I’ve been following the renewed interest in the digital divide since the publication of the Digital Britain report and also following Martha Lane Fox on twitter since she was appointed the government’s first Champion for Digital Inclusion. The reason I’m interested in all this is not just because I work in digital media, but also [...]
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BBC Appoints First Online Access Champion
I think it’s about time this happened. Good news for the ‘Digital Divide’ and those left behind. Read an article in MarketingWeek here and expect more on Digital Britain from me soon. #digitalbritain on Twitter if you want to follow the discussion.
India & China, Digital Opportunity and Digital Divide
Listening to the presentations at Chinwag and UKTI’s Digital Business events last week I found myself transported back to my time at university. Not because I felt like I was sitting in a lecture, but because I wrote my dissertation on the Digital Divide. All the talk of growth and improvements in infrastructure – particularly [...]
Looking ahead. Living in the now.
Happy new year everyone. This post is a wee bit random, but it is my first day back slaving over a hot computer so forgive me. Hopefully there’s some links of interest, and you might get to know me a bit better if you read it anyway. The esteemed James Meek perhaps puts our strange [...]