Posted by digitalsista on December 1st, 2008 in Community Technology, Computing, Digital Divide/Inclusion, Diversity, Economics, Feminism, Social Media, Tech Industry, Tech and Telcom Policies, Technology, Women in Tech, eGovernment, politics, poverty, race
The other night I was offered a box ticket seat to see Tina Turner Live at the Verizon Center. I turned them down although it was presented to me by a distinguished and attractive African American man. I only wished I had a friend I could call that could make the ten minute curtain call. [...]
Posted by digitalsista on October 21st, 2008 in Digital Divide/Inclusion, Diversity, Mobile Computing, Social Media, Technology, Uncategorized, Women in Tech
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Posted by digitalsista on October 21st, 2008 in Blogging, Broadband, Community Media, Community Technology, Computing, Digital Divide/Inclusion, Digital Transitions, Diversity, Feminism, Mobile Computing, Net Neutrality, Netroots, Old vs New Technologies, Social Media, Tech Industry, Tech and Telcom Policies, Technology, Women in Tech, web 2.0
BarCampDC2 was held on Oct. 18, I realize that is was also the day LifeTime aired their movie Living Proof. (I went to the screening but I will post that later). On a day that LifeTime airs a movie about a scientist testing for a breast cancer gene to attack a disease that [...]
Posted by digitalsista on October 14th, 2008 in Blogging, Community Technology, Digital Divide/Inclusion, Diversity, Feminism, Netroots, Social Media, Women in Tech, eGovernment, elections 2008, politics, race
BlogHer had their Reach Tour in DC (Bethesda) yesterday, just shortly after leaving their Boston Tour.
I moderated the the session Online Community Building for Political Action. The session focused on how much action can be taken at the screen vs. by stepping away from the screen. The panelists were PunditMom, Momocrat Joanne Bamberger, Liza [...]
Posted by digitalsista on October 3rd, 2008 in Digital Divide/Inclusion, Diversity, Economics, Media Justice, Mobile Computing, Social Media, Technology, Uncategorized, politics
Andrew Feinberg, Shannon Renee and I were sitting in my favorite spot in D.C., Legal Seafood. Some one spotted a protest across the street. Andrew and I immediately ran out to see what it was about. Once we reached the protesters we discovered it was a protest about the movie “Blindness”. I discovered is that [...]
Posted by digitalsista on September 25th, 2008 in Broadband, Community Media, Community Technology, Computing, Digital Divide/Inclusion, Digital Transitions, Diversity, Media Justice, Mobile Computing, Net Neutrality, Netroots, Old vs New Technologies, Social Media, Tech Industry, Tech and Telcom Policies, Technology, Women in Tech, eGovernment, poverty
The Digital Divide discussion arose in a digital transition session at the Congressional Black Caucus week. The session was called It Takes a Village to Stay Connected in the New Digital Era.
The focus of the discussion was about the DTV coupons. These are coupons for converter boxes to assist people to transition from analog [...]
Posted by digitalsista on August 28th, 2008 in Digital Divide/Inclusion, Diversity, Mobile Computing, Social Media, Technology, Uncategorized, Women in Tech
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