http://comtechreview.org/winter-spring-2002/ en-us 2005-06-14T07:01:00-05:00 http://comtechreview.org/winter-spring-2002/000076.html The rapid expansion of community technology programs ended well before September 11. The slow-down began with the burst of the dot-com bubble. But 9-11 contributed to the slowdown in its own ways. In our new, security-driven economy, all social... ComTechReview Richard Civille and Peter Miller 2005-06-14T07:01:00-05:00 http://comtechreview.org/winter-spring-2002/000061.html George Stoney and Toni Stone on the Cablecast/webcast program on “The Politics of Public Access Cable and the Community Technology Movement” from last November. The program is currently available as video-on-demand. Since its founding in the early 1970s, the... ComTechReview Reebee Garafolo 2005-06-14T07:00:00-05:00 http://comtechreview.org/winter-spring-2002/000063.html Gathering after the national CTC VISTA orientation session with CTCNet staff last November (l to r, back row): Michael Allwood (Bruce Wall Ministries PREP Computer Center, Boston); Peter Miller (CTC VISTA Project); Karen Zgoda (CTCNet and CTC VISTA Project);... CTCNet Karen Zgoda 2005-06-14T06:01:00-05:00 http://comtechreview.org/winter-spring-2002/000062.html “Alive and Well, Not in Manhattan Today as Planned.”  So read one message left at the "I'm Okay" Registry from a woman in Brooklyn.  This web site flourished in the wee hours after the September 11th attacks, briefly serving... CTCNet Karen Zgoda 2005-06-14T06:00:00-05:00 http://comtechreview.org/winter-spring-2002/000064.html New office building housing the AFCN Central Office in Blacksburg, VA. In the last six months, AFCN has made some major changes and has initiated some new programs. One of the most significant changes for the organization has been... AFCN Andrew Cohill 2005-06-14T05:03:00-05:00 http://comtechreview.org/winter-spring-2002/000071.html We have to look for power sources here, and distribution networks we were never taught, routes of power our teachers never imagined, or were encouraged to avoid...We have to find meters whose scales are unknown in the world, draw... AFCN Andrew Cohill 2005-06-14T05:02:00-05:00 http://comtechreview.org/winter-spring-2002/000069.html In Part 2 of this series, "When A Community Organizer Tries to be a Techie," I detailed my losing battle with technology and publicly admitted to being a technomoron. Hating to leave myself with that label, I have been looking... AFCN Anne McFarland 2005-06-14T05:01:00-05:00 http://comtechreview.org/winter-spring-2002/000152.html With the growing use of the worldwide Internet, communication companies are providing high bandwidth fiber optic backbones to connect communities to the rest of the world. Left behind are the small rural towns and villages that communication companies cannot economically... AFCN Judith Pepper 2005-06-14T05:00:00-05:00 http://comtechreview.org/winter-spring-2002/000059.html At the heart of any community there exist many small connecting points: a conversation at the bus stop, a nod in the grocery store, a shared smile over youthful antics. Through fostering these seemingly insignificant beginnings communities are made.... Profiles Rhonda Allison 2005-06-14T04:07:00-05:00 http://comtechreview.org/winter-spring-2002/000058.html Background: Data Integration and Dissemination The Neighborhood Knowledge Los Angeles (NKLA) project began in 1996 as a web portal for people concerned with improving the conditions of Los Angeles neighborhoods. From the beginning of the project, NKLA has provided free... Profiles Bill Pitkin and Nick Rattray 2005-06-14T04:06:00-05:00 http://comtechreview.org/winter-spring-2002/000055.html The challenges we face are very real. So is our potential to solve them. We are at once on the brink of annihilation—and global fulfillment. Information and communications technologies are making it possible for our voices to reach each... Profiles Max Gail and Casey Hughes 2005-06-14T04:05:00-05:00 http://comtechreview.org/winter-spring-2002/000153.html Parks and Recreation Services are naturally positioned to become local technology centers. Parks and Recreation department services have historically been mandated to meet the social, physical, and educational needs of citizens. Through building the physical structures and the opportunities to... Profiles Pam Earle and Cathy Matheson 2005-06-14T04:04:00-05:00 http://comtechreview.org/winter-spring-2002/000070.html With federal leadership related to communities and technology uncertain at best, opportunities to define this emerging arena are planted squarely with city and states. In response to this reality The Children's Partnership has developed a new online resource for leaders... Profiles Wendy Lazarus and James Lau 2005-06-14T04:03:00-05:00 http://comtechreview.org/winter-spring-2002/000065.html The Children’s Partnership is launching a new web site geared toward community technology center staff that focuses on helping build content for and by local under-served communities in early 2002 — Contentbank.org. When The Children’s Partnership released its study... Profiles Laurie Lipper and Francisco Mora 2005-06-14T04:02:00-05:00 http://comtechreview.org/winter-spring-2002/000056.html What is Community Informatics? Community Informatics (CI) is the application of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to enable community processes and the achievement of community objectives including overcoming “digital divides” both within and among communities.  But CI also goes... Profiles Michael Gurstein 2005-06-14T04:01:00-05:00