Comments on: The Girl Effect http://sp1ral.com/2010/01/the-girl-effect/ Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: a.avrashow http://sp1ral.com/2010/01/the-girl-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-1029 a.avrashow Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:33:49 +0000 http://sp1ral.com/?p=117#comment-1029 Bought Kristof/WuDunn's book Half the Sky. Best way to effect change in a developing world society (e.g. Afghanistan) is to allow girls to go to school. Girls and the teachers are brave and risk death but I believe this brings better conditions than using a fleet of bombers. Resistance from traditional fundamentalists is overwhelming, but would melt away as time goes on and they see their society hasn't disintegrated. They'll get used to it and enjoy the contribution women make to any society. I plan to be at the Seattle Developers/Designers meeting in Feb. We are generally Silverlight and Flash centric. I'm documenting a Silverlight Media Player (smf.codeplex.com) that will have Accessibility for next version. Hope to learn more about accessible video stds and practices. Bought Kristof/WuDunn’s book Half the Sky. Best way to effect change in a developing world society (e.g. Afghanistan) is to allow girls to go to school. Girls and the teachers are brave and risk death but I believe this brings better conditions than using a fleet of bombers. Resistance from traditional fundamentalists is overwhelming, but would melt away as time goes on and they see their society hasn’t disintegrated. They’ll get used to it and enjoy the contribution women make to any society.

I plan to be at the Seattle Developers/Designers meeting in Feb. We are generally Silverlight and Flash centric. I’m documenting a Silverlight Media Player (smf.codeplex.com) that will have Accessibility for next version. Hope to learn more about accessible video stds and practices.

]]> By: olivier http://sp1ral.com/2010/01/the-girl-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-997 olivier Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:26:14 +0000 http://sp1ral.com/?p=117#comment-997 (oh, and there was a <sarcasm> ... </sarcasm> around "this white male approves" in the original comment ;), but the system swallowed it.) (oh, and there was a <sarcasm> … </sarcasm> around “this white male approves” in the original comment ;) , but the system swallowed it.)

]]> By: olivier http://sp1ral.com/2010/01/the-girl-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-996 olivier Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:24:56 +0000 http://sp1ral.com/?p=117#comment-996 Hey Wendy, thanks for the transcript. I remember watching the video a while back and being very impressed by it - especially in the light of studies that seem to show how microloans to women are orders of magnitude more likely to benefit communities in the developing world. this white male approves. On a side note, you may want to s/heard/herd/ in the 14th paragraph. Hey Wendy, thanks for the transcript. I remember watching the video a while back and being very impressed by it – especially in the light of studies that seem to show how microloans to women are orders of magnitude more likely to benefit communities in the developing world. this white male approves.

On a side note, you may want to s/heard/herd/ in the 14th paragraph.

]]> By: Twitter Trackbacks for The Girl Effect at Wendy Chisholm [sp1ral.com] on Topsy.com http://sp1ral.com/2010/01/the-girl-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-995 Twitter Trackbacks for The Girl Effect at Wendy Chisholm [sp1ral.com] on Topsy.com Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:18:27 +0000 http://sp1ral.com/?p=117#comment-995 [...] The Girl Effect at Wendy Chisholm sp1ral.com/2010/01/the-girl-effect – view page – cached I was so moved by The Girl Effect (video). I wish everyone would watch it. Here’s a transcript for those unable to view it. Note there is no speech during the video only music. The following words display briefly on the screen one or a few at a time. Where the words interact to create an effect, I’ve attempted to describe the animation to convey the message. Enjoy. [...] [...] The Girl Effect at Wendy Chisholm sp1ral.com/2010/01/the-girl-effect – view page – cached I was so moved by The Girl Effect (video). I wish everyone would watch it. Here’s a transcript for those unable to view it. Note there is no speech during the video only music. The following words display briefly on the screen one or a few at a time. Where the words interact to create an effect, I’ve attempted to describe the animation to convey the message. Enjoy. [...]

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