By sleepjunky, on May 30th, 2010
Connect.
I wandered off the grid to meet up with the others who were brave enough to suffer the ungodly heat for the KDC ‘Happier Hour’ at Keegan Ales last Wednesday. (For future knowledge — Keegan Ales has air conditioning…)
What I enjoy the most about these events is the variety of talented local yokels that it brings [...]
By Kingston Digital Corridor, on March 27th, 2010
Today Kingston Digital Corridor, in partnership with Ulster County and multiple other organizations, applied for Google Fiber for Communities.
Google is planning to build, and test ultra-high speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the country. They’ll deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access [...]
By Arthur Zaczkiewicz, on April 21st, 2009
KingstonDigitalCorridor.org is supportive of initiatives that “bridge the digital divide,” and one such bridge here in humble Kingston is the Hudson Valley Tech Scouts project.
What’s a “tech scout” you say? Well, they’re student teams that work with area businesses and others to develop computer-related and “workforce preparation” skills. According to the project’s website, tech scouts “work [...]
By Arthur Zaczkiewicz, on April 11th, 2009
Here at KingstonDigitalCorridor.org, we’re firm believers in getting people together to create a better Kingston, which is why we support the “Kingston Together: A Vision of Our City” project. We also really like the student video that was made. Gives an accurate taste of Kingston as it is now. Check out the website and video, here.
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By Mark Greene, on March 25th, 2009
As KingstonDigitalCorridor.org moves forward with its efforts to market the city’s growing tech-entrepreneur community, the KDC is also developing plans to help bridge the “digital divide”. We want to insure that Kingston’s citizens have opportunities to learn digital tech skills such as video editing, thereby transforming their employment opportunities for the better.
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By Arthur Zaczkiewicz, on March 3rd, 2009
The work of Ev Mann, founder of the Center for Creative Education here in Kingston, gets us thinking here at KignstonDigitalCorridor.org how efforts to merge art and science while instilling practical digital technology skills can help a young adult jump from making $7 an hour to over $25. Mann and others are gearing up to renovate [...]
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