Let's get to work..... I have three (3) OLPC's as I call them...I am 63 years old with NOt an inkling of what you all talk about.
I am taking/donating my three (3) GOGO OLPC's to KYRGYZSTAN this JUNE. They will reside in an elementary school in a farming community in the eastern most corner, up in the mountains betwen Kazakstan and China. I ill only be bringing them. I have no idea what they will be able to do.... There is no internet access up there but there are internet cafes in the town about 2 hours away. And we need a Cyrillic keyboard until they kids/teachers learn some english... which is part of what I hope they will get out of this adventure... I am looking for someone help us get started. I want to put together an OLPC Kit to bring with basics so the kids/teachers can just start them themselves without the internet part. I hope to find someone who lives nearby to be the go-between with the school, the internet, and you folks.... someone who can downoad programs and bring them up and teach them..... I am in New York City. HELP!!!!! OUT THERE... 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Re: [sugar] This project is rolling, so should > OLPC > (Edward Cherlin) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:22:29 -0700 > From: "Edward Cherlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Grassroots-l] [sugar] This project is > rolling, so should > OLPC > To: "Bryan Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: olpc-open <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, OLPC > Developer's List > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nepal > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, sugar > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, grassroots > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Bryan Berry > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Our pilots at Bishwamitra and Bashuki schools > start this Friday and I > > couldn't be more excited. > > I wish I were there. > > > I find this discussion about the future of OLPC > frankly *annoying* and > > tiresome. > > Ivan and Walter found the reality far more annoying > and tiresome than > our account of it is. > > > The future of OLPC isn't at 1CC. It's at pilot > schools around > > the world. It's in the hands of kids. The > software and hardware on the > > XO are at mature point where we can really see > the impact on education. > > Sugar needs a lot of work but it is functional > now, thanks to the heroic > > efforts of many on the Sugar team. > > You are exactly right, and Nicholas and the > naysayers are dead wrong. > I'm looking forward to the time when the kids can > take over most of > the programming, most of the localization, and > pretty much all of the > strategy. > > > The key question about participating in OLPC > shouldn't be what > > Negroponte or Bender are up to, it should be what > Arjun Tamang uses his > > XO for on Monday in Nepal or what Marisol > Gonzalez does w/ it in rural > > Peru. > > Yes, it should be. But Nicholas doesn't see it that > way, and he has > interfered quite severely in getting the work done > here. > > > As Bert says, Onward. There is much work to do. > Debating the future of > > OLPC as an organization does little to advance > OLPC as a global movement > > - which it very much is. > > > > Roll up your sleeves folks, let's make this > happen. > > They won't go any higher. This is a work smarter, > not harder, moment. > If Nicholas is determined to pull resources off > Linux development and > turn them to Windows, disaster looms for OLPC. But > Sugar will be fine, > regardless, because most of the volunteers are > ignoring the kerfuffle > and continuing to code, test, and tweak. I'm still > recruiting > localizers and thinking about the design > possibilities for textbooks > and manuals for use on a ubiquitous hardware and > software platform. > And recruiting artists for one of them that I have > mostly worked out. > > > Edward Cherlin: If OLPC the organization isn't > meeting your needs, start > > your own. We started our own here in Nepal and it > was the best thing we > > could have done. > > That's funny. I thought that's what _I_ said, about > forking Sugar. > Well, I haven't given up on Nicholas yet, so you're > going to have to > either put up with it or filter it. We're not > stopping the argument > until we get answers one way or another. > > Walter is currently thinking about what to create > and how. Mary Lou is > in the middle of Pixel Qi's A funding round with the > venture > capitalists. I don't know what Ivan is doing. But > I'm still here, > trying to get it through Nicholas's skull that _he_ > is the problem > here. Right now he is dangerously close to, "When I > want to hear > _your_ opinion, I'll *tell* it to you." > > Thank you for your support. > > > -- > > Bryan W. Berry > > Systems Engineer > > OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sugar mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar > > > > > > -- > Edward Cherlin > End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children > business > http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ > "The best way to predict the future is to invent > it."--Alan Kay > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Grassroots mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots > > > End of Grassroots Digest, Vol 9, Issue 19 > ***************************************** > Nan A. Canter Phone: (001) 212 666-5494 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.playpumps.org ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. 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