Here's a BBC article and associated slashdot discussion. http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7140443.stm
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/13/0415245&from=rss There've been a number of articles on the popular as well as tech press, each with a different slant (usually positive or negative, but rarely anything in-between). This piece from BBC is very positive. The OLPC project has become very politically charged. Many of the discussions and articles dwell not so much on the technology, but the principle involved. Questions for this group: 1. Has anyone here had a chance to play with the OLPC for any extended period? What do you think of the tech entirely from an interaction design perspective? 2. What do you feel about well-meaning scientists and technologists in 'advanced societies' developing artifacts for the 'less privileged members' of 'third world societies'? One, of course, is the principle behind it. The second, perhaps more important from a design perspective is: is it possible for someone immersed in one social milieu to develop meaningful designs that could have significant social impacts for an entirely different social milieu? (I know that designers do, but is it a good thing?) On the one hand, it is nice to have fresh eyes look at a situation. On the other hand, one needs to be careful while messing around with culture. Thanks. Murli -- murli | www.murli.com | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +91 99 02 69 69 20 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
