Monthly Archives: November 2009

Pew report on distracted driving

Hello all, On Monday the Pew Research Center released a report on distracted driving. The opening of the report reads as follows: Over the summer of 2009, the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project conducted a survey of … Continue reading

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BLOG POST #3 from Gitte, IGF, Egypt

So, IGF 2009 is at it’s end and I am only going to give you a short update as I am a bit exhausted after intense but very interesting meetings from early to late the past three days. I just … Continue reading

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How little they know …..

Yesterday I attended an excellent workshop in writing good applications for externally funded research projects af the IT University. Here a short abstract intended for the general public and the non-specialist reviewer is key. We did a useful exercise on … Continue reading

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BLOG POST #2 from Gitte, IGF, Egypt

Day three – focus on access and diversity, also in the main session. First section about diversity was divided into presentations and debate about access for people with disabilities, and after that on bilingualism. The second section on access had … Continue reading

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BLOG POST #1 from Gitte, IGF, Egypt

Already day 2 of the Internet Governance Forum in Sharm el Sheikh – the program is packed and I try to clone myself in order to be at more panels at the same time. So I have heard about mobile … Continue reading

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window vs. windows

In may talk at the recent SHOT conference in Pittsburgh (SHOT is the Society of the History of Technology) I argued that the user interface is a worthy object of historical inquiries. It is old, it is well known, it … Continue reading

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