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News for October 2003

9 October 2003

CNCS Availability of Funds for Next Generation Grants
	The U.S. Corporation for National and Community Service has announced the availability of funds for Next Generation Grants. The deadline is November 17, 2003. Posted: 10/9/03; 10:31:39 AM #

Time to Be, Time to Love
	Years ago, I wrote a piece for Yes Magazine entitled Making Peace with Time. They are touching on the topic again in the current issue, including an excellent piece by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, called Time to Be, Time to Love. Posted: 10/9/03; 10:31:30 AM #

Microsoft's Community-Based Technology and Learning Centers

As I have often reported here, open source software has made great headways in the poorer parts of the world. It is precisely these regions that are being targetted by Microsoft's Community-Based Technology and Learning Centers grantmaking program. As far as I can tell, the company plans on subsidizing their platform to the tune of a billion dollars in those markets. Posted: 10/9/03; 10:31:20 AM #

6 October 2003

Neiman Reports Fall 2003
	In the Fall 2003 issue of Neiman Reports (PDF), published by the Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, there are 18 articles on the subject of weblogs. It's a superb and thoughtful collection highlighting a medium that is finally coming to the attention of the late adopters. Posted: 10/6/03; 12:33:03 AM #

Apres Spam: The Next Email Crisis

For years I have praised the way in which the technological removal of artificial communication boundaries means that we all have to be better about our personal boundaries: what is important, who we pay attention to, and so forth. In Apres Spam: The Next Email Crisis, David Gelernter offers some real world advice about what to do when overloaded by email that you actually want to receive. Posted: 10/6/03; 12:32:49 AM #

1 October 2003

Designing for Civil Society: Position papers and movies
	Designing for Civil Society has posted 13 position papers and movies on topics such as "sharing experience through a pattern language" and "online and offline community building in Armenia". Posted: 10/1/03; 3:50:09 PM #

Broadcast Institutions, Community Values
	Clay Shirky's piece on Broadcast Institutions, Community Values will be of interest to anyone who is exploiting the power of the net to reach more people with their message. He makes a clear distinction between community building as a strategy and the ethos of broadcasting. Posted: 10/1/03; 3:49:39 PM #