Archive for the ‘OLPC’ Category
Monday, December 31st, 2007
Unless they extend it again, this is the last day to get your own One Laptop Per Child laptop (by paying for two). I have enjoyed mine more the more I've used them -- I got one with Paypal and the other by ordering over the phone (credit card). ...
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
Thinking about these two machines again, there are a few observations I can make even though I didn't actually drive an ASUS Eee myself.
Learning and Discovery: That's what the XO is all about, and it shows, for good or ill. The ASUS Eee seemed more of a scaled-down ...
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
... even if the XO mesh/wi-fi wasn't. At the peak of the get-together, there were 25-30 people talking with each other and looking at all the different laptops, tablets, e-book readers (and one step-powered portable emergency power generator). OLPC News write-up, pictures, and links to many more pictures will give you the ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
I'm going to the One Laptop Per Child meetup in DC tomorrow night (6 pm). They'll have 3 or 4 XOs there (formerly known as 100-dollar laptops), demonstrating the mesh networking and other delights. Mike Lee is also bringing an ASUS Eee PC for comparison. They're encouraging ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Woke up early yesterday to order an XO through the OLPC Give One, Get One program. For why, see my One Laptop Per ... Christmas? entry. Bonus: now one gets a year's free T-Mobile WiFi subscription along with one's XO! The previous mail from laptopgiving.org had specified ...
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Regarding my One Laptop Per Child entry, I know some folks are skeptical about the value of this project. I don't mind skeptics. Healthy skepticism is useful. I do wish the naysayers who seem to imagine OLPC is going to pitchfork laptops at people would go and read up on ...
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
I've been following the development of One Laptop Per Child with interest, even before I saw one up close in April. I like their Learning Vision, their open source approach to the hardware, software and content (freedom to tinker), and the hardware features (designed to be durable and useful ...
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