<ed.note>Imagine what the Nashville workplace of 2009 would look like if we ACTUALLY VALUED INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION instead of just rhetorized about it at meetings we drive to. Of course, I should point out the Congress still requires its members to be physically present in order to vote vs. using …
<ed.note>It occurs to me I need a post to record the tools I cite again and again. I hope to expand this over time.</ed.note> Today's entries sponsored by the letters "B", "C" and "W": Wave (Preview) http://wave.google.com/ Web Conferencing http://www.DimDim.com http://www.gotomeeting.com http://www.webex.com Wikis MediaWiki with PurpleNumbers Examples http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/ (fedgov) http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/ …
We invite submission of full papers, posters, workshops and demos and welcome contributions and participation from individuals, organisations and institutions across all disciplines and domains that are engaged in the creation, use and management of digital data, especially those involved in the challenge of curating data for e-science and e-research. …
Live Stream Details Here Wednesday — May 27, 2009 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Exhibitor Set-Up Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex – Summit Exhibit Area 10:00 a.m. – 6:45 p.m Summit Registration Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 …
Lake Oswego, OR – February 9, 2009. The Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Council has issued a Call for Papers for its 8th annual conference to be held from September 27-October 1, 2009 in Houston, TX. The 2009 FTTH Conference & Expo is the only gathering of its kind dedicated …
<ed.note>I've been becoming familiar with Open Journal Systems in my avocational time so when I saw this following article it caught my attention. If you are an educator in Tennessee (or anywhere, for that matter) and you use any of these tools I'd love to hear about your experiences. Tweet …
<ed.note>I got a tip that Tech Ed is opening a post on Dailykos.com to give the KOS audience concrete examples of off shoring. It will open tomorrow at 12:30 Central. If you'd care to participate tomorrow you must create an account today http://www.dailykos.com/newuser The paradigms in tension here can be …
I replied at the DNJ link saying (after seeing the Venture Nashville blog post): One thing we need to consider is making a Results-Only Work Environment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROWE ; http://www.culturerx.com ; http://caliandjody.com/blog ) the DEFAULT work condition in both schools and businesses. One should have to make a business case for …
<ed.note>Note: 1) China and India DO NOT emphasize junior high and high school athletics (because the chances that that will bring one out of poverty are amazingly low). 2) When a child shows an aptitude for a subject the parents hire a tutor (FWIW: South Korea sometimes hires from the …
over at http://vcafrica.ning.com/ Her post: This is all great, but the hurdles are still huge. I went to a Corporate Council on Africa Health Forum in November and was listening to a talk by a South African CEO of a pharmaceutical company. He said something astounding: he refuses ever to …
Proposals from the Communications Workers of America Should be Used as Baseline for Legislation (WASHINGTON) — Member companies of the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council have urged key leaders of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to ensure that proposals for expanding broadband coverage are included in the economic recovery package …
11th December 2008, Wireless HealthcareAMD Global Telemedicine & Cherokee Health Systems collaborated to help launch a telemedicine program in 17 schools in Sevier County, Tennessee. In addition to this new technology, all Sevier County schools from grades Kindergarten through eighth grade now have a registered nurse.
Kim Solez posted these comments in response to Internet2: Full Speed Ahead by Roger Smith, 11/22/2008, InternetEvolution.com Hi Roger, Great report! Just a few more links to engage the readership a bit more directly: The Internet2 Detective (many people are connected to Internet2 and don’t know it!) Presentations from the …
We at the PLML have *just* finished building a technology called CodeKindness, which resides at http://www.codekindness.org. It’s nonprofit, and designed to mobilize technology volunteers for nonprofit organizations by managing the distance volunteering experience. We’re already testing it (successful, so far!) and would love additional input into designing/shaping the technology. Please …
<ed.note>Well, apparently someone made it! I’m green with envy…Update: here the latest deployment report.</ed.note>
July/August 2008, by Alexei Smirnov, businesstn.com Pulaski turns to its public utility to turn on the broadband tap Jay Raney, proprietor of Media Graphic Design in Pulaski, is a professional graphic designer who has been in business since 1999. But until recently, his Internet bandwidth was stuck in 2004. Up …
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<ed.note>I enjoy pelting John Larson and Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson of the "Work Sucks, How to Fix It" movement occasionally with my 4 cents (adjusting for inflation). This post is an edited version of a recent stream of consciousness email. It occurs to me that there is a parallel …
"FTTH: Small Cities Are Not Waiting", by Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor, Underground Construction, June 2008 The telecommunications giants are spending millions of dollars touting bundled service packages, with heavy emphasis on “high-speed” broadband internet connections that includes video programming along with local and long-distance telephone services. # # # # …
Yuwei Lin announces: During the past decade the phenomenon of Free Software has become successful and well-known. It is still amazing how in the realm of software the creativity of so many volunteers leads to products which are useful for the whole mankind. In 1999 the Oekonux Project [http://www.oekonux.org/] started …