Archive for “August, 2007”

On this page the following entries were made in the “August, 2007” time-frame.


Open Social Network Roundup

Posted August 30th, 2007 by Christopher Phillips

There seems to be more and more discussion regarding the openness of social networks of late. In trying to follow the discussion, it seems that there are a number of different types of ‘openness’ being discussed. Dare Obasanjo has provided a good overview of the different considerations of what it means to be an open […]

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Accessibility, Availability and Affordability

Posted August 23rd, 2007 by Christopher Phillips

Of these three, which is the largest obstacle to the free and open flow of online information?
Consider the following:

A 12-year old boy in Western Africa has learned how to read Braille. He has also recently received an inexpensive laptop as part of a corporate initiative to save the world with cheap computers. Unfortunately, he […]

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Quick Catch Up on Links

Posted August 23rd, 2007 by Christopher Phillips

A few links that I would like to unload off of my docket:

Learning with a Disability PhD Program
“…a doctoral program designed to provide a broad and comprehensive education, realistic work experiences, and opportunities for problem centered research in the area of learning with disability.”
IBM Strives For Superhuman Speech Tech
” ‘At IBM, we have this superhuman […]

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Curb Cut, Take 3

Posted August 22nd, 2007 by Christopher Phillips

The past few years I have been working in the area of religious special education and have recently jumped back into a job where Curb Cut is relevant to my work again. A couple of feeble attempts to start posting again in the past quite awhile have led to a blistering pace of one to […]

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