SJ tells me that some of the DC Learning club folks might be able to go there to demo and talk. Are any of them on these lists ? Perhaps someone could forward to them ?
thanks Arjun On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Arjun Sarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris > > I totally agree with you. Sorry I misunderstood your email to think > that you might be able to attend one of these. > Even if no one 'officially' from OLPC might be able to present there, > any OLPC project Health volunteers who can present there on behalf of > OLPC Health would be more than welcome. > > SJ: thoughts ? > > best regards > Arjun > > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Chris Leonard > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > arjs, > > > > Unfortunately, I'm not likely to be able to attend, but having found these, > > I did think that OLPC (SJ et. al.) should consider an "official presence". > > I also thought that some of the participants on some of the lists might > find > > them sufficiently interesting to consider attending on their own, and so I > > pinged a note to SJ and a few lists at about the same time. > > > > Didn't mean to create an echo, but I do think that these present very > > interesting opportunities to promote XO as platform/channel and possibly to > > recruit like-minded developers to port/adapt their projects. > > > > cjl > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:54 PM, Arjun Sarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > SJ > > > Chris also recently posted about such related events on the Health > > > mailing list, and I believe he might be going to one/some of them... > > > > > > best > > > Arjun > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > From: Chris Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:54 PM > > > Subject: [Health] Serious Gaming conferences (not what you think) > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > I just came across these interesting conferences. > > > > > > Games for Health Fourth Annual Conference 2008 > > > May 8-9, 2008, Baltimore MD > > > (yes I know it's crazy short notice, but I just came across it) > > > > > > http://www.gamesforhealth.org/index3.html > > > > > > and > > > > > > Games for Change > > > 2008 Fifth Annual Games for Change Festival > > > Parsons the New School for Design in NYC > > > > > > June 3 > > > http://www.gamesforchange.org/conference/2008/index.php > > > > > > and/or pre-festival workshop, June 2 > > > http://www.gamesforchange.org/conference/2008/101.php > > > > > > > > > An OLPC presence at one or both of the conferences below looks like > > > too good an opportunity to pass up for meeting/recruiting other game > > > developers with compatible goals and for showing off the XO as a > > > really cool platform that they should consider porting. I posted the > > > info for "Games for Change" to etoys, devel and games lists. It's > > > still within a reasonable timeframe to organize an "official OLPC" > > > presence for that one and SJ has expressed some interest in that idea. > > > > > > It's less realistic to expect that anyone will be going to Games for > > > Health, but I passed notice along to OLPC Learning Club DC, just in > > > case. In any event, the list of presenters makes for some excellent > > > leads on identifying potential developers/projects with similar goals. > > > > > > There is a certain sad irony in the fact that a number of the games in > > > development seem to be about getting over-nourished kids to put down > > > the game controller and get active when malnutrition is such a great > > > concern for the developing world. That's not to say that a little > > > economic development won't bring all of the ills of the first world to > > > others in time or that exercise messaging isn't suitable in any > > > environment, but I think those particular materials would need > > > substantial reworking for use by OLPC. To a great extent OLPC > > > represents the first time there will be a channel/platform for > > > reaching the developing world with such games, so it's perfectly > > > pragmatic that there has been little work there to date. I very much > > > want to think that some introduction to OLPC's efforts would bring the > > > passion of these folks for electronic health message delivery to bear > > > on a wider world audience. > > > > > > cjl > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Health mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/health > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 2:00 AM, Samuel Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks for the update, Ixo! There's a Games for Health event in > > Baltimore > > > > May 8-9. Did you meet any people there who might like to go? > > > > > > > > http://www.gamesforhealth.org/index3.html > > > > > > > > SJ > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Alan Claver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 4/28/08 3:57 PM, "Ixo X oxI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > lol. :) > > > > > > > > > > Oh, sorry, you're the sorry looking one.. 8-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > support-gang mailing list > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Library mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/library > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Arjun Sarwal > > > Intern, One Laptop per Child > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > IRC: arjs on irc.freenode.net in #olpc, #olpc-health, #sugar > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Arjun Sarwal > Intern, One Laptop per Child > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > IRC: arjs on irc.freenode.net in #olpc, #olpc-health, #sugar > -- Arjun Sarwal Intern, One Laptop per Child Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: arjs on irc.freenode.net in #olpc, #olpc-health, #sugar _______________________________________________ Library mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/library
