Archive for November, 2009
Event: Disability in the Developing World’ Speaker: Joyojeet Pal
Monday, November 30th, 2009I am headed over to UW at noon for talk that looks very interesting: Research Conversation: ‘Technology and Disability in the Developing World’ Speaker: Joyojeet Pal JOYOJEET PAL is an NSF Computing Innovation fellow at the ATLAS institute at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His work primarily looks at issues around technology and development. [...]
Happy Tofurkey Day
Thursday, November 26th, 2009I soo loved these as a kid, they were a huge improvement over the stuffed pumpkin we had before they were invented! PS: was was raided vegetarian and have still never had a hot dog or a hamburger, although I have come to enjoy sushi. Photo by Ms. Emily Meeks
Cherry Street Coffee House: Portland v. Seattle
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009I miss Portland, I have been in Seattle for several years now and still struggle to find good community based spaces. I was recently in Cherry Street Cafe and offend by the staff. here is the letter I wrote Cherry Street: I was a local patron of the Cherry Street Coffee House’s, on an average [...]
Seattle Information Technology Use
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009The city of Seattle recently completed an Information Technology Access and Adoption report covering Computer use, Broadband adoption, Cell phone use and other tech access. The most interesting finding for me related to adoption of tech cross cultures (slide 5) and civic engagement (slide 15). The slides hit the highlights: Seattle Access IT Stats View [...]