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  Joly MacFie 9:01 pm on 03/07/2014 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: girls who code, women ( 3 ), women in tech   

  Saturday March 8 is International #womensday – @InternetSociety is celebrating Women in Tech 

  This Saturday, March 8 2014, is International Women’s Day and this year’s theme is “Equality for women is progress for all”. To mark the occasion Internet Society President & CEO Kathy Brown, and Trustees Desiree Miloshevic, Theresa Swinehart and Narelle Clark, have posted Weaving Women of the World into the Global Tapestry of Modern Digital Life an article around the importance of women in ICT. The article highlights several initiatives across the ISOC community that support women interested in technology careers and bring Internet access and training to women around the world.

  Here at ISOC-NY we actively support local organizations who actively recruit girls into computer science, such as the New York City Foundation for Computer Science Education (CSNYC) and Girls Who Code. We have also lent international assistance to the ITU’s Tech Needs Girls campaign.

  If you have a story about, or would like to pay tribute to, women in tech – the Internet Society has an open call for related anecdotes, links, media etc at Inspiring Change: Celebrating Achievements of Women in Tech

  Twitter: #womensday

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  Joly MacFie 9:43 pm on 03/05/2014 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: ietf ( 23 ), isoc england ( 2 ), jari arkko, kathy brown, open internet ( 18 ), surveillance ( 18 )   

  VIDEO: Parliament meets Internet. #Surveillance, the digital economy & the #OpenInternet @ISOCUKEngland @InternetSociety #ietf89 

  On Tuesday March 4 2014 the ISOC UK England chapter presented “Parliament meets Internet. Surveillance, the digital economy & the Open Internet.” at the UK House of Parliament. Speakers included Jari Arkko – Chair of the IETF, and Kathy Brown – CEO of the Internet Society, Members of Parliament from all 3 major UK parties, plus UK Internet experts. Video is webex, so not high quality,

  View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/Z_3RO3vJ8ug
  Transcribe on AMARA: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/ybTuCXlZqLxK/
  Audio: http://isoc-ny.org/misc/parliament_meets_internet_2014-03-04.mp3
  Video: http://isoc-ny.org/misc/parliament_meets_internet_2014-03-04.mp4
  Twitter: @ISOCUKEngland | #parlietf

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  Joly MacFie 7:02 am on 03/03/2014 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: bitcoin, end-to-end, ietf ( 23 ), leslie daigle ( 5 )   

  #IETF89 is underway in London – remote participation details + two special webcasts – #bitcoin and @InternetSociety briefing 

  This week  the 89th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is taking place in London, England. As in the past, the Internet Society has published our “Rough Guide to IETF 89“. This document reflects our interests and what we see as the important topics related to the technology priorities we have as an organization.  There is some further commentary from ISOC Chief Internet Technology Officer Leslie Daigle at her ‘ London Calling‘ blog post. As always there are plenty of opportunities for remote participation that will allow you to listen to what is going on and to provide comments.

  What: IETF 89
  Where: London, England
  When: March 2-7, 2014
  Agenda: http://tools.ietf.org/agenda/89/
  Remote participation: http://www.ietf.org/meeting/89/remote-participation.html
  Google event: https://plus.google.com/115114278816279309050/
  Twitter #ietf89

  Technical Plenary

  Today, Monday March 3 2014, from 17:50-19:50 UTC (12:50pm-2:50pm NYC time), the Technical Plenary will focus on the topic of “Bitcoin and Internet Payment Systems”. Presentations include: “Internet-Scale Payment Systems: Ecosystems & Challenges” by Malcolm Pearson from Microsoft China,; and “Identity, Payments, and Bitcoin: Big Changes Ahead” by Steve Kirsch from OneID. The plenary will be webcast live via YouTube..

  View on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUaAcf4gLto
  Live text transcription: http://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=03Mar14
  Pearson Slides: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/89/slides/slides-89-iab-techplenary-5.pdf
  Kirsch Slides: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/89/slides/slides-89-iab-techplenary-6.pptx
  Google+ event: https://plus.google.com/events/cbo5d0mk47obtnre3ukd42tjdg4
  facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1483603595193821/

  ISOC @ IETF89

  Tomorrow, Tuesday March 4 2014, the Internet Society Briefing Panel on the topic of “Evolution of end-to-end: why the Internet is not like any other network” will happen from 11:45-12:45 UTC (0645-0745 EST). It will also be webcast live via YouTube.

  View on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkyqoHgA2Tk&feature=share
  Slides: http://ow.ly/uduvG
  Google+ event: https://plus.google.com/events/c1gfue9n0i7f5hanjfu6csgeo3g

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    Peter Acquaah 7:49 pm on 03/04/2014 Permalink | Reply

    I really enjoyed the forum. Want to know more about the Bit coin

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  Joly MacFie 1:55 pm on 02/26/2014 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: isoc-ny tv ( 14 ), silicon harlem ( 4 )   

  ISOC-NY TV show 2pm today: @SiliconHarlem launch of HouseApp Contest & Apps Leadership Academy @CCCADI @CBRangel @HarlemCDCorp 

  Today, Wednesday February 26 2014, the ISOC-NY TV show will present Silicon Harlem’s launch of HouseApp Contest & Apps Leadership Academy on February 7 2014. The show, which airs from 2-3pm, may be viewed via Manhattan Cable or online via the MNN website.

  What: ISOC-NY TV Show – Silicon Harlem’s launch of HouseApp Contest & Apps Leadership Academy
  Where: Manhattan Neighborhood Network
  When: Wednesday February 26 2014 2pm-3pm EDT | 1900-2000 UTC
  Manhattan Cable: TWC 56 / 1996 | RCN 83 | FiOS 34
  Webcast: http://www.mnn.org/live/2-lifestyle-channel

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  Joly MacFie 1:35 pm on 02/26/2014 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: big data ( 3 ), broadband ( 82 ), conference ( 8 ), Fordham ( 5 ), law ( 41 ), open plans ( 2 )   

  WEBCAST: Smart Law for Smart Cities conference, Feb 27-28 #smartcitieslaw @FordhamLawNYC 

  On February 27–28, 2014 Fordham University’s Urban Law Center will hold a 2-day symposium – Smart Law for Smart Cities: Regulation, Technology, and the Future of Cities. This symposium will explore the regulatory landscape for potentially disruptive advances in urban governance arising from innovative technology, sustainability, and “big data.” It will focus on how contemporary urban life is marked and shaped by technology, as well as the law and regulatory complexities that are arising from this technological transformation. The symposium will include panels examining changes to both the physical and non-physical landscape in urban life resulting from such changes. Speakers include Bruce Lincoln of Silicon Harlem, Dana Spiegel of NYC Wireless, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, and Chris Levendos of Verizon. Non-lawyer registration is $75 for the two days. The entire conference will be webcast live via the Internet Society Chapters livestream channel.

  What: Smart Law for Smart Cities: Regulation, Technology, and the Future of Cities
  Where: Fordham Law School, McNally Amphitheatre, 140 West 62nd Street, NYC
  When: Thursday February 27 – Friday February 28, 2014
  Agenda: http://law.fordham.edu/assets/UrbanLawCenter/Smart_Cities_Agenda.pdf
  Register: http://law.fordham.edu/urban-law-center/32023.htm
  Webcast: http://bit.ly/isoctv
  Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=smartcitieslaw

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  Joly MacFie 6:26 am on 02/26/2014 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: nyc ( 89 ), nyc council ( 3 ), nyctechcomm ( 3 ), open government ( 23 ), webcasting ( 3 )   

  NYC Council Tech Committee Webcasting Hearing 2-24-2014 @NYCCouncil #opengov 

  In 2007 Gale Brewer, then Chair of the NYC Council Committee of Technology, introduced a law to amend the City Constitution to require webcasting of all City public meetings. This law applies to the Council, Committees, City Agencies, and Task Forces. The law – 2013-103 – was approved unaniminously by the council on November 14 2013, and signed into law by Mayor Bloomberg on December 2 2013, including a budget of $230k in 2014, and $100k/annum thereafter. The law gives the City 90 days to implement, which time is up on March 1 2014 – this Sunday. On Monday February 24 2014 the Committee, now chaired by Council Member James Vacca, held a public hearing for oversight of the implementation process, in the form of a report by Jeff Merritt from the Mayor’s office. Furthermore, Council Member Vacca and some colleagues have introduced a new law – Int 0028 – that will require Community Boards to also webcast their proceedings, so this hearing was an opportunity for public input on that topic. Speakers included Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, representatives of several Community Boards, and public interest groups Citizen’s Union and Reinvent Albany. The last word came from ISOC-NY’s own Joly MacFie, who emphasized flexibilty and the need for transcripts. Video is below, click through to YouTube for an index. A transcript should be available in a day or two.

  View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/OtaW_jylwmQ
  Twitter: @NYCCouncil

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  Joly MacFie 2:40 am on 02/26/2014 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Claudia Diaz, OpenITP ( 10 ), privacy ( 35 ), TA3M ( 8 )   

  VIDEO: Claudia Diaz – #Privacy Technologies: The Future of Research – #TA3M @OpenITP 

  On Monday February 17 2014, the OpenITP Techno-Activism Third Monday‘s featured presenter was Professor Claudia Diaz of KU Leuven. Her topic was Privacy Technologies: The Future of Research. She reviewed the three “families” or classifications for privacy technologies being proposed by computer science researchers which are described as addressing 1) Social Privacy, 2) Institutional Privacy, and 3) Surveillance Concerns. Diaz discussed the concept of “privacy” that is embedded in the different classifications, including the underlying assumptions, goals, challenges and limitations. Video is below.

  View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/QWEEBB-sZKI
  Transcribe on AMARA: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/xskpbKWsjQqf/
  Twitter: #TA3M

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  Joly MacFie 4:02 pm on 02/20/2014 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: human rights ( 3 ), internet freedom ( 53 ), rebecca mackinnon ( 6 )   

  VIDEO: Rebecca Mackinnon ‘Playing Favorites’ about online threats to #humanrights #netfreedom @rmack 

  Rebecca Mackinnon is a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation, where her work focuses on holding technology companies accountable to universally recognized human rights standards on free expression and privacy. She is currently working with the University of Pennsylvania and Internews on a new project called Ranking Digital Rights. She recently wrote an article for Guernica Magazine Playing Favorites giving some details of the project’s theme – how the power of big online companies and governments to change local Internet experiences could threaten human rights worldwide. New America Foundation have now posted a video in which she talks about the article.

  View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/edUlS_BnA3Y
  Transcribe on AMARA: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/X74G4zzz5xYD/
  Twitter: @rmack

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  Joly MacFie 6:59 am on 02/19/2014 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: bruce lincoln ( 4 ), charles rangel, Harlem ( 6 ), silicon harlem ( 4 )   

  VIDEO: @SiliconHarlem launch of HouseApp Contest & Apps Leadership Academy @CCCADI @CBRangel @HarlemCDCorp 

  On February 7 2014 Silicon Harlem held an event at the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building on 125th St NYC to lunch two fresh initiatives in 2014. The first, sponsored by Congressman Charles Rangel, is the House Student App Challenge, which is open to is open to all high school students in New York’s 13th District, who will be able to form groups and be hooked up with mentors. Students have until April 30 to design an app, submit source code and a descriptive video. Many other districts nationwide are also participating. The winning video will be displayed on the house.gov website. The second Silicon Harlem program, the Apps Leadership Academy (ALA), is a more open-ended project, also aimed at students. Based out of the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI), and funded by the Harlem Community Development Corporation (HCDC), the ALA will train roughly 20 high school-aged students annually to become collaborators in the development of various multimedia elements for the Center. In 2014 the initial intake will be tasked with developing the augmented reality component of the Mi Querido Barrio project. Representative Charles Rangel attended the launch, and gave vocal support. Video is below.

  
  View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/OZKWIKUHZ0U
  Transcribe on AMARA: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/AJZUnpWjZRqt

  
  View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/U8Uo8C7d6LE
  Transcribe on AMARA: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/IrY59I7FJQ6r/

  Twitter: #SiliconHarlem

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  Joly MacFie 12:45 pm on 02/18/2014 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: broadband ( 82 ), comcast ( 8 ), diane rehm, Susan Crawford ( 21 )   

  AUDIO: Diane Rehm Show – consumer interest in Comcast + Time Warner merger @drshow @scrawford 

  On Monday February 17 2014, the Diane Rehm show on National Public Radio tackled the proposed Comcast + Time Warner Cable merger in a segment entitled What A Proposed Cable Mega-Merger Might Mean For Consumers. The proposed new entity would have approximately 30 percent of all national pay television subscribers and also about a third of all broadband Internet subscribers. Some consumer advocates say that if the merger is approved, cable TV bills will go up and the new company will have too much control over program content, high speed Internet access and price. Diane’s guests were Berin Szoka President, TechFreedom; Susan Crawford Visiting Professor, Harvard’s Kennedy School and Harvard Law School; and Gautham Nagesh, reporter, The Wall Street Journal. Audio is below:

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    joly 1:41 pm on 02/18/2014 Permalink | Reply

    • Cable consolidation as a picture – https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgXlTwdIIAAwmcM.jpg