The OLPC / OSS Dream
The always-amusing XKCD webcomic illustrates the secret dream on the OLPC project in encouraging children to learn and, in doing so, learn programming:
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Zero to Fame in Three Hours
Today, Twitter launched one person from their normal Internet life to getting news on the California-regional LAist and valleywag blogs, CNet, a top-rated d...
The world’s (new) cheapest laptop (for today)
Following fast on the heels of the CherryPal low-cost computer is the Impulse, advertised at $130 for each laptop (but you have to buy 100 at a time). It ha...
Slashdotted
I seem to be up at Slashdot.org again with the OLPC; this time with my OLPCNews piece combing through the video of Windows on the OLPC (also published on Jon...
OLPC GrassCon
Watching the GrassCon Watch live video from GrassCon Channel on Justin.tv
mBanking: Fears and Promises
This morning's Technology Salon covered the legal hurdles facing mBanking - using your cell phone to interact with your bank account - in developing world sc...
OLPCs with CellModems
Someone's stealing my best ideas Wayan found a gem in the Times of India article on OLPC and World Bank funding:
OLPC joyride no so joyful (or, what Jon did all day Sunday)
So, this weekend I thought it'd be a great time to upgrade to the latest joyride builds, which are rumored to have solved the earlier record problems, and ho...
Many Paths Leading to the “Base of the Pyramid”
BoP Spending (on Flickr by Merkur*) (on Flickr by Merkur*)NextBillion, which spends most of its time praising social entrepreneurship, comments on Michae...
eBay Market Data
In thinking about eBay in my post on tricky ways to "Give Many" OLPC XO laptops, I was reminded about something that has bugged me for a very long time about...
Could Many Give Many?
Peer networks of small schools, governments, and any other interested parties banding together to be able to meet the minimum order.
Simple Global Pleasures
You might remember the Youtube video of this guy named Matt who did this silly dance and captured it on video everywhere he went a few years ago? Well.. h...
Technology Transformations for the Base of the Pyramid by Al Hammond
BoP Spending (on Flickr by Merkur*)Last Wednesday, Al Hammond of NextBillion.net fame (who now hangs his hat at Ashoka), presented to the Washington, DC I...
DC XO Chat Server
Join local activities!So, after xochat went into deep hibernation (though it’s back to stay and has its own regional servers), Wayan asked for friends to cha...
Turnabout is fair(-use) play
The Associated Press has been rattling sabers of bloggers quoting (even with credit and links) from AP articles, claiming that any quote longer than 5 words ...