The OLPC’s Stone Soup
Birmingham, Alabama has had possibly the first of many rude awakenings worldwide as they realize that the XOs don't come with an Internet connection included...
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MS offers to buy Yahoo?
Engadget is reporting that Microsoft has posted a formal offer to buy Yahoo (and by proxy, flickr, del.icio.us, and steer the development of Flock (...into t...
Rubber, meet Road…
The original goal for the G1G1 project was hoped to be around 40 million dollars, making for almost 200,000 "get one" laptops -- and they set that goal well;...
OLPC Learning Club DC: Tonight!
Provided I can sneak out of work early enough to hit the gym and make it over; I'll be at Greater DC Cares tonight as they host an OLPC Learning Club event, ...
OLPC in the US
OLPC will now also be available to US schools:
OECD on Web 2.0 and Copyright
You normally don't expect such staid bodies as the OECD to go and start talking about Web 2.0 and user-created content (or "UCC" in their terminology), but t...
Social Technology is also Social (in real life)
Wired is running a story on how social networking technologies support, rather than diminish real-life networks of people:
Inside the XO-1 Laptop with Bunnie Studios
Bunnie Studios (e.g. Andrew Shane Huang), who just finished his Ph.D at MIT's Project Ares group, has published an insightful review of the hardware design o...
More on Intel and OLPC
Even NextBillion.net has weighed in on the Intel/OLPC divorce and included the full interview with Negroponte, even as Slashdot dredges up last year's "scand...
A Review of One-to-One Laptop Programs in the USA
Being the geek that I am, I got a copy of Mark Warschauer's latest book, Laptops and Literacy, having been a huge fan of his insightful commentary on the "di...
News Update: Competitors have a hard time partnering
The GeekCulture comic mashes up the OLPC/Intel spat with the well-worn, "heartfelt" Chris Crocker - LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE! video that made the rounds a few mon...
OLPC Give One Get One: A Learning Experience?
Over at OLPCNews, Wayan's written a wrap-up of the Give one, Get one (G1G1) program by the OLPC Foundation to date, and its successes and shortcomings. Here...
Computer Choices FAQ
People often ask me, as a technology geek, what kind of computer they should get, so I'm putting this post together as a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) to ...
Web 2.0 ‘08
A few predictions for what we'll see online in 2008:
Other Web 2.0 resources
A recent thread of emails over on the 501 Tech Club DC email list brought more Web 2.0 resources to light. So in the spirit of sharing: NetworkForGood has a...