So I'm reminded of my first handheld computer, and beaming between friends, my contact information, like a business card, and sharing applications/ activities by beaming them to someone in the proximity by IR.
So fast forward to the WiFi age, and several friends within a classroom or after school program/ activity, or passing notes in class ;-/ Not everyone in the proximity is the intended audience for the note or information so some security might be in order (lest the teach get the note), just as not every acquaintance is a friend, but given more and more contact (connection counts?) and less arguing leading to ombuds/ sent to the principal's office, or whatever. Also to beam to mother ship OLPC/SugarLabs/ Donors/ Remote Family/ Global Village to put on the Refrigerator art work and other creations by kids. I realize not all cultures focus around the refrigerator (nor that all cultures center their home life around the metal box that eats electricity, makes noise, leaks freon, etc) but by analogy here... Sending things up Beam Me Up Scotty (little green machine, I have had red hair, on the playground, so cut me a little slack ;-/ ) to a public gallery space of kids creations with the XOs or about the XOs/ Sugar Software and Activites for the community and kids to be proud of their creations, kind of grandparent like, but hopefully you get the idear.... Just an idear. Not a software program, nor even a design doc, but baby steps and floating it to the community while you are probably off on other issues... -- DancesWithCars leave the wolves behind ;-) _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel