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ial
color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Suitably deep thoughts for the end of term
! </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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ial
color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><A
href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_you_live_in_interesting_times">http=
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_you_live_in_interesting_times</A></FONT></SPAN>=
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ial
color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Can't see the link from Google to worry about helpi=
ng the
poor. Google's platform seems to have already achieved and have enormo=
us
potential to provide more free access to the world. Free is pretty goo=
d
support for the "poor, needy and hungry" !</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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ial
color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>The next wonderful Google push which is causing com=
petitors
to go the same way is to offer full text searchable digitisation online of A=
LL
published text content in the world so that the poor and needy can search an=
d at
least read part of any published doc...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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ial
color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>The best thing that we could do to improve the cond=
itions
of the poor, needy and hungry in the world would be to continue the undermin=
ing
of international copyright and patent law which have grown over a few centur=
ies
in the modern equivalent of the "fencing the commons" and in the process hav=
e
"virtually" destroyed the belief in and practice of freedom of information o=
r
technological progress for the "common good".</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=3D#0000ff size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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ial
color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Holidays near !!!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2><B>From:</B> offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Roland
Gesthuizen<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 29 March 2007 8:54 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Information Technology Teachers' Offtopic Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re=
:
[Offtopic] Yahoo's unlimited email<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>I guess that there is no right answer or correct method of workin=
g ..
but one thing is for certain, the rules and usage practices are changing.&nb=
sp;
We live in interesting times. Many things about how I work have changed, man=
y
things have not. I dont think the number of e-mails that I send out ha=
s
really increased over the past 15 years, my work productivity will probably=
only
improve incrementally with more technology. Some things are cute such as the=
move by Google to grab the middle ground, more RAM, more storage space and m=
ore
bandwidth. <BR><BR>I hope that we can stop occasionally to take a breath and=
think, what are we 'really' doing to make the world a better place to life i=
n?
Not just one that caters for my needs but the poor, needy and hungry. I gues=
s
that is why I am fascinated by open source and the OLPC projects. If I can
inspire just that much in my students, it has all been worth while.
<BR><BR>Regards Roland<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=3Dgmail_quote>On 29/03/07, <B class=3Dgmail_sendername>Step=
hen
Digby</B> <<A onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href=3D"mailto:digby.stephen.p@edumail.vic.gov.au"
target=3D_blank>digby.stephen.p@edumail.vic.gov.au</A>> wrote: </SPAN>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dgmail_quote
style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,=
204,204) 1px solid">Email
storage makes it hard to share.<BR>Google docs show the way - shared space=
where you can exchange docs AND versions of docs with tracking !<BR>One wa=
y
alternative to make docs available to target audience without collaboratio=
n
would be a version of a <BR>"picasa" type interface where you could have
folders selectively published to the world or to "invitees".<BR><BR>Google=
docs for collaboration, picasa docs for
dissemination.<BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------=
----------------------------
<BR>Stephen Digby, Learning Technology Manager<BR>mailto:<A
onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href=3D"mailto:admin@cheltsec.vic.edu.au"
target=3D_blank>admin@cheltsec.vic.edu.au</A><BR>Cheltenham Secondary Coll=
ege <A
onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href=3D"http://www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au" target=3D_blank>www.cheltsec.vic.e=
du.au
</A>Ph: 613 955 55 955 Fx: 9555
8617<BR>------------------------------------------------------------------=
--------------<BR><BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: <A
onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href=3D"mailto:offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au"
target=3D_blank>offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au </A>[mailto:<A
onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href=3D"mailto:offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au"
target=3D_blank>offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au</A>] On Behalf Of victor=
rajewski<BR>Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2007 9:57 PM <BR>To: Information
Technology Teachers' Offtopic Mailing List <BR>Subject: Re: [Offtopic] Yah=
oo's
unlimited email<BR><BR>On 3/28/07, Cameron Bell <<A
onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href=3D"mailto:bell.cameron.p@edumail.vic.gov.au"
target=3D_blank>bell.cameron.p@edumail.vic.gov.au </A>> wrote:<BR>>=
Yahoo
are now offering unlimited email storage. <BR>> They say it is in respo=
nse
to a growing number of people that use<BR>> their email as cheap online=
storage.<BR>> Does anyone have a unit along the lines of "organising yo=
ur
life and<BR>> work flow through email"? <BR>> Are we still teaching=
File
organisation with folders and mapped drives<BR>> and e-lockers when we=
should maybe be looking at "managing your files<BR>> with email"?<BR>&g=
t;
Where it was once "File- Save As" its now "Righto class email your <BR>>=
;
work to yourselves...."<BR><BR>Surely this is purely because no-one (well,=
apart from apple, but no-one uses them anyway) has created an easy<BR>to u=
se,
workable online storage system? That said, I have a label (labels are a
godsend compared to folders) <BR>in my gmail account called 'files' which=
gets
automatically assigned to any messages I send to myself. Maybe<BR>instead=
of
encouraging this ugly usage of the email system, we could just wait anothe=
r
year or two until the <BR>desktop and the internets converge?<BR>It'll hap=
pen
real soon now, I
promise.<BR><BR>vik<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>=
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