AudioActivism’s Brian Russell has taken the best practical step to advancing work on the “digital divide” I’ve seen in awhile.

What has one of our great local technology activists done?

Created Chapel Hill Wireless, a site whose goals are:

…to help you find good wireless access points (aka WiFi) in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, North Carolina.

…to promote the creation of more public wireless hotspots in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. (Carrboro seems to have a head start. )

By the way, Jason Baker, another 2005 Council candidate and technology advocate, took a practical step in community outreach by creating OrangePedia.org several months ago.

OrangePedia, a wiki collecting and collating information on Orange County, is still growing and the idea is catching on.