Michael Chertok's blog

As part of a class I'm taking called "Social Sculpture", I designed the attached multimedia concept piece, "Points of Departure to the Global Economy." It's best viewed by playing it automatically, u

I'v attached the Powerpoint presentation from the seminar Cheryl Dahle and I did on January 24th.

A colleague wrote this alternative perspective on WSIS that I've attached as a PDF file.

He's trying to get it published, so I'm only posting this for RDVP fellows...but I thought it was good...a

One of the most innovative technologies on display at the recent World Summit on an Information Society (WSIS) was a new networking system presented in the Japan Pavilion. The technology allows for making network connections through the human body, carried over the small electric currents present in all of us. The potential applications cited, such as alarms for pill containers, were not especially convincing. However, the idea of human networking technology is a potent metaphor for the greatest value of the two-year WSIS process.

We've just finished a board meeting for Digital Divide Data...and I am feeling deeply appreciative of our board of directors. Our board saw us through a critical organizational challenge...and we are poised to emerge as an even stronger organization from the experience.

I'm flying across the Pacific enroute to Cambodia and am pleasantly surprised to find that the plane I'm on has Internet access.

The service is called Connexion and was developed by Boeing; apparently a few carriers (although no American airlines) are starting to adopt it. (I'm flying China Airlines.) It costs about $10 for 30 min. or a flat fee of $25 for the flight. Still a bit steep for consumer use, but a no brainer for the business traveler.

Taking It to Scale: An Entrepreneur's Journey from Seed to Success

Friday, Oct. 28, 2005 from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM (Please note date change from Oct. 21)

A personal dialogue with our most intriguing leaders in social invention explores the vital challenge of growth. How, when, how much - and at what cost? * A live conversation will follow this panel on Skoll Foundation's Social Edge What Does It Take to Be a Successful Social Entrepreneur?

I'm curious, when are folks headed to Asilomar on Sunday?

Who's planning to drive? Who needs a ride? Maybe we should organize some carpools.

Hi everyone,

I am currently serving as focal point for the Resource Development Cluster of Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP). (If you don't know what GKP is, you should...check www.globalknowledge.org There are lots of good resources on their site.)

Each year, 31 million hours of video is delivered over cable television networks in the United States. This represents just a fraction of the quantity of video produced and disseminated globally. Video is also used extensively in research, security, and other fields. Amidst this dense sea of information, how can people find the particular segment of video they are looking for? Despite a great deal of research in this area, video remains difficult to search using only machine-based algorithms.