Comments for ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) http://ict4peace.wordpress.com Exploring the use of information and communications technology for conflict transformation Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Critical thoughts on the Liverpool ODR Forum - April 2007 by Face to Face mediation a thing of the past? « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/critical-thoughts-on-the-liverpool-odr-forum-april-2007/#comment-25796 Face to Face mediation a thing of the past? « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:28:30 +0000 http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/critical-thoughts-on-the-liverpool-odr-forum-april-2007/#comment-25796 [...] at incorporating Skype Video into their ODR products (some already have Skype VOIP built in). Richard Susskind at the ODR Forum in Liverpool in April 2007 spoke about telepresence, but a year on in Victoria at the ODR Forum this year, no [...] [...] at incorporating Skype Video into their ODR products (some already have Skype VOIP built in). Richard Susskind at the ODR Forum in Liverpool in April 2007 spoke about telepresence, but a year on in Victoria at the ODR Forum this year, no [...]

]]> Comment on “Mass audiences” and citizen journalism by Assamnolence? « burning bridge http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/mass-audiences-and-citizen-journalism/#comment-25795 Assamnolence? « burning bridge Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:05:37 +0000 http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/?p=725#comment-25795 [...] Sanjana’s post got me thinking about how digital media can affect conflict. For Sanjana, his numerous citizen [...] [...] Sanjana’s post got me thinking about how digital media can affect conflict. For Sanjana, his numerous citizen [...]

]]> Comment on iPod Touch 2.0 and the cult of Apple by Wordpress and Internet radio on the iPod Touch - The future of mobile computing? « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/ipod-touch-20-and-the-cult-of-apple/#comment-25792 Wordpress and Internet radio on the iPod Touch - The future of mobile computing? « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:18:34 +0000 http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/?p=728#comment-25792 [...] 23, 2008 After purchasing an Apple iPod Touch recently, I really am quite gobsmacked at how powerful a device this is. There are certainly chinks - the [...] [...] 23, 2008 After purchasing an Apple iPod Touch recently, I really am quite gobsmacked at how powerful a device this is. There are certainly chinks - the [...]

]]> Comment on iPod Touch 2.0 and the cult of Apple by Mickey http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/ipod-touch-20-and-the-cult-of-apple/#comment-25787 Mickey Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:02:03 +0000 http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/?p=728#comment-25787 First off, I ordered this on a Monday and it came on Wednesday....using free shipping. Wow! Thanks amazon. Now onto the product....simple, sleek, amazing. Set up out of the box could not have been easier. Make sure you have the most updated version of itunes onyour computer, plug in the USB cord and you're up and running. Give it a full 3-4 hour charge first time through. Load up your music, pictures, videos. The software is simplicty defined. If you can use a toaster over, you can use this device. The wi-fi immediatley found my home network (and my neighbor's). Setting up email: simple. Surfing the web: simple. And, oh yeah, using it to listen to music (ostensibly what it is for): a lifting and beautiful experience. Might as well buy this newer version with the new software loaded. With amazon's discount, it only a few dollars more than the old version without the upgrade after you pay for it and upload it youself. Save yourself the hassle and get the new version. So you know, this thing will get fingerprinted fast. I got a Griffin leather hard shell case with a protective screen cover for about $20.00. A bit pricey but worth it to protect your investment. I went with the 8 gig verion for a few reasons and it's more than enough space. I am a music nut...I loaded it with more music that I can digest in two weeks and there's still 3 gigs free. Sure I'll eventually fill it (I guess...) but I really don't mind swapping music out for fresh music thereby making my ipod new and fresh again. I also thought if I somehow lose the thing, I'd be out a lot more money with the 16 or 32 gig version. But honestly, it's more than enough space for me. The one caveat I discovered the hard way: shut off the wi-fi connection when you're not using it. I charged it up, thought I turned it off, and then went to bed. In the morning, the battery was fully drained. Instead of turning off, I only put the unit to sleep. (To turn off, you need to press and hold the sleep button until the power off slider comes on-screen and you turn it off fully.) And while it was in sleep mode with the wi-fi still on, it kept checking my email, etc, thus draining the battery. Just turn off wi-fi when you're not using it and you're battery will keep running. I am going to <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/buy.ipod.nano.4gb.buy.ipod.nano.8gb.buy.ipod.nano.16gb.buy.ip-20" rel="nofollow">buy ipod nano</a> for my friend. I think that will be really greate gift. Do you think so? First off, I ordered this on a Monday and it came on Wednesday….using free shipping. Wow! Thanks amazon.

Now onto the product….simple, sleek, amazing. Set up out of the box could not have been easier. Make sure you have the most updated version of itunes onyour computer, plug in the USB cord and you’re up and running. Give it a full 3-4 hour charge first time through. Load up your music, pictures, videos. The software is simplicty defined. If you can use a toaster over, you can use this device. The wi-fi immediatley found my home network (and my neighbor’s). Setting up email: simple. Surfing the web: simple. And, oh yeah, using it to listen to music (ostensibly what it is for): a lifting and beautiful experience.

Might as well buy this newer version with the new software loaded. With amazon’s discount, it only a few dollars more than the old version without the upgrade after you pay for it and upload it youself. Save yourself the hassle and get the new version.

So you know, this thing will get fingerprinted fast. I got a Griffin leather hard shell case with a protective screen cover for about $20.00. A bit pricey but worth it to protect your investment.

I went with the 8 gig verion for a few reasons and it’s more than enough space. I am a music nut…I loaded it with more music that I can digest in two weeks and there’s still 3 gigs free. Sure I’ll eventually fill it (I guess… ;) but I really don’t mind swapping music out for fresh music thereby making my ipod new and fresh again. I also thought if I somehow lose the thing, I’d be out a lot more money with the 16 or 32 gig version. But honestly, it’s more than enough space for me.

The one caveat I discovered the hard way: shut off the wi-fi connection when you’re not using it. I charged it up, thought I turned it off, and then went to bed. In the morning, the battery was fully drained. Instead of turning off, I only put the unit to sleep. (To turn off, you need to press and hold the sleep button until the power off slider comes on-screen and you turn it off fully.) And while it was in sleep mode with the wi-fi still on, it kept checking my email, etc, thus draining the battery. Just turn off wi-fi when you’re not using it and you’re battery will keep running.

I am going to buy ipod nano for my friend. I think that will be really greate gift. Do you think so?

]]> Comment on A novel use for mobile phones: Recording oneself being raped by Using mobile phones to fight crime in Sri Lanka « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/a-novel-use-for-mobile-phones-recording-oneself-being-raped/#comment-25786 Using mobile phones to fight crime in Sri Lanka « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:19:19 +0000 http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/?p=723#comment-25786 [...] 21, 2008 Related to the incredible comment by our genius Inspector General of Police to record being raped using a mobile phone, the Sunday Times carried a timely cartoon [...] [...] 21, 2008 Related to the incredible comment by our genius Inspector General of Police to record being raped using a mobile phone, the Sunday Times carried a timely cartoon [...]

]]> Comment on A novel use for mobile phones: Recording oneself being raped by ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/a-novel-use-for-mobile-phones-recording-oneself-being-raped/#comment-25785 ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:17:52 +0000 http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/?p=723#comment-25785 [...] A novel use for mobile phones: Recording oneself being raped [...] [...] A novel use for mobile phones: Recording oneself being raped [...]

]]> Comment on Lesser folks and Buddhism according to Lankapuvath by Government Information Department on YouTube! « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/lesser-folks-and-buddhism-according-to-lankapuvath/#comment-25784 Government Information Department on YouTube! « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:06:42 +0000 http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/?p=506#comment-25784 [...] Unit or the Information Department cares too much about. Perhaps that’s because according to Lankapuvath, Sri Lanka’s state owned news agency, everyone other than the Sinhala Buddhists are “lesser [...] [...] Unit or the Information Department cares too much about. Perhaps that’s because according to Lankapuvath, Sri Lanka’s state owned news agency, everyone other than the Sinhala Buddhists are “lesser [...]

]]> Comment on Nokia N93i and Citizen Journalism in Sri Lanka by Mobile phone based citizen journalism videos on YouTube viewed over 104,000 times « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/10/28/nokia-n93i-and-citizen-journalism-in-sri-lanka/#comment-25778 Mobile phone based citizen journalism videos on YouTube viewed over 104,000 times « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:52:07 +0000 http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/10/28/nokia-n93i-and-citizen-journalism-in-sri-lanka/#comment-25778 [...] in October 2007 I said, Coupled with VOR Radio, we want to explore ways through which digital media and mobile devices [...] [...] in October 2007 I said, Coupled with VOR Radio, we want to explore ways through which digital media and mobile devices [...]

]]> Comment on Revenue for content providers vis-à-vis new media by JNW SMS news service returns to Dialog « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/revenue-for-content-providers-vis-a-vis-new-media/#comment-25769 JNW SMS news service returns to Dialog « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:31:21 +0000 http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/?p=544#comment-25769 [...] Particularly in this context, I’m very glad that JNW is now back on Dialog. The quality, timeliness and importantly, the accuracy of their news updates, from experience, is impeccable. JNW is the SMS based news and information service that started it all in Sri Lanka. Even though today one finds a range of SMS news services from Ada Derana to the Daily Mirror, none have really matched up to JNW. This blog was the first to highlight the service over two years ago when it launched and since then I’ve written many detailed posts on it, it’s business and revenue model and strategies for its growth and expansion.  [...] [...] Particularly in this context, I’m very glad that JNW is now back on Dialog. The quality, timeliness and importantly, the accuracy of their news updates, from experience, is impeccable. JNW is the SMS based news and information service that started it all in Sri Lanka. Even though today one finds a range of SMS news services from Ada Derana to the Daily Mirror, none have really matched up to JNW. This blog was the first to highlight the service over two years ago when it launched and since then I’ve written many detailed posts on it, it’s business and revenue model and strategies for its growth and expansion.  [...]

]]> Comment on The telling lack of timely SMS news alerts on the arrest and detention of Tamils by JNW SMS news service returns to Dialog « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/the-telling-lack-of-timely-sms-news-alerts-on-the-arrest-and-detention-of-tamils/#comment-25768 JNW SMS news service returns to Dialog « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:31:02 +0000 http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/the-telling-lack-of-timely-sms-news-alerts-on-the-arrest-and-detention-of-tamils/#comment-25768 [...] 16, 2008 Some SMS based news services in Sri Lanka have a rather peculiar understanding of news - no reports received for example when over 1,500 Tamils were arrested and detained late last year perhaps because some operators place restrictions on the nature of news that can be [...] [...] 16, 2008 Some SMS based news services in Sri Lanka have a rather peculiar understanding of news - no reports received for example when over 1,500 Tamils were arrested and detained late last year perhaps because some operators place restrictions on the nature of news that can be [...]

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