First go down under, for an upside down view, or is that right side up?, with the 70 page Local Council e-Consultation Guide written for Australian local government put together by Jackie Bailey and Monika Merkes with Darebin City Council with Lucas Walsh at Deakin University. More details here. In general, Australia and New Zealand [...]

* Remember to click on the blog post link to see and follow the embedded links.
This story caught my eye – Crime alerts at your fingertips in Boston.
In Minneapolis, we can sign up for crime e-mail alerts, but not select text messages. Downtown the police even use a few two-way e-mail lists with security guards [...]

Should government security cameras be accessible on the web?
Texas to install border Web cameras – U.S. Security – MSNBC.com
In a related matter, I wonder if any of the cities deploying wi-fi networks are using them for wireless webcams? Or if policies have been drafted for what the local police/city will/will not do in this area?
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I’ve agreed to serve on the Digital Inclusion Taskforce for the Wireless Minneapolis effort.
Minneapolis has two finalists in a city-wide wi-fi competition of sorts. The city has agreed to be an “anchor” tenant on a privately funded wi-fi network leveraging city infrastructure (like light poles). The provider will be able to provide wi-fi [...]

After my trip to Mongolia the other year I became increasing interested in low cost ways to provide Internet access in remote places at low costs.
Check out this article and video:
Ndiyo! – CIC – starting a revolution in Internet access