Communicating in a networked world
Today was the anniversary celebration for the Tibetan Children's Villages - founded 46 years ago, at the request of His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, to take care of Tibetan refugee children coming over the mountains to India, following China's … [Continue reading]
Of course I'm exaggerating! We did not trek the entire Himalayas - only the foothills near McLeod Ganj to see a few antennas. In fact it was quite civilized except for the appearance of rain showers and a few lightning strikes during the afternoon. … [Continue reading]
I chose to ignore the call for "staff" to appear at 6:30am to begin set-up and from now on considered myself only a "guest" at this event. Even though in my way I've been doing everything I could to help since arriving here. By 7:15 am I left the … [Continue reading]
Many of my readers will be familiar with this - but I wanted to mention it for those to whom it's new. McLeod Ganj (in upper Dharamsala) is an area where the old and the new meet. Tibetan refugees make up the bulk of the population in this small … [Continue reading]
So I was at the registration booth on Temple Road, kind of squatting down holding my computer on my lap, and fully connected to the "mesh" network so I could pick up email and then create an up-to-date registration list, and felt someone tapping my … [Continue reading]