June 1995 - Posts

21 June 1995
Community Development success criteria
Community development is now part of every program initiative. What program proponents consider as successful CD may not be the same as the community’s own assessment. Some thoughts on objective assessment of CD success: Who is largely in control of the Read More...
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15 June 1995
User skills and expectations
Friends have generously let us use their cottage. Soon after opening it up, the water stopped flowing at when the primer ran out. Thankfully, their next door neighbour Don Chapman is an experienced hand at cottage and country life. The overheated pump Read More...
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14 June 1995
Customize your shortcuts
Follow - up : did make small sticker for the laptop unit, but did not have good tape so left it loose. Within a few days I lost it. However, having it around helped me memorize the keys (at least until now). Individual users should be encouraged to make Read More...
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09 June 1995
One node at a time
Revisiting with Calgary Health Canada staff. Demonstrating how Internet connections work. Last night tested out our Datapac connection using a local access number. Demonstration includes how to read and post to online conference. Later in the day we meet Read More...
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08 June 1995
Thoughts on the immediate future
Worked with Calgary Health Canada staff on the Brighter Futures Network. When speaking with them about ‘best uses’ of the net, the one statement which had three heads nodding was the need to bring forward the best stories and practices so that each project Read More...
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04 June 1995
Designing a personal system
Setting up new portable which I intend to be the primary portable 'workhorse' for my thesis. It is my intent to save notes such as this in plain text in the event that they will be processed further by indexing or html markup. I am using this personal Read More...
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