The district of DC is dvided in terms of it’s access to broadband services. Some areas are at 97% connectivity while others are barely at 30% Those divisions exist even in the world of bits and bytes, unfortunately, with access to broadband services reaching 97 percent in Ward 3 while barely hitting the 40 percent mark in some communities east of the Anacostia River. That is about the change. The mayor recently announced a citywide [...]

My response to the following article on Entrepreneur.com “Creating an Ecosystem for Minority Entrepreneurs”

If you have always wanted the chance to audit classes from the top schools in the country. Now is your chance. Several top schools have offered classes for anyone to view free online. This is just another example of all the things at our disposal online. Share this with a friend tonight so that we can continue to close the divide. See more here. http://mashable.com/2011/11/11/free-online-education/

Everyday i read more tweets, articles and posts from people speaking out against the AT&T /T-mobile claiming higher prices and other constraints to competition but at the same time i see Sprint get the Iphone4s and be in a position to compete with any other carrier. But as these small wins are won on either side i feel like there is one area that is being neglected, Rural America. They don’t represent Big gains for [...]

U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn believes that any plan to attack the debt and deficits will  not work unless it includes ways to create jobs. And while the points of his message were worth hearing as always  but it was the method he used that really caught my eye. On Thursday he conducted a Virtual town hall on the site Politic365.com where he addressed  topics such as broadband access, job creation, the Bush tax cuts [...]

In Western Mass a program called MassBroadband 123 is launching with the goals of delivering high speed Broadband to 120 cities and towns and help to ed the states geographical digital divide. The pubic-private project will not only provide many people (largely in rural areas) with the access of broadband they deserve. It will also provide work for hundreds of people. My hope is that more states will follow suit. You can read more about [...]

According to TechCrunch’s Mike Harrington, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has called for immigration reform that favors creating greater opportunities for immigrants because of their job creating potential here in the United States. Harrington reports: The Mayor proposed green cards for graduates with advanced degrees in essential fields; a new visa for entrepreneurs with investors ready to invest capital in their job-creating idea; more temporary and permanent visas for highly skilled workers…The Mayor also announced [...]

TechCrunch recently reported that Facebook accounts for 38% of all sharing online. The article, which summarized results from a ShareThis study quantifying how we share information online, confirmed what many of us have known for a while – social networking has irrevocably changed the way we interact with information and each other.  While raw data is impressive, the implications of how we share information are even more profound.  There are a couple of interesting points [...]

There are alot of people that will tell you that the digital divide is over. That everyone has access to broadband and wireless and the playing field is equal.  I can tell you and show you data from multiple sources to prove that is not the case. Minorities have adopted and have access to the internet at much lower levels than our mainstream counterparts. As internet and wireless technology become bigger parts of mainstream society [...]