May 2008

Vacation!

Submitted by Jon on Fri, 05/23/2008 - 20:46

Jon is on vacation this week on the west coast, so don't expect any insight (or email responses!)

Ultraportable Ubuntu?

Submitted by Jon on Thu, 05/22/2008 - 16:59

Would you like an Ubuntu to go?A recent The Guardian interview with Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth reveals this gem:
TG: Will you be coming out with a tailored version of Ubuntu for the ultraportable sector?

MS We're announcing it in the first week of June. It's called the Netbook Remix. We're working with Intel, which produces chips custom-made for this sector.

Project HA-T1093

Submitted by Jon on Thu, 05/22/2008 - 06:53

No, it's not some early George Lucas film, it's the IADB project title for the "Pilot of the One Laptop per Child Model" in Haiti that Wayan gave a great overview of at OLPCNews.com:

MS on XO: It's so bad you have to laugh

Submitted by Jon on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 10:49

Check out this video of James Utzschneider from Microsoft's Unlimited Potential team walking us through Windows XP on the OLPC XO (Video via OLPCNews.com

http://mediadl.microsoft.com/MediaDL/WWW/U/unlimitedpotential/WindowsXP_...

OLPC Now Microsoft-only

Submitted by Jon on Thu, 05/15/2008 - 22:46

I hope it goes just as well as the Intel partnership. What a disaster. OLPCNews and the NYTimes have more information on the story.

Pots, kettles and OLPC fanaticism

Submitted by Jon on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 10:30

Like most in the OLPC community, Ivan Krstić's discussion on the OLPC yesterday left me (almost) speechless, and even Wayan at OLPCNews left it mostly as a repost of Ivan's essay, and slashdot is, well, talking about Australian government issues it seems.

Good will sharing

Submitted by Jon on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 09:30

I read BoingBoing - it provides a steady stream of new and interesting things around the net, and the occasional IT policy tidbit. Lots of people read boingboing as well, giving it a power not unlike the slashdot effect - the ability to direct massive amounts of traffic at a site, taking it down in many cases with the onslaught.

Scott McNealy video from CGD

Submitted by Jon on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 12:52

Unfortunately; this clip seems to focus tightly on his IP statements; leaving out some of his more relevant popoints on "sharing" - centric resource creation and open standards.

Notes from Open Source, Open Education and Eco-friendly: Can Sharing Improve Policy?

Submitted by Jon on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 13:26

Scott McNealy from Sun was hosted by the Center for Global Development to talk about how ideas of openness and sharing work in business and how they can help improve public policy and international development; with a panel discussion.

Apologies for typos; I was taking notes on my OLPC.

Introductions: Lawrence McDonald Director of Communications and Policy; CGD

key cgd ideas; rich world influence dev world beyond foreign assistance; investment, trade and technology (private sector interactions in dev world)
cgd as pro-innovation thinktank ; tech but not bleeding edge