I'm pretty convinced that Sugar is still at the start of a long road so I hope you stay with us because the best is still to come and you have been a fundamental part of what Sugar is today.
Best wishes, Tomeu On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 18:47, Eben Eliason <[email protected]> wrote: > Good afternoon to all, > > Tomorrow marks my last day as an OLPC employee. > > My experience here has been incredible, and I'm extremely grateful for > having had the opportunity to work on such an ambitious project, which > will no doubt have a profound affect on the lives of children > worldwide, and on education in general. It's also been a pleasure > working will all of you—some of the brightest and also some of the > most generous folks I've met. I sincerely hope that we'll remain in > touch. > > To those at Sugarlabs, I wish to indicate my intent to remain involved > in the project to the extent possible in the months and years to come. > I believe strongly in the value of what we've been trying to > accomplish, and hope to see (and help) it reach the potential we all > know it has. We've done much, but there's a long way to go. I'll do > the best I can to remain active in the lists and IRC channels, and to > be responsive to needs of the community with regard to future design > work. I also plan to continue the bi-weekly design call (though it > will need to be rescheduled) in order to remain in touch moving > forward. > > To those who remain at OLPC, thank you for being part of a fantastic > and dedicated team, of which I'm proud to have been a member. I wish > all of you the best in whatever lies ahead there. I also know that > many of you have shared in enthusiasm for Sugar, and many have great > ideas that would be greatly missed if forgotten. I hope that, despite > OLPC's release of Sugar to the community, those of you continuing with > OLPC can find time to remain in touch with that community and continue > to bring your talent and ideas to the project. > > Finally, to those who will also be leaving OLPC tomorrow, I wish you > all the best in the future, and hope that you, like me, can be as > happy to have been a part of this project. > > - Eben > > > PS. Of course, if anyone has contacts or knows of opportunities in the > design community (interface, interaction, experience, graphic, web, or > otherwise) I'd be more than happy to be given some pointers as I try > to find my next direction. Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
