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 November 5th, 2008 in Blogging, Diversity, Economics, Feminism, Media Justice, Social Media, eGovernment, elections 2008, politics, poverty, race
Sadly Senator Barack Obama’s grandmother died one day before his name was announced as the next President of the United States. He traveled to Hawaii to visit her. Many had speculated about his reasons for going to see her. He didn’t have to tell the world he might have known her battle with cancer was [...]
Posted by digitalsista on October 30th, 2008 in Diversity, Economics, Feminism, Mobile Computing, Social Media, Technology, eGovernment, elections 2008, politics, poverty, race
On October 30, Congresswoman Donna Edwards Hosted a “Save Your Home” Event at the Sports and Learning Annex in Maryland. Gov. O’Malley had a respresentative from his office present. She talked about the governor’s program. I have a video clip that I will post later describing some of the statistics and issues surrounding the bailout/corpwelfare [...]
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 2nd, 2008 in Community Media, Diversity, Economics, Feminism, Netroots, eGovernment, elections 2008, politics, poverty, race
Ironically, Palin has said definitively said that the companies took advantage. This is clearly a change. She blamed uneducated consumers for choosing bad loans.
Biden states that Obama has been saying that the subprime lending was a problem, but that the constant voting of deregulation from McCain has caused some of our problems today.
When Palin [...]
Posted by digitalsista on September 26th, 2008 in Blogging, Community Media, Community Technology, Diversity, Economics, Feminism, Media Justice, Social Media, Technology, Women in Tech, eGovernment, elections 2008, politics, poverty, race, web 2.0