The Next Marlaina: Remembering Technology

Hello to all who read my blog!

As most of you know, I do a show on ACB Radio
http://www.acbradio.org
on Sunday nights in North America. My upcoming show is special to me, for I
am dedicating it to a friend and colleague who was an icon in the industry
of providing adaptive technology solutions for people who are blind.
Russell Smith lost his life this past week in an airplane disaster. He and
his wife were flying back home from a conference to their residence in New
Zealand. As far as I know, the cause of the accident is not known, but
Russell's small plane apparently came apart in mid air.

To celebrate his life, I am hoping listeners both blind and sighted, will
call in and share memories of the technologies they have used from the
earliest things to what they presently use. Please read the announcement
below and if at all possible, please join me this Sunday!

Marlaina Lieberg
Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take
your breath away!

Subject: The Next Marlaina: Remembering Technology

Hello all!

I am delighted to be back and looking very much forward to Sunday night at 9
Eastern 6 Pacific, Monday morning 1 Universal, when we can all get together
again for 2 hours on ACB Radio Mainstream for Marlaina!

As I'm sure you know, blind people throughout the world lost a solid friend
this week with the sudden and tragic death of Russell Smith. I worked with
Russell for 2 years while at HumanWare, and in fact just had a meeting with
him 3 weeks ago in which we discussed some ways in which my company could
collaborate again with HumanWare. I will miss Russell's friendship and his
vision to continue to improve and strengthen the technology used by people
who are blind. This show will be dedicated to Russell in my attempt to
remember him and more importantly, to celebrate his life!

Please join me to talk about your memories of technology--technology can be
the first computer you laid hands on or your first slate and stylus. Don't
be put off by the term technology, it isn't all high tech, some of that low
tech stuff is pretty cool, too. If you knew Russell, share your memories of
him with all of us. He was a heck of a guy, and his loss will be long felt.

So, bring your techy toy talk to Marlaina this week, Sunday August 14 in
North America at 9 PM Eastern, 6 PM Pacific and Monday August 15 at 1
Universal. The number to call as always is 866 666 7926. We'll make every
effort to accommodate our international listeners by being present in the
speak easy chat room located at
www.ourplace.acbradio.org. Only international listeners, please.

See you on Sunday/Monday, and all you need to do is click the link below to
get there.

Thank you so much for your support of my ACB Radio work!

Marlaina Lieberg
http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=8&MMN_position=14:14