Word: networked
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Pfizer's Discovery Technology Center at 620 Memorial Dr. near the Boston University Bridge, Harvard students joined student protesters from Boston University and MIT as well as members of Boston's Global Action Network (BGAN...
Smigel's clearly on a roll, whether or not the nation is ready for a necrophiliac lobster or a dog that chases its tail endlessly, shouting, "I'll rule you, wagging bastard!" But Smigel's decision to do TV Funhouse for Comedy Central, a network whose antic sensibility dovetails nicely with his own, at least gives the show a fighting chance. "We did Dana Carvey on ABC right after they were bought by Disney," he recalls. "It never had a shot. Now, if I was doing this on NBC, the budget would be a few hundred grand more...
Smart Picture Frame KODAK/STORYBOX NETWORK, $349 This digital picture frame and a subscription to the StoryBox Network (six months free with purchase) lets you get news and entertainment and swap family photos--all without a computer...
Meditate on this as well: when Alexander's class of 15--including welfare moms and borderline homeless people--graduates this December after 10 months of intensive night classes, they will be certified network technicians, the indispensable plumbers of the New Economy, capable of commanding a salary between $40,000 and $70,000 a year. Not a bad return on the $90,000 the city of San Jose has invested in the program--and a promising source of qualified workers for Internet giant Cisco, which provides the coursework and the hardware...
Hundreds of similar Network Academies, operating in at-risk, inner-city high schools around the country will have graduated 25,000 technicians by the end of 2000. This is the first in a homeless shelter, but almost certainly not the last. "I've got a million calls," says Amy Estes, program manager at the shelter. "People are motivated by the money, but they also want to prove to the world they can do this...