military coup in Pakistan, channels have adopted the Internet as their medium for e-Reporting. Many major News Channels of the country have initiated Live Audio streams for news reporting via their websites thus providing an option to update citizens on the situation. Commenting on the Emergency situation in Pakistan, a News Media Channel source shared that PEMRA, the media regulatory body had issued an ordinance to private news channels ordering the closure of television transmission. This order has also terminated CNN and BBC transmissions on private cable networks in the country thus citizens are unable to access updates on the prevailing Emergency situation that was announced Saturday evening followed by a late night speech by General Musharaf. "We have initiated transmission by employing light weight data streams and an IP addressing scheme range put into place in order to manage prevention by the authorities and we can do an immediate shift-over as the need arises". said an IT expert at a local news channel. Such a channel includes the country's most famous Geo Television Network at http://www.geo.tv. "The current situation of the country is under Marshal Law after Emergency was declared by revoking the constitution that has also terminated the human rights of citizens". The current situation poses a security threat to members of Civil Society. This also includes the key members of the BytesForAll Network spread throughout the country. The BytesForAll Pakistan will be e-Reporting on the electronic and civil situation in the region. A detailed list of Pakistani Television Channels and media networks are available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pakistani_television_channels From pshapiro at his.com Fri Nov 2 14:29:02 2007 From: pshapiro at his.com (Phil Shapiro) Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:29:02 -0400 Subject: [DDN] Book review - Google SketchUp for Dummies Message-ID: <1194028142.472b6c6e23592@webmail2.his.com> hi Digital Divide Network community, for those who might be interested, here's a book review i wrote of Google SketchUp for Dummies. http://tinyurl.com/23m9do SketchUp is a fun and easy to use 3D modeling program. Google distributes a free version and a $500 version. the free version is very feature rich. thanks for passing along this info to people you know who might find it useful. phil -- Phil Shapiro pshapiro at his.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html http://philsrssfeed.blogspot.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html "Wisdom starts with wonder." - Socrates "Learning happens through gentleness." From claude.almansi at bluewin.ch Wed Nov 7 07:30:53 2007 From: claude.almansi at bluewin.ch (Claude Almansi) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 13:30:53 +0100 Subject: [DDN] emergency in Pakistan Message-ID: Hi All On Nov. 3, General Musharraf imposed a state of emergency and is throwing thousands of democratic opposition leaders in prison ahead of elections this coming January. See , which aggregates RSS feeds from several sources, including Teeth Maestro's Twitter feed (about Teeth Maestro, see ). See also and in particular their list of petitions and their info about web access to the banned electronic media. I happened to follow the imposition of the emergency "live" because on Nov. 3rd, a friend in Pakistan started a chat conversation about the fact that there was "only snow falling" on TV. We kept the chat open the whole day. The following day, he started a new conversation because the site from which he was watching GeoTV in live streaming wasn't working. While civil rights activists immediately got alternative info organised through blogs etc., the ban on reliable info is particularly maddening on average citizens like my friend who are not used to these alternative sources, to having to swing like Tarzan between feeds and tags, as it were. Hence the importance of pages like and http://pakistan.wikia.com/wiki/Emergency_2007>, which gather and update info - and info on how to get info. Considering that few people in Pakistan have broadband access, Pakistan Politics initiative to offer their regularly updated news videos as mp3 audio is really useful. See (direct link: . Tags: there are several, of course. But the Society Against Internet Censorship in Pakistan has suggested using CRISISPK to tag texts, pictures and videos about the state of emergency / martial law. See . As I am writing this, Lahore University is under siege by the Police, Rangers and Ant-Terrorist Force who have been ordered to arrest students participating in a rally inside the campus. Please consider signing one of the petitions listed in . Not sure how much such petitions can actually influence the government, considering that their promises made under pressure of other governments regularly get recanted within hours. But at least this is a way to show Pakistani citizens that they are not isolated. Best Claude -- Claude Almansi CH-6532 Castione cell. +41 (0)76 401 85 69 gruppo di lavoro Noi Media www.noimedia.org Swiss Internet User Group www.siug.ch From eddank at aya.yale.edu Wed Nov 7 13:49:04 2007 From: eddank at aya.yale.edu (Eddan Katz) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 13:49:04 -0500 Subject: [DDN] Yale ISP's Reputation Economies in Cyberspace Symposium - Dec. 8, 2007 Message-ID: The Information Society Project at Yale Law School is proud to present Reputation Economies in Cyberspace. The symposium will be held on December 8, 2007 at Yale Law School in New Haven, CT. This event will bring together representatives from industry, government, and academia to explore themes in online reputation, community-mediated information production, and their implications for democracy and innovation. The symposium is made possible by the generous support of the Microsoft Corporation. A distinguished group of experts will map out the terrain of reputation economies in four panels: (1) Making Your Name Online; (2) Privacy and Reputation Protection; (3) Reputation and Information Quality; and (4) Ownership of Cyber-Reputation. See below for more detail on each panel; a current list of confirmed speakers is available at the conference website. Online registration is available now at: https://wems.worldtek.com/ RepEcon. There is a $95 registration fee, which includes lunch. Yale students and faculty and members of the press may attend for free. For more information, see: http://isp.law.yale.edu/reputation. SYMPOSIUM ON REPUTATION ECONOMIES IN CYBERSPACE Panel I: Making Your Name Online Moderator: Jack Balkin - Director, Information Society Project and Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School Panelists: Michel Bauwens - Founder, The Foundation for P2P Alternatives Rishab A. Ghosh - Senior Researcher, United Nations University -MERIT Auren Hofman - CEO, Rapleaf Hassan Masum - Senior Research Co-ordinator, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health Beth Noveck - Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Information Law and Policy, New York Law School This panel will discuss the shifts in the reputation economy that we are witnessing, largely the transition from accreditation to participatory, community-based modes of reputation management. Some of the questions the panel will address include: What are the new norms for cyber-reputation? How do these depart from offline models? How can reputation in one online system be transported to another? How do SNS and reputation connect? How do you bootstrap and cash out? Panel II: Privacy and Reputational Protection Moderator: Michael Zimmer - Microsoft Resident Fellow, Information Society Project and Post-Doctoral Associate, Yale Law School Panelists: Alessandro Acquisti - Assistant Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University Danielle Citron - Assistant Professor of Law, University of Maryland School of Law William McGeveran - Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Law School Dan Solove - Associate Professor, George Washington University Law School Jonathan Zittrain - Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, Oxford University; Visiting Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies, Harvard Law School Cyber-reputation management is based on transactions in information that is often sensitive and is always contextual. This brings up many questions about the need to protect one's privacy and reputation within and outside this system. Some of the questions the panel will address: How is participation in cyber-reputation systems related to defamation and free speech? What happens when cyber-reputation spills over into offline activities and relationships like the political process, job applications, or school admissions? What happens when your second life meets your first? Requiring divulgence of real name or other personal data. Is opting out possible? Pending legislation on S495 - data security and privacy Panel III: Reputational Quality and Information Quality Moderator: Laura Forlano - Visiting Fellow, Information Society Project Panelists: Urs Gasser - Associate Professor of Law, University of St. Gallen Ashish Goel - Associate Professor, Management Science and Engineering and Computer Science, Stanford University Darko Kirovski - Senior Researcher, Microsoft Corporation Mari Kuraishi - President, Global Giving Foundation Vipul Ved Prakash - Founder, Cloudmark Evidently, unlike traditional reputation mechanisms that relied on small group acquaintances and formal accreditation mechanisms, the cyber-reputation economy is heavily mediated by technology. This raises the risk of breaking the delicate checks and balances that are necessary for the system to ensure quality of both the informational outcomes and the participants' reputation. This panel will try to highlight the connections between the way the new systems are built, and the outcome they produce. Some of the questions the panel will address: How can we assure quality in online reputation economies? What is the connections between the system design and the quality information? How good are the alternative accreditation mechanisms and how easy are they to hijack? How can employment discrimination law adapt to the realities of online reputation? Panel IV: Ownership of Cyber-Reputation Moderator: Eddan Katz - Executive Director, Information Society Project and Lecturer-in-Law and Associate Research Scholar, Yale Law School Panelists: John Clippinger - Senior Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School Eric Goldman - Assistant Professor and Director, High Tech Law Institute, Santa Clara University School of Law faculty Bob Sutor - Vice President Open Source and Standards, IBM Corporation Mozelle Thompson - Thompson Strategic Consulting; (former FTC Commissioner) Rebecca Tushnet - Professor, Georgetown University Law Center The data and information that are collected in online reputation systems are both valuable and powerful. The ability to control this information, store it, process it, access it, and transport it are crucial to the maintenance of the reputation economy. This panel will address the important set of questions that concern the ownership of this information. Some questions the panel will address: Who owns one's online reputation? Who owns the metadata? How portable is online reputation? Should it be transportable from one system to another? How is reputation connected to the interoperability question? Should we have international standards governing reputation? From fouadbajwa at gmail.com Fri Nov 9 16:32:50 2007 From: fouadbajwa at gmail.com (Fouad Riaz Bajwa) Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:32:50 +0500 Subject: [DDN] =?iso-8859-1?q?Canadian_invents_computer_to_=27last_a_lifet?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ime=27_-_The_Star_Online_Malaysia?= Message-ID: <4734d217.0f10240a.7252.523f@mx.google.com> Forwarded for information by Fouad Bajwa Source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/11/9/nation/19386556&sec=nat ion Canadian invents computer to ?last a lifetime? By JO TIMBUONG NEWS | Nation. Friday November 9, 2007 KUALA LUMPUR: How much would you pay for a laptop computer which is claimed can last a lifetime, needs no maintenance and doesn?t need to be upgraded? Gerry Morgan, a 54-year-old former teacher from Canada, claims he has invented such a computer, which he is marketing through his company, InkMedia Inc. [Image Caption Hassle free alternative: Morgan showing the prototype of his InkMedia laptop. http://thestar.com.my/archives/2007/11/9/nation/n_p29morgan1.jpg] The laptop, named the InkMedia, uses a Freescale processor with 512 megabytes of RAM (Random Access Memory) and the Linux operating system. It has an 8.6in SVGA screen that is capable of displaying 800X600pixel True Colour graphics and comes with four USB ports. It also has a WiFi port for wireless Internet access. The price for the InkMedia is a mere US$300 (RM1,000). The Freescale processor and Linux operating system, which is free for anyone to use, contribute to the lower price of the laptop. Morgan, who was in town, told The Star earlier this week that he got the idea for the laptop while he was working as a technology consultant in India about 10 years ago. He said he didn?t like watching people spend a lot of money on computers that they then threw away after a few years. Morgan said he designed his laptop to not have a hard disk, which is a standard component on regular computers. The hard disk stores a computer?s operating system, applications, and other data, such as photos, MP3s and documents. All the applications a user would need, such as a word processor and web browser, are contained in the InkMedia?s ROM (read-only memory) chip, which cannot be modified or corrupted. ?Because it does not have a hard disk, my laptop will never fall victim to a computer virus (which would need to modify application files to pose a threat),? Morgan said. Without a hard disk, however, InkMedia users will need to move information they want to keep to thumbdrives and other external storage devices. He claims the 980g laptop is durable and can withstand accidents, such as a spilt drink or a drop. Morgan, who is founder and managing director of InkMedia, sees the laptop as a tool for bridging the digital divide ? the gap between the technology haves and have-nots. According to him, students at the HELP Institute here would be the first in the world to test the InkMedia laptop in January. For more information on the laptop, go to www.ink-media.com. From jc at coyotecommunications.com Sun Nov 11 05:48:50 2007 From: jc at coyotecommunications.com (J Cravens) Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:48:50 +0100 Subject: [DDN] eRangers: digital divide initiative in South Africa Message-ID: eRanger: Mobile Multimedia Classroom Prototype: January 2007 - September 2007 http://www.open.ac.uk/deep/Public/web/projects/eRanger.html The Digital Education Enhancement Project (DEEP) is a research and development programme investigating the use of new information and communications technology (ICT) for teaching and learning. It works in schools serving disadvantaged communities in different parts of the world. Partners: Open University, UK, Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDoE) & University of Fort Hare, Eastern Cape In April 2007, the DEEP team began testing a prototype motorbike-based unit to transport ICT equipment, support and training to a rural school in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The aims of the prototype are: * To provide sustainable access to ICT for remote, rural schools; * To explore the benefits in teaching and learning with multimedia; * To supply educational and ICT support onsite - the eRider. Two models of equipment are being tested, including a 'solo' unit for efficient on and off-road transport of equipment for group work sessions, and a sidecar-based education unit for larger school-based events. The provision within the units comprise: * On-board power, networking and internet connectivity * Multimedia laptops for use in media-rich projects * Digital Camera and Camcorder for recording footage Additional provision include: * Portable power generation for larger events * Projection and amplifier equipment The role of the 'eRider' is: * To provide support to the educators on how to use multimedia to enhance teaching and learning * To work with the learners in creating their own media resources * To supply educational and ICT advice During the prototyping phase, the eRider is an 'Education Development Officer' from the ECDoE, who is undertaking this work as part of their role in developing eLearning in the East London district of the Eastern Cape. Funders: Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDoE), The Open University Alumni & Ranger Production Company More information on eRider http://www.open.ac.uk/deep/Public/web/projects/eRanger.html More information on DEEP http://www.open.ac.uk/deep/ (I have no affiliation with this program) -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Bonn, Germany Kabul, Afghanistan (March - August 2007) www.coyotecommunications.com www.ivisit.com id: jcravens.4947 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> From pshapiro at his.com Tue Nov 6 11:26:21 2007 From: pshapiro at his.com (Phil Shapiro) Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:26:21 -0500 Subject: [DDN] sightspeed plus captures videoconferences very nicely Message-ID: <1194366381.473095addd4b3@webmail2.his.com> hi digital divide network community, here's a blog posting i made on the PCWorld.com web site at http://tinyurl.com/397tqv which tells about my experiments using SightSpeed PLUS to capture videoconferences. the upshot of this is that it's now possible for anyone with a high speed Internet connection to conduct their own Charlie Rose style interview -- and share that video for free via the Internet Archive and other video sharing sites. the technical hurdles are not that difficult. the artistic challenges of producing an engaging video interview are worth pursuing. the video product may even be used as a thread in weaving social fabric. phil shapiro (for those list members outside the united states, charlie rose is a popular, thoughtful interviewer on television here in the united states.) -- Phil Shapiro pshapiro at his.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html http://philsrssfeed.blogspot.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html "Wisdom starts with wonder." - Socrates "Learning happens through gentleness." From slc at publicus.net Mon Nov 12 07:31:45 2007 From: slc at publicus.net (Steven Clift) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:31:45 -0600 Subject: [DDN] Ten Practical Online Steps for Government Support of Democracy Message-ID: <473847B1.6050803@publicus.net> I recently publish a short article on government, the Internet, and democracy as part of an excellent 47 page collection to be published online shortly by the U.S. federal government. For the short and long versions, a link to the General Service Administration's newsletters, or to be notified via DoWire.Org about the GSA's online release of the full collection, see: http://www.dowire.org/notes/?p=383 In summary: Ten Practical Online Steps for Government Support of Democracy 1. Timely, personalized access to information that matters. 2. Help elected officials receive and sort, then better understand and respond to e-mail. 3. Dedicate at least 10% of new e-government developments to democracy. 4. Announce all government public meetings on the Internet in a uniform manner. 5. Allow citizens to look-up all of their elected officials from the very local to national in one search. 6. Host online public hearings and dialogues (or ?e-consultations? as they are known outside the U.S.) 7. Embrace the rule of law by mandating the most democratically empowering online services and rights across the whole of government. 8. Promote dissemination through access to raw data from decision-making information systems. 9. Fund Open Source sharing internationally across e-government. 10. Local up ? Develop a strategic approach to building local democracy online. Sincerely, Steven Clift E-Democracy.Org Chair and Ashoka Fellow Editor, Democracies Online Newswire - DoWire.Org - join 2500 members from: http://dowire.org/wiki/Newswire From tracie at sdfutures.org Mon Nov 5 19:28:47 2007 From: tracie at sdfutures.org (Tracie Umbreit) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 16:28:47 -0800 Subject: [DDN] Program Manager Position Message-ID: <008e01c8200b$ff273db0$fd75b910$@org> About Us The San Diego Futures Foundation provides opportunities to use technology as a tool to enhance and change lives. Whether it's developing job skills, building confidence, enhancing life skills, increasing organizational capacity, improving communications, expanding access, or promoting community development, technology helps individuals and organizations achieve their goals. To that end, SDFF has donated more than 14,000 computers and 17,000 hours of technical support to San Diego nonprofits, community-based organizations, schools and foster families. About The Position The PROGRAM MANAGER is responsible for the continued development and management of the Rewards Program, a countywide afterschool program for middle school-age youth. In addition to Rewards, SDFF's current educational offerings include a Hoover High School Academy of Information Technology (AOIT) internship program, an intensive summer internship program open to students countywide, an entrepreneurial training program for young adults and more. Interns also assist SDFF in the process of refurbishing computers and providing technical services to nonprofits. The Rewards Program Manager's primary responsibility is the ongoing development and administration of the Youth Technology Education Rewards program which includes: . Outreach and recruitment of program locations throughout the county. . Researching and developing curriculum for the program. . Conducting train-the-trainer sessions and onsite support at program locations. . Coordinating technical assistance at sites. The full job description can be found at: http://sdfutures.org/about/careers.htm Tracie Umbreit Education Program Manager San Diego Futures Foundation www.sdfutures.org 619.269.1684 "Changing Lives Through Technology" From slc at publicus.net Thu Nov 15 08:35:37 2007 From: slc at publicus.net (Steven Clift) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:35:37 -0600 Subject: [DDN] Ten Practical Online Steps for Government Support of Democracy In-Reply-To: <473847B1.6050803@publicus.net> References: <473847B1.6050803@publicus.net> Message-ID: <473C4B29.3050103@publicus.net> The full set of "How E-Government Is Changing Society and Strengthening Democracy" articles is now online. I put the long links in my blog post here: http://www.dowire.org/notes/?p=383 Again, if this interests you, check out some of the open and proposed online communities of practice from: http://groups.dowire.org Here is the table of contents from their PDF version: Lead Article New Opportunities for Involving Citizens in the Democratic Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Building Trust in Government E-Democracy in Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 MAPLight.org: Shining a Light on Money and Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Building Trust in Government in Brazil Through Electronic Voting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Stimulating Citizen Engagement in Government: Hampton, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Online Citizen Participation Service in Korea . . . . . . .11 Engaging Citizens EPA: Engaging Citizens Through E-Government . . . .13 Gainesville Police Department Engages Citizens and Enhances Public Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Open House Project: Helping Congress Define Transparency Reforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 So You Want to Podcast? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Technology Matching Fund: Helping Seattle?s Residents Help Themselves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Generational E-Democracy in Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Australia?s Principles for ICT-enabled Citizen Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Public Comment E-Petitions and Two-way Communications with the British Prime Minister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Citizen Communities Compel Change for E-Grant Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 The Great Lakes Water Quality Web Dialogue . . . . . . .27 Engaging Your Public in Today?s World . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Think It?s Easy to Balance the State Budget? Click Here. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 E-Democracy in Action: Locally Driven Conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Using Social Media Federal Blogging Is Poised to Take Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Uploading Democracy: Candidates Field YouTube Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 CDC in Second Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Government Information Outreach in Social Media and Virtual Worlds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Government Participation in Social Networks: Joining the Conversation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Getting to Mature E-Democracy Click-Through Democracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Ten Practical Online Steps for Government Support of Democracy . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 E-Authentication: Safeguarding Citizen Identity . . . .46 From faia at amauta.rcp.net.pe Sun Nov 18 22:29:19 2007 From: faia at amauta.rcp.net.pe (Erick Iriarte Ahon) Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:29:19 -0500 Subject: [DDN] VII World Congress of Computer Law / VII Congreso Mundial de Derecho Informatico - last email Message-ID: Note: Please distribute this information and apologies cross-posting Programme: http://www.alfa-redi.org/viicongreso/programa.pdf VII World Congress of Computer Law / VII Congreso Mundial de Derecho Informatico When: 3-7 December 2007 Where: San Juan, Puerto Rico Steering Committee: University of Puerto Rico / Puerto Rico Bar Association / Inter American University of Puerto Rico / Alfa-Redi Website: http://www.alfa-redi.com/viicongress/ About Congress: The Puerto Rico Bar Association, the School Of Law of University of Puerto Rico, the Inter American University of Puerto Rico and Alfa-Redi, cordially invite you to the VII World Congress on Cyber Law to be held from December 3 to December 7 in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The VII World Congress on Cyber Law is a continuation of the worldwide congresses held in the cities of Quito (Ecuador), Madrid (Spain), Havana (Cuba), Cusco (Peru), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) y Edinburgh (United Kingdom). These congresses have been the starting point of new proposals, the development of laws adopted in several countries, and laws that were welcomed as guidelines by different decision-making public and private organizations involved in the area of new technologies and the development of the information society. These international events are directed towards academic, regional and international stakeholders, government employees, and individuals representing organizations from the Civil Society involved in the processes related to Policies and Regulatory Framework of the Information Society at a regional and international level. These spaces of dialogue are evoked to promote encounter, discussion and proposal developing in diverse topics of the Information Society, as can be shown in the different Web pages of past Congresses. The subjects raised for this congress are: 1. Privacy and Personal Data Protection 2. E-Governance 3. Information and Communication Technologies in the Information Society 4. E-Commerce and Cyber-banking 5. Virtual Worlds 6. Copyrights and Intellectual Property 7. E-gaming Given the global, international and transforming nature of the thematic relationship among policies and the regulatory framework of the information society, we consider of utmost importance the participation of international experts to provide a perspective to the participants of the event who will be able to make comparisons with their own experience, emphasizing on the harmonization processes that have been promoted by diverse international organizations. This Congress will include workshops which will be imparted by international organizations interested in delivering lectures on specific subjects. These workshops will have a duration of one to two hours, being held during the first two days of the Congress, concerning issues such as Privacy and eGovernment, FTAs and Information Society, Licensing models of contents, Playing games in the net and E-commerce, realities and perspectives. If your organization is interested in delivering a lecture on any of the above mentioned subjects, please contact us. More Information: Website: http://www.alfa-redi.com/viicongress/ From andycarvin at yahoo.com Thu Nov 29 08:30:09 2007 From: andycarvin at yahoo.com (Andy Carvin) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:30:09 -0800 (PST) Subject: [DDN] Fw: We Media Fellowships Available - Chance to Attend Big Whoopty-Doo New Media Conference for Free Message-ID: <345937.83704.qm@web44805.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Forwarding this to the list for Gloria Pan. Please direct all inquiries to her as I am not involved in the conference. -ac ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Gloria Pan To: acarvin at npr.org Cc: andycarvin at yahoo.com Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:31:55 AM Subject: FW: We Media Fellowships Available - Chance to Attend Big Whoopty-Doo New Media Conference for Free FW: We Media Fellowships Available - Chance to Attend Big Whoopty-Doo New Media Conference for Free Andy, How are you? Could I ask you to send the We Media Fellowship announcement over the Digital Divide list? I'm not on that list anymore. Are you planning on goin to We Media? :-) Thanks, Gloria -----Original Message----- From: Gloria Pan Sent: Tue 11/27/2007 1:48 PM To: pcdc at yahoogroups.com Subject: We Media Fellowships Available - Chance to Attend Big Whoopty-Doo New Media Conference for Free Thanks to the generosity of the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, the Institute for the Connected Society (iFOCOS) is offering We Media Fellowships for independent, nonprofit or academic participants from any country to attend We Media 08, in Miami, February 26-28, 2008. The fellowships cover the full registration fees for the conference, including conference meals and materials. Stipends for travel and/or lodging may be available. The annual We Media conference has become a must-attend event for thinkers, leaders and innovators on the vanguard of digital communications. It?s a cross-sectoral celebration of how the Internet and other new communications avenues are evolving, and their impact on society. Participants have included: * Jason McCabe Calacanis, Founder of Weblogs, Inc. * Farai Chideya, NPR Journalist and Founder of Pop and Politics * Richard Edelman * Al Gore, Former Vice President of the United States * Scott Heiferman, Founder of Meetup.com * Jeff Jarvis of BuzzMachine * Nick Kristof, Columnist for The New York Times * Markos Moulitsas, Founder of The Daily Kos * Craig Newmark, Founder of craigslist * Howard Rheingold, Author of Smart Mobs * Richard Sambrook, Director of BBC Global News * Dave Sifry, Founder of Technorati * Watts Wacker, Futurist ...and many, many others. To apply for a fellowship, send an e-mail to info AT ifocos.org, with: I. ?We Media Fellowship Application? in the subject line. II. At the top of the email, your name, title, organizational affiliation and contact information, including mailing address and phone number. III. A statement of no more than 500 words that includes: > 1) What?s your favorite digital tool or online communications service these > days - and why? > 2) What would you do with technology, communications and digital media > services to make the world a better place for more people? > 3) What do you hope to get out of attending We Media 08? Applicants are solely responsible for acquiring the proper travel documents to enter the United States. iFOCOS does not provide support or assistance for travel visas and other immigration issues. The deadline for fellowship applications is 12 noon Eastern Time (US - 5 GMT), Friday, December 21, 2007, with We Media Fellows announced in mid-January, 2008. Find out more about the conference here: http://www.ifocos.org/we-media-miami-2008 Join the We Media Community here: http://my.wemediacommunity.org/ Please let me know if you have any questions. Gloria Pan Internet Communications Turner Strategies 1001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 710 Washington, D.C. 20036 ph (202) 466-9633 cell (703) 304-5859 From jc at coyotecommunications.com Wed Nov 28 04:52:18 2007 From: jc at coyotecommunications.com (J Cravens) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:52:18 +0100 Subject: [DDN] Me in Chicago area May 2008 Message-ID: I *may* be in the Chicago area in May 2008, to speak at a conference. I'd like to use this opportunity to network with organizations in the Chicago area that may also be on the Digital Divide List. If you would like to set up a meeting, please email me ASAP -- my schedule fills up quickly. -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Bonn, Germany Kabul, Afghanistan (March - August 2007) www.coyotecommunications.com www.ivisit.com id: jcravens.4947 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> From pshapiro at his.com Mon Nov 26 10:05:04 2007 From: pshapiro at his.com (Phil Shapiro) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:05:04 -0500 Subject: [DDN] song - "I Want to Thank You Tim Berners-Lee" Message-ID: <1196089504.474ae0a021aa4@webmail2.his.com> hi Digital Divide Network community, on the donated computers i distribute to youth and families i often include some audio or video files of songs i've composed. i don't tell the recipients about these. if they find them, they might have a happy surprise. if they don't find them, that's fine, too. speaking of songs, i recently composed a song to thank tim berners-lee for inventing the web. i've posted the song to youtube and am blogging about it on PCWorld.com at http://tinyurl.com/27facn submitted to Digg at http://tinyurl.com/2omg6v within the blog posting is a link to download two quicktime videos of the song which others are free to distribute via the creative commons. it takes a few seconds to copy either (or both) of these quicktime files via a usb flash drive. i love the creative commons. it's a great step forward. i haven't given up my rights to this song, but i am allowing people to distribute my version of the song -- which assuredly can be improved upon by others. phil -- Phil Shapiro pshapiro at his.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html http://philsrssfeed.blogspot.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html "Wisdom starts with wonder." - Socrates "Learning happens through gentleness." From pshapiro at his.com Tue Nov 27 10:21:39 2007 From: pshapiro at his.com (Phil Shapiro) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:21:39 -0500 Subject: [DDN] when will youtube reach a billion video views per day? Message-ID: <1196176899.474c36030e4ac@webmail2.his.com> some musings on this at http://tinyurl.com/2g34yb submitted to digg at http://tinyurl.com/2a3nzd it's useful to note that you don't need a camcorder to create a "video" for youtube. you could create a youtube video using still photos and imovie (free) or windows movie maker (free), or using scanned photos, or using graphics you create in openoffice draw (free) or inkscape (free). your narration can be created in Audacity, free sound recording software available at http://audacity.sourceforge.net phil if anyone on this list happens to have any technical questions about creating videos for youtube, feel free to send me email off-list. kindly include the word DDN within the subject of your message, so i give it priority. -- Phil Shapiro pshapiro at his.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html http://philsrssfeed.blogspot.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html "Wisdom starts with wonder." - Socrates "Learning happens through gentleness." From SiobhanChamp-Blackwell at creighton.edu Tue Nov 27 12:43:57 2007 From: SiobhanChamp-Blackwell at creighton.edu (Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:43:57 -0600 Subject: [DDN] FW: TRAINING GUIDE FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING HELPS OLDER ADULTS FIND HEALTH INFORMATION ONLINE Message-ID: FYI- Siobhan 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 800-338-7657 in CO,KS,MO,NE,UT,WY 402-280-4156 outside the region siobhan at creighton.edu http://nnlm.gov/mcr/ (NN/LM MCR Web Site) http://library.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ (Web Log) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell (Digital Divide Network Profile) -----Original Message----- From: NIH news releases and news items [mailto:NIHPRESS at LIST.NIH.GOV] On Behalf Of NIH OLIB (NIH/OD) Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 10:38 AM To: NIHPRESS at LIST.NIH.GOV Subject: TRAINING GUIDE FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING HELPS OLDER ADULTS FIND HEALTH INFORMATION ONLINE U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News National Institute on Aging (NIA) National Library of Medicine (NLM) For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 CONTACT: Stephanie Dailey, NIA, 301-496-1752, Kathy Cravedi, NLM, 301-496-6308, TRAINING GUIDE FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING HELPS OLDER ADULTS FIND HEALTH INFORMATION ONLINE Health issues are a vital concern for older adults, and surveys show that most of those who go online search for health and medical information. However, since only 34 percent of people age 65 and older are online, the majority of older adults are missing out on valuable health information. To broaden the numbers of older adults able to search for and find reliable health information online, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) has developed a free training curriculum for those who teach and work with older adults. This Toolkit for Trainers is now available on , a senior-friendly Web site developed by the NIA and the National Library of Medicine (NLM), components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). "Research has shown that age is no hindrance to computer or Internet use. But proper training is important to build computer confidence and Internet skills in older people," says Richard J. Hodes, M.D., NIA director. "This training program is designed to open up the Internet to older adults who want to know more about the health issues facing them as they age." The Toolkit for Trainers can be a welcome addition to computer training programs at public libraries, senior centers, community colleges, and lifelong learning centers, places where older adults typically take computer courses. Instructors at these locations can use the curriculum to teach older adults how to find accurate, up-to-date online health information on their own. To make sure the training curriculum meets the learning needs of older adults, NIA developers based its design on cognitive aging and vision research and field tested the materials with older adults and instructors in computer classes. In addition to Web skills development, the easy-to-use curriculum focuses on top-notch health and wellness information offered by NIHSeniorHealth and MedlinePlus. NIHSeniorHealth features short, easy-to-read segments of information that can be accessed in a variety of formats, including various large-print type sizes, open-captioned videos and an audio version. MedlinePlus is NLM's more detailed site for consumer health information. Trainers who download the toolkit at will receive a set of materials they can customize to their students' skill levels and interests. These include lesson plans, student handouts, Web searching exercises and illustrated glossaries. An introductory video gives a quick overview of the curriculum and a glimpse of Internet classes in action. Tips on how to set up a senior-friendly computer classroom also are provided The NIA leads the federal effort supporting and conducting research on aging and the health and well-being of older people. The NLM, the world's largest library of the health sciences, creates and sponsors Web-based health information resources for the public and professionals. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) - The Nation's Medical Research Agency - is comprised of 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit . ## This NIH News Release is available online at: . To subscribe (or unsubscribe) from this list, go to .