Where: Steps of City Hall
When: 11am, Monday, Sept. 22
What: Seniors Rally at City Hall for Digital Inclusion.
Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) is organizing seniors to come to city hall and call on the city to address the digital divide and help seniors have access to the Internet and technology. For inquiries or [...]

Where: Washington Square Park, Teen Plaza (SE part of the park)
When: Monday, 9/22/2008, 11:45am to 2pm
Who: Moderator Sree Sreenivasan (WNBC-TV), plus Hon. Gale A. Brewer (City Council), Tim Westergren (Pandora), Larry Lessig (Stanford), Craig Newmark (craigslist), Dharma Dailey (Ethos Group), Andrew Baron (Rocketboom), SJ Klein (OLPC), others.
What: FREE event
Who should attend: Anyone who likes the [...]

I just received this notice from a contact at the City Council. Everyone should attend if they can (unfortunately I won’t be able to go) and report back.
Very curious too that:
(a) The report from Diamond Consultants is only about the digital divide, since I was under the impression that the research was supposed to be [...]

Earthlink today announced that they are discontinuing their Philadelphia muni-wireless network. Apparently, the company has been trying to work with the city and Wireless Philadelphia (the non-profit formed by the city originally to manage the Wi-Fi network) to transition the wireless network assets and maintain its operation.
Those discussions have fallen apart, and now Earthlink has [...]

The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has just released a new report examining in depth broadband policies in 9 nations, and concludes that while we shouldn’t look to other nations for silver bullets or assume that practices in one nation will automatically work in another, U.S. policymakers can and should look to broadband best [...]

On December 12, 2007, I gave the following testimony to the New York City Council Broadband Advisory Committee. You can download a PDF version for printing as well.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Broadband Advisory Committee and Members and Staff of the New York City Council, I would like to thank you for inviting me here [...]

The Digital Divide is a topic for great discussion for the past decade or two, since computers and information systems have permeated our society and culture. Many people have proposed solutions, and many have helped address some of the Divide’s many components. It is spoken about often, and has been categorized and explained from many [...]