Re: status of OLPC project
Bernie Innocenti wrote: > [cc += sugar-de...@] > > Victor Lazzarini wrote: >> Thanks. Walter has kindly replied to me already, so it >> looks like sugar labs is my destination. Hope to be able to >> clear up all my marking by the end of next week and by >> then I think will also know where I actually fit into this >> new scheme of things. >> >> I'm happy to be back. > > Thanks a lot for helping! Oops, I didn't notice this was an 3 weeks old thread that had jumped back to the top due to Bastien's recent post. -- // Bernie Innocenti - http://www.codewiz.org/ \X/ Sugar Labs - http://www.sugarlabs.org/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: status of OLPC project
[cc += sugar-de...@] Victor Lazzarini wrote: > Thanks. Walter has kindly replied to me already, so it > looks like sugar labs is my destination. Hope to be able to > clear up all my marking by the end of next week and by > then I think will also know where I actually fit into this > new scheme of things. > > I'm happy to be back. Thanks a lot for helping! -- // Bernie Innocenti - http://www.codewiz.org/ \X/ Sugar Labs - http://www.sugarlabs.org/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: status of OLPC project
"Martin Langhoff" writes: >> just wanted to know who is taking care of what now. > > that's fair enough, but it'll take some time to settle. Maybe post to > de...@l.o and the sugar devel list and hope whomever is looking after > component X to answer? It's now two weeks since that message. Anyone volunteering to build such a who's who at OLPC HQ? Thanks! -- Bastien ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: status of OLPC project
"C. Scott Ananian" writes: > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Bastien wrote: >> Victor Lazzarini writes: >> >>> [...] In other words, it would be useful to get a who's who for the >>> project. >> >> +1 > > Please have some consideration for the recently unemployed. (Sorry if my "+1" sounded a bit rough, that was not my intention.) I hope we can have an exhaustive who's who on the web soon. Every single community I know out there uses the web the make everyone know who does what. I wish the same can be done with OLPC HQ. Regards, -- Bastien ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: status of OLPC project
> just wanted to know who is taking care of what now. that's fair enough, but it'll take some time to settle. Maybe post to de...@l.o and the sugar devel list and hope whomever is looking after component X to answer? cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: status of OLPC project
Well, I am sorry I did not know the situation, so that is why I asked. However, I did not ask about who was laid off, but just wanted to know who is taking care of what now. At some point, this will need to be divulged, I expect? Victor - Original Message - From: "C. Scott Ananian" To: "Bastien" Cc: Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 6:10 PM Subject: Re: status of OLPC project > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Bastien > wrote: >> Victor Lazzarini writes: >> >>> [...] In other words, it would be useful to get a who's who for the >>> project. >> >> +1 > > Please have some consideration for the recently unemployed. Not > everyone wants this fact announced to the world, and Ed would > certainly be out of place as manager if he were to do so preemptively. > I don't know, but there may even be contractors or others who OLPC > management has not been able to get in touch with, who don't yet know > their job status. Please be patient. > > I expect those who are comfortable announcing their employment status > will do so, here or in some other appropriate venue. > --scott > > -- > ( http://cscott.net/ ) > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: status of OLPC project
Victor & Scott - Sorry - I made a comment about this on an earlier email, but I just realized that that message wasn't sent to the devel list. Scott's quite right. I firmly believe that whenever possible a layoff is handled with a face-to-face conversation with your manager. It isn't fun for either party, but you don't duck that job. Because of travel and other schedules, some folks didn't have those conversations until yesterday afternoon and I actually didn't have my very last one until this morning. No one wants to learn they've lost their job through a public mailing list. And in addition, some people would like the opportunity to communicate the news to their friends, family, and colleagues on their own terms rather than having me announce it for them. This week the people being laid off are my #1 priority, and I need to spend the time to make sure everyone else at OLPC does whatever we can to help. Next week I can help communicate things more broadly to the wider world. - Ed On Jan 9, 2009, at 1:10 PM, C. Scott Ananian wrote: > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Bastien > wrote: >> Victor Lazzarini writes: >> >>> [...] In other words, it would be useful to get a who's who for the >>> project. >> >> +1 > > Please have some consideration for the recently unemployed. Not > everyone wants this fact announced to the world, and Ed would > certainly be out of place as manager if he were to do so preemptively. > I don't know, but there may even be contractors or others who OLPC > management has not been able to get in touch with, who don't yet know > their job status. Please be patient. > > I expect those who are comfortable announcing their employment status > will do so, here or in some other appropriate venue. > --scott > > -- > ( http://cscott.net/ ) > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: status of OLPC project
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Bastien wrote: > Victor Lazzarini writes: > >> [...] In other words, it would be useful to get a who's who for the >> project. > > +1 Please have some consideration for the recently unemployed. Not everyone wants this fact announced to the world, and Ed would certainly be out of place as manager if he were to do so preemptively. I don't know, but there may even be contractors or others who OLPC management has not been able to get in touch with, who don't yet know their job status. Please be patient. I expect those who are comfortable announcing their employment status will do so, here or in some other appropriate venue. --scott -- ( http://cscott.net/ ) ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: status of OLPC project
Victor Lazzarini writes: > [...] In other words, it would be useful to get a who's who for the > project. +1 -- Bastien ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: status of OLPC project
Victor - Thanks! I agree with Ben that connecting with the Sugar Labs community is the right start and an excellent focus. If you do need to have XO-specific conversations as well, I would be happy to be the contact person to do that. - Ed On Jan 9, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Victor Lazzarini wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I have not been able to work on anything new for OLPC for the past >> four months, >> given my heavy teaching schedule. However, now I am just about to >> go on >> research leave and one of my goals was to do some work on the music/ >> sound >> side of things for the XO. So I am now wondering whether 1) there is >> any work to >> do, and 2) who to liaise at OLPC, since things seem to have changed >> dramatically, >> particularly with Jim Gettys leaving. In other words, it would be >> useful to >> get a who's who for the project. Also, what bits are going to be >> moved out to >> sugarlabs (so I wonder if they are the ones to work for now, as far >> as audio >> development is concerned). > > 1) There is lots of work to do. There are 500,000 XO users and > rising, > virtually all of whom run Sugar. They need and want updates and new > functionality for learning. They don't care about where this > happens in > some corporate shell game. Sugar Labs is also expanding Sugar onto > non-XO > computers. We are growing. > > 2) I can't help with this. > > Regarding with whom to work: I would definitely place audio > development > under the Sugar Labs umbrella, unless the work in question is somehow > specific to the XO hardware. For you, working on music, I think the > place > to be is Sugar Labs. The people to talk to are Walter, Tomeu, and > anyone > else on the sugar mailing list, which is now sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > > I'm excited to have you back in the project. > > - --Ben > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAklnZRsACgkQUJT6e6HFtqSldgCdFi308zS0WFozkwcVEAUMYYxY > uzoAoJ8EcF6SZQnBDMpgc4+VL9Ig2OtZ > =lnvp > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: status of OLPC project
Thanks. Walter has kindly replied to me already, so it looks like sugar labs is my destination. Hope to be able to clear up all my marking by the end of next week and by then I think will also know where I actually fit into this new scheme of things. I'm happy to be back. Regards Victor At 14:54 09/01/2009, Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >Victor Lazzarini wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I have not been able to work on anything new for OLPC for the > past four months, > > given my heavy teaching schedule. However, now I am just about to go on > > research leave and one of my goals was to do some work on the music/sound > > side of things for the XO. So I am now wondering whether 1) there is > > any work to > > do, and 2) who to liaise at OLPC, since things seem to have changed > > dramatically, > > particularly with Jim Gettys leaving. In other words, it would be useful to > > get a who's who for the project. Also, what bits are going to be > moved out to > > sugarlabs (so I wonder if they are the ones to work for now, as > far as audio > > development is concerned). > >1) There is lots of work to do. There are 500,000 XO users and rising, >virtually all of whom run Sugar. They need and want updates and new >functionality for learning. They don't care about where this happens in >some corporate shell game. Sugar Labs is also expanding Sugar onto non-XO >computers. We are growing. > >2) I can't help with this. > >Regarding with whom to work: I would definitely place audio development >under the Sugar Labs umbrella, unless the work in question is somehow >specific to the XO hardware. For you, working on music, I think the place >to be is Sugar Labs. The people to talk to are Walter, Tomeu, and anyone >else on the sugar mailing list, which is now sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > >I'm excited to have you back in the project. > >- --Ben >-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- >Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) > >iEYEARECAAYFAklnZRsACgkQUJT6e6HFtqSldgCdFi308zS0WFozkwcVEAUMYYxY >uzoAoJ8EcF6SZQnBDMpgc4+VL9Ig2OtZ >=lnvp >-END PGP SIGNATURE- Victor Lazzarini Music Technology Laboratory Music Department National University of Ireland, Maynooth ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: status of OLPC project
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Victor Lazzarini wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have not been able to work on anything new for OLPC for the past four > months, > given my heavy teaching schedule. However, now I am just about to go on > research leave and one of my goals was to do some work on the music/sound > side of things for the XO. So I am now wondering whether 1) there is > any work to > do, and 2) who to liaise at OLPC, since things seem to have changed > dramatically, > particularly with Jim Gettys leaving. In other words, it would be useful to > get a who's who for the project. Also, what bits are going to be moved out to > sugarlabs (so I wonder if they are the ones to work for now, as far as audio > development is concerned). 1) There is lots of work to do. There are 500,000 XO users and rising, virtually all of whom run Sugar. They need and want updates and new functionality for learning. They don't care about where this happens in some corporate shell game. Sugar Labs is also expanding Sugar onto non-XO computers. We are growing. 2) I can't help with this. Regarding with whom to work: I would definitely place audio development under the Sugar Labs umbrella, unless the work in question is somehow specific to the XO hardware. For you, working on music, I think the place to be is Sugar Labs. The people to talk to are Walter, Tomeu, and anyone else on the sugar mailing list, which is now sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org I'm excited to have you back in the project. - --Ben -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAklnZRsACgkQUJT6e6HFtqSldgCdFi308zS0WFozkwcVEAUMYYxY uzoAoJ8EcF6SZQnBDMpgc4+VL9Ig2OtZ =lnvp -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
status of OLPC project
Hi everyone, I have not been able to work on anything new for OLPC for the past four months, given my heavy teaching schedule. However, now I am just about to go on research leave and one of my goals was to do some work on the music/sound side of things for the XO. So I am now wondering whether 1) there is any work to do, and 2) who to liaise at OLPC, since things seem to have changed dramatically, particularly with Jim Gettys leaving. In other words, it would be useful to get a who's who for the project. Also, what bits are going to be moved out to sugarlabs (so I wonder if they are the ones to work for now, as far as audio development is concerned). I am very sorry for all those leaving and wish all the best for their future. Thanks Victor Lazzarini Music Technology Laboratory Music Department National University of Ireland, Maynooth ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
