why is it always 5am and a slight sore throat when I finish redesigning my site?
julia sez this incarnation reflects my shifting weltanschauung
more removed?
now no front page explanation,
daily musings and site-self reflection
barbara dingfeild, swarthmore class of 66
manager of corporate contributions and community programsfor Microsoft she is coordinating a pilot project
to inject technology into have-not areas urban blighted and rural backwater
public libraries with terminals and connectionsthey need people to train the librarians
many of them don't know a mouse.tom krattenmacher, head of swat public relations
suggested to her my summer plans seems like a good fit,
but it sounds like I am saught after
moreover, I have my plans
my projectpublishing I suggested that it would be in microsoft's best interest
to have the libraries publishperspectives of folks in each hood
don't worry about individual accounts,
teach one librarian to be the editor
have her/him teach the peoplehost the pages in her/his account collect and pass on feedback she thinks they need to start at a more rudimentary level
man, folks can learn this stuff in two hours.
now that I mull over it
just giving them terminals and yahoomakes them consumers, passive information retrievants
give them the power to publish!if you really want to change the world send me something
she said
a paragraphmaybe when I'm in San Fran this summer
she'll fly me up to talkhow much energy do I want to put into this?
mephistopheles? power
they're putting tools into grubby hands
how would those people otherwise gain access?today I spoke with another swat alum
class of '94, Nick Boyerfriend of chandra's
working in DC for a homeless shelter
Do they pay you? I asktno, but they give me a bed, and they feed me. power
power of grubby hands.either way,
I learned that Bill Gates' parentsthey're still somewhat miffed that he didn't graduate college.
that's satisfying. still pain ridden from last night's motherpuckin',it's sizin' up to be a bitch of an end of the semester
I return from dancing and prancing
ben mike and maria are making musictwo guitars and a frisbee drum
homestyle
two papers total combined eleven weeks overdue
dorm room knee deep in accumulationsI would work this weekend but saturday's booked with extracurriculars, sunday, howard's visiting.
justin hall | <justin at bud dot com>