[Olpc-open] [Fwd: [Grassroots-l] OLPC meet at San Francisco State University]

2008-01-08 Thread Sameer Verma
/node/445 cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ ___ Grassroots mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Olpc-open] getting used to the journal

2008-02-11 Thread Sameer Verma
such observations. It works really well. I believe it worked for Piaget as well :-) Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ On Feb 11, 2008 1:07 PM

Re: [Olpc-open] jumpy cursor problem and sugar issue

2008-04-27 Thread Sameer Verma
Steve Holton wrote: Do you have a way to accurately measure relative humidity? I saw pretty severe trackpad issues on one of my XO's on a single day and haven't seen a re-occurrence yet. At the time, it looked clearly related to static fields. On the other hand, I have seen (and fixed) a

Re: [Olpc-open] Re dual boot XO: Olpc-open Digest, Vol 23, Issue 18

2008-05-18 Thread Sameer Verma
a constructionist environment for learning) and not Windows or Ubuntu. Whether this will actually happen remains to be seen. In fact, I would be curious to know if Ubuntu boots significantly faster into X than the current Fedora+Sugar stack. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor

[Olpc-open] OLPC-SF June 21 meeting at Google

2008-06-18 Thread Sameer Verma
Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 Who: Sponsored by Weihaw Chuang at Google with help from Drew Hess. http://maps.google.com/?q=37.423156,-122.084917+(Google+Inc.)hl=enie=UTF8ll=37.423514,-122.084928spn=0.009645,0.019484z=16iwloc=addr Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate

Re: [Olpc-open] [Grassroots-l] OLPC-SF June 21 meeting at Google

2008-06-19 Thread Sameer Verma
posted. It would be great to have you at one of our meetings. cheers, Sameer Cheers, Christoph Sameer Verma schrieb: Note: This meeting is for the OLPC-SF group. All are welcome to attend. Also on the web at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/522 What: June 2008 meeting of SF Bay Area

Re: [Olpc-open] [Grassroots-l] Any OLPC enthusiasts in Jamaica?

2008-09-08 Thread Sameer Verma
. I'll kep these lists posted with developments. Sameer -- Timothy Falconer Waveplace Foundation http://waveplace.com 610-797-3100 On Sep 5, 2008, at 11:48 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: Hi, I am currently visiting at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, near Kingston, Jamaica. I

Re: [Olpc-open] [Grassroots-l] G1G1 Pre-installed Activities Request for Help Testing

2008-09-20 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Seth Woodworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are your criteria? Are you ranking things by supportability and size? If so Ruler is a no-brainer. It's 20kb and is unlikely to break easily. On the other hand SimCity is hard to make drastic changes and still be

Re: [Olpc-open] [sugar] [Grassroots-l] G1G1 Pre-installed Activities Request for Help Testing

2008-09-21 Thread Sameer Verma
are for each activity. Feel free to add your own. Score them on a scale of 1 to 10. Each score gets weighted and you'll see totals at the bottom. Sort for the totals in Descending order and skim off the top 10. There you have it. Multi-criteria decision-making made simple. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer

Re: [Olpc-open] [sugar] [Grassroots-l] G1G1 Pre-installed Activities Request for Help Testing

2008-09-21 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 1:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 21, 2008, at 11:12 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Seth Woodworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Walter Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In fact

Re: [Olpc-open] [sugar] [Grassroots-l] G1G1 Pre-installed Activities Request for Help Testing

2008-09-21 Thread Sameer Verma
pulled out a few items that came to me. Ideally, the Sugar team should be making this list. Good definitions of these terms noted in the spreadsheet will reduce ambiguity. Agreed. Like a good data dictionary. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San

Re: [Olpc-open] [sugar] [Grassroots-l] G1G1 Pre-installed Activities Request for Help Testing

2008-09-21 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Walter Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Sameer Verma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 3:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sameer thanks for making the spreadsheet world editable By the way how

Re: [Olpc-open] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

2008-10-04 Thread Sameer Verma
, look-n-feel, etc. If we do merchandise from somebody like Cafepress, we don't have to get into the business of printing, cutting etc. I cannot setup shop at Cafepress because the logos involved aren't my copyright, but if someone from OLPC initiates, I'd be glad to help. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma

[Olpc-open] GentooXO

2008-10-05 Thread Sameer Verma
Had to happen sooner or later. Gentoo for the XO. http://www.gentooxo.org/ Its a Stage 4 build, so don't worry. You won't have to actually compile/build it on your XO ;-) cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San

Re: [Olpc-open] [IAEP] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

2008-10-05 Thread Sameer Verma
The shipment numbers are impressive, and must be highlighted as much as possible. Everyone I've spoken to at first thinks of this as a faltered project, but then they hear the numbers and their eyes light up. Numbers assure that the project is alive and kicking. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D

Re: [Olpc-open] [IAEP] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

2008-10-05 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Nirav Patel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Sameer Verma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This just came to me while sitting in traffic - a stylized bumper sticker: My other XO is in Mongolia (or Rwanda, Haiti, etc. Randomize the stickers

Re: [Olpc-open] GentooXO

2008-10-06 Thread Sameer Verma
today. -- Sameer BTW, I am working on a debian-live cd. So I guess I am none the better :-S Guy On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Sameer Verma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Had to happen sooner or later. Gentoo for the XO. http://www.gentooxo.org/ Its a Stage 4 build, so don't worry. You won't

[Olpc-open] LA area demo...

2008-10-10 Thread Sameer Verma
in November. Let me know on or offlist. [EMAIL PROTECTED] cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu

[Olpc-open] greetings from a mobile XO

2008-11-06 Thread Sameer Verma
late) to the 11th. My no is 9930436675 in case someone wants to meet up. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu

[Olpc-open] photos from Bhagmalpur/India

2008-11-08 Thread Sameer Verma
Uploaded a few photos...http://www.flickr.com/photos/olpc/sets/72157608738164746/ Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu

[Olpc-open] Fwd: Sugar installer for Windows

2008-11-11 Thread Sameer Verma
-- Forwarded message -- From: Wade Brainerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 1:32 AM Subject: Sugar installer for Windows To: OLPC Devel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, I wrote a simple Sugar installer for Windows:

Re: [Olpc-open] November meeting???

2008-11-12 Thread Sameer Verma
Pedersen will present on XO repair center at SF State. Any other items are welcome. Let me know. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/575 Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu

Re: [Olpc-open] G1G1 launch parties!

2008-11-15 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:40 PM, Samuel Klein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hear you. I don't know of anything in LA yet... SF will hopefully have a little something -- Sameer, what do you think? update us after your meeting tomorrow :-) We had our meeting today. Will post slides and photos

Re: [Olpc-open] G1G1 launch parties!

2008-11-15 Thread Sameer Verma
, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Sameer Verma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:40 PM, Samuel Klein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hear you. I don't know of anything in LA yet... SF will hopefully have a little something -- Sameer, what do you think? update us after your meeting tomorrow

[Olpc-open] videos for advocacy

2008-11-18 Thread Sameer Verma
Two new videos for G1G1 advocacy...if you haven't seen them already. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-M77C2ejTwNR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMeX2D4AOjM Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA

Re: [Olpc-open] showing off your XO

2008-11-19 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 6:32 AM, Sameer Verma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many of you plan on showing off your XO in public places? Any ideas? Maybe concerted efforts on showing up at your neighborood cafes, bookstores, libraries, campuses, etc.? I'm putting together a infocard that you can

Re: [Olpc-open] [Grassroots-l] Fwd: [IAEP] Important government demo opportunity

2008-11-24 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 7:43 AM, Seth Woodworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Greg Dekoenigsberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:34 AM Subject: [IAEP] Important government demo opportunity To: iaep [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Olpc-open] OLPC and 10 trillion dollars?

2008-12-04 Thread Sameer Verma
We show up on slide 5... http://www.slideshare.net/wellington_grey/opportunity-cost-of-george-w-bush-and-10-trillion-dollars Sameer ___ Olpc-open mailing list Olpc-open@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open

Re: [Olpc-open] November meeting???

2008-12-06 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Sameer Verma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 9:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is the OLPC-SF November meeting on the schedule? If so when and where? OLPC-SF November meeting is confirmed for Nov 15 at 10 am. We have two

[Olpc-open] any efforts in Bangladesh?

2009-01-12 Thread Sameer Verma
Does anyone know of any OLPC efforts in Bangladesh? Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ ___ Olpc-open

[Olpc-open] Anniversary meet: OLPC-SF Jan 17, 2009 meeting

2009-01-15 Thread Sameer Verma
! cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ ___ Olpc-open mailing list Olpc-open@lists.laptop.org http

[Olpc-open] OLPC-SF December meeting notes...

2009-01-25 Thread Sameer Verma
/ The highlight of that meeting was Taking apart the XO and then putting it back together. I'll post the notes from December and January sometime soon. My semester begins tomorrow, and they pay me to do that work ;-) cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems

[Olpc-open] Madagascar?

2009-02-02 Thread Sameer Verma
Is anyone on these lists doing any OLPC-related thing in Madagascar. We have someone in SF who may be able to take a couple of XOs to a school there. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA

[Olpc-open] Feb 14 meeting...

2009-02-03 Thread Sameer Verma
-0.5.1). Details posted at: http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/605 and on the wiki at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_San_Francisco_Bay_Area Please forward to anyone who may be interested. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University

[Olpc-open] justin.tv on the XO

2009-02-04 Thread Sameer Verma
Has anyone tried to get the XO to broadcast using justin.tv with Adobe Flash installed? If it works, it would make for a great live broadcaster. Curious before I try it out...not sure if Browse will be allowed to take over the camera and the mic. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate

Re: [Olpc-open] [Sugar-devel] justin.tv on the XO

2009-02-04 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Luke Faraone l...@faraone.cc wrote: On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Brian Jordan br...@laptop.org wrote: Curious before I try it out...not sure if Browse will be allowed to take over the camera and the mic. Whether this is even possible is another good

[Olpc-open] Linux Journal Readers Choice Awards

2009-02-11 Thread Sameer Verma
Linux Journal Choice Awards: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/readers-choice-awards OLPC is mentioned in the choices and XO and Sugar make good contenders for some of the other categories. Vote with your fingers! Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems

[Olpc-open] Fwd: Article with picture about OLPC in rwanda

2009-02-22 Thread Sameer Verma
access to the best WiFi network in town. They were supposedly googling for pictures of Bruce Lee och Jean-Claude van Damme. Regards, Dov ___ Devel mailing list de...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D

Re: [Olpc-open] Article with picture about OLPC in rwanda

2009-02-22 Thread Sameer Verma
English translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=_thl=enie=UTF-8u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dn.se%2Fnyheter%2Fvarlden%2Funga-utomhussurfare-aker-snalskjuts-pa-flygplatsnatet-1.804121sl=svtl=enhistory_state0= -- Sameer On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote

[Olpc-open] Fwd: Getting Started XO Camp - Pune

2009-02-27 Thread Sameer Verma
FYI. Please forward to anyone who may be interested. OLPC Pune (India) is at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Pune This event will be at 9am Indian Standard Time. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingtime.html?month=3day=1year=2009p1=1038p2=43p3=0p4=240 Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D

Re: [Olpc-open] [Sugar-devel] justin.tv on the XO

2009-03-13 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Luke Faraone l...@faraone.cc wrote: On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Brian Jordan br...@laptop.org wrote: Curious before I

Re: [Olpc-open] Why not just sell the OLPC XO-1?

2009-03-27 Thread Sameer Verma
. Think of it this way. What if Dell started doing what OLPC did and neglected its current market channels? They'd sink like concrete. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http

[Olpc-open] OLPC-SF April meeting

2009-04-08 Thread Sameer Verma
April 11, 2009. Details at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_San_Francisco_Bay_Area and http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/628 cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http

[Olpc-open] Bryan Berry's interview on FLOSSWeekly

2009-04-30 Thread Sameer Verma
Interesting interview. Bryan Berry is CTO at OLE Nepal. http://www.olenepal.org/ Listen to the interview at http://twit.tv/floss66 cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu

[Olpc-open] Sugar on Nokia N810

2009-05-02 Thread Sameer Verma
One of my all time favorite devices gets one of my all time favorite environments! Read on. http://guysoft.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/nokia-n810-running-olpc-sugar/ cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA

Re: [Olpc-open] [Marketing] [IAEP] Project process visualization

2009-05-05 Thread Sameer Verma
style license and (2) maybe explore an interface (AJAX or otherwise) that would allow Zoom in and Zoom out of different cycles and levels for big picture and drill down details with explanations and links at each level. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information

[Olpc-open] OLPC-SF May meeting

2009-05-12 Thread Sameer Verma
May 16th meeting details are posted at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/637 Looks like a full agenda with a few items yet to be confirmed. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http

[Olpc-open] Information flow problem

2009-05-13 Thread Sameer Verma
of information. Stay tuned to this thread for updates. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ ___ Olpc

Re: [Olpc-open] [Marketing] [Grassroots-l] Information flow problem

2009-05-14 Thread Sameer Verma
for other constituencies in the next few months. After all, OLPC is still Sugarlabs' largest customer, and Sugar seems to be the only viable source for OLPC XOs in the field - they have to be connected. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San

Re: [Olpc-open] Information flow problem

2009-05-15 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: Hello everybody, Information flow is a critical problem for any organization. Some researchers even point out that an organization is shaped by how information flows within and outside of it. Free flow of information

Re: [Olpc-open] Videos of XO 1.5 in Taipei

2009-06-02 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:08 AM, Bastien bastiengue...@googlemail.com wrote: Or maybe olpc.tv can send its videos to our contact at Dailymotion? They can encode it in ogg and make them available for kids at:  http://olpc.dailymotion.com Don't hesitate. +1 for sure! Sameer

[Olpc-open] Fwd: OLPC Photos on DVD...

2009-06-09 Thread Sameer Verma
-- Forwarded message -- From: Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu Date: Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 7:32 PM Subject: OLPC Photos on DVD... To: Support Gangsters support-g...@laptop.org I hope some of you will find this useful at your next convention, expo, conference or simply an LCD screen

Re: [Olpc-open] OLPC Photos on DVD...

2009-06-09 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Sameer Vermasve...@sfsu.edu wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu Date: Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 7:32 PM Subject: OLPC Photos on DVD... To: Support Gangsters support-g...@laptop.org I hope some of you will find

[Olpc-open] OLPC Photo DVD project via LegalTorrents

2009-06-12 Thread Sameer Verma
My OLPC Photo DVD project is now torrenting via LegalTorrents :-) Its much faster than my wimpy home DSL upload. http://beta.legaltorrents.com/torrents/569-olpc-photo-dvd Download, burn, and loop away!!! cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San

Re: [Olpc-open] [IAEP] Fwd: An interesting project I stumbled across

2009-06-12 Thread Sameer Verma
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep +1 Some similar approaches: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sneakernet and http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Motoman Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http

[Olpc-open] learning implode...

2009-06-17 Thread Sameer Verma
!!! She even taught her mother how to play the game later this evening. For all the arm chair naysayers out there, get with the program! Children are amazing!!! cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA

Re: [Olpc-open] [support-gang] OLPCorps blogs

2009-06-17 Thread Sameer Verma
cc'ing olpc-open and grassroots-l I've aggregated all the feeds into one OPML file. You can import this into Google Reader or any other Feed Aggregator. You can also find it at http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user%2F04644957024613667662%2Flabel%2FOLPCorps?hl=en cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma

[Olpc-open] Fwd: [TwinCLinG] first Indian python conference

2009-06-29 Thread Sameer Verma
FYI PyCon India 2009 26th and 27th September 2009 Venue: IISC, Bengaluru Sameer -- Forwarded message -- From: Kenneth Gonsalves law...@thenilgiris.com Date: Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 1:38 AM Subject: [TwinCLinG] first Indian python conference To: chenna...@googlegroups.com, Indian

[Olpc-open] OLPC-SF meets on Saturday, July 18, 2009

2009-07-16 Thread Sameer Verma
Details posted at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu

[Olpc-open] OLPC-SF meets on 22nd August

2009-08-20 Thread Sameer Verma
of 553). See you all there! cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ ___ Olpc-open mailing list Olpc

Re: [Olpc-open] OLPC-SF meets on 22nd August

2009-08-21 Thread Sameer Verma
://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/656 Note the room change (We will be meeting in Room 558 instead of 553). See you all there! cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http

[Olpc-open] Fwd: BBC - dot.life: Can a laptop change the world?

2009-09-28 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Robert Howard rihow...@rawbw.com wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/09/can_a_laptop_change_the_world.html ___ Olpc-open mailing list Olpc-open@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open

Re: [Olpc-open] any news on getting the new motherboard?

2009-09-28 Thread Sameer Verma
://blog.laptop.org/2009/09/28/xo-1-5-create-collaborate-contribute/ and apply via the Contributor Program. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http

[Olpc-open] OLPC-SF October meeting...

2009-10-11 Thread Sameer Verma
fit. Bring a friend, or two. See tinyurl.com/olpcsf for details. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu

Re: [Olpc-open] [IAEP] Montessori madness...

2009-10-12 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:55 AM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: I've been reading Montessori Madness for a few hours now, and I find Another good one is Montessori Today http://www.amazon.com/Montessori

Re: [Olpc-open] [IAEP] Montessori madness...

2009-10-12 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.com wrote: I wanted to add something to this conversation. I am a public middle school science teacher, and, as some of you know, the technology facilitator in my building working with our 5th grade students and teachers with a

[Olpc-open] Next incarnation of XO at OLPC-SF this Saturday...

2009-10-14 Thread Sameer Verma
details are posted at http://tinyurl.com/olpcsf cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu

[Olpc-open] OLPC-SF Community Summit 2009

2009-11-10 Thread Sameer Verma
-- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ ___ Olpc-open mailing list Olpc-open@lists.laptop.org

[Olpc-open] an interesting article on an article on learning styles...

2009-12-17 Thread Sameer Verma
. *And there is absolutely no reason for professors to adopt it in the classroom. http://chronicle.com/article/Matching-Teaching-Style-to/49497/ cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http

[Olpc-open] Jan 16 meeting

2010-01-14 Thread Sameer Verma
/bart.htmlhttp://www.sfsu.edu/%7Eparking/directions/downtown_center/bart.html A huge thank you to San Francisco State University's College of Business Graduate Program http://cob.sfsu.edu/cob/graduate-programs/overview.cfmfor letting us use a room on Saturdays. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D

Re: [Olpc-open] Jan 16 meeting

2010-01-14 Thread Sameer Verma
Correction: Its Room 553, and not 558. Also posted http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/671 and http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_San_Francisco_Bay_Area Sameer On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: We will meet at SFSU Downtown Center from 10 am to 2pm on Jan 16

Re: [Olpc-open] [OLPC-SF] Jan 16 meeting

2010-01-15 Thread Sameer Verma
. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ ___ Olpc-open mailing list Olpc-open@lists.laptop.org http

[Olpc-open] OLPC-SF at BALUG tonight

2010-04-20 Thread Sameer Verma
contexts. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ ___ Olpc-open mailing list Olpc

[Olpc-open] OLPC-SF May meeting: Afghanistan and Nepal

2010-05-12 Thread Sameer Verma
College of Business Graduate Program for letting us use a room on Saturdays. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http

Re: [Olpc-open] OLPC-SF May meeting: Afghanistan and Nepal

2010-05-12 Thread Sameer Verma
Also posted at Also posted at http://tinyurl.com/olpc-sf -- Sameer On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: We will meet at SFSU Downtown Center from 10 am to 2pm on May 15. Carol Ruth Silver, who recently returned from Afghanistan and Nepal, will talk about

[Olpc-open] slides from March OLPC-SF presentation on XS

2010-07-06 Thread Sameer Verma
. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ ___ Olpc-open mailing list Olpc-open

[Olpc-open] Fall 2010...

2010-07-10 Thread Sameer Verma
Ruth Silver, MTSA) – India (Humaira Mahi Sameer Verma, SFSU) – Jamaica (Sameer Verma Univ. of the West Indies) – Madagascar (June Kleider, XO-ology) – Senegal (Drew Lick-Wilmerding Schools) – South Africa (EduWeavers) – San Francisco (Starr King Elementary) – Uganda (UC Berkeley) ). I've spoken

[Olpc-open] notes from today's OLPC-SF meeting

2010-07-17 Thread Sameer Verma
! A big thank you to all those who could attend. Notes and photos of the white board are up at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2010 Please clean up (see photos for reference) and ...feel free to add items. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate

[Olpc-open] XODock from OLPC-SF meeting

2010-08-30 Thread Sameer Verma
://is.gd/eJ3WH cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu

[Olpc-open] Proclamation, wine, laptops and learning!

2010-10-24 Thread Sameer Verma
. http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157625222079022/ and http://picasaweb.google.com/tuxwingsgroup/Olpc# You can join us online today at 11:30AM and 13:45pm Pacific. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/olpcsf-community-summit-2010 cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate

[Olpc-open] OLPC on Colbert Report

2010-10-26 Thread Sameer Verma
What a pleasure to see this project on Colbert Report [1] :-) http://on.fb.me/dqbqga cheers, Sameer [1] ___ Olpc-open mailing list Olpc-open@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open

[Olpc-open] OLPC in Tunisia?

2010-10-27 Thread Sameer Verma
Anything happening in Tunisia? One of my students (who is from Tunisia) wants to know. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http

[Olpc-open] Jamaica pilots

2011-02-25 Thread Sameer Verma
1.5 laptops. We now have a channel on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/user/olpcjamaica and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=129075173804215 The project site is at http://olpcjamaica.org.jm More to come soon. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor

[Olpc-open] OLPC SF Community Summit 2011

2011-06-03 Thread Sameer Verma
, 2011 for its regular monthly meeting at #553, 835 Market St., San Francisco, CA. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http

[Olpc-open] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] June Meeting TOMORROW 10AM

2011-06-10 Thread Sameer Verma
...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu

Re: [Olpc-open] [OLPC-SF] June Meeting TOMORROW 10AM

2011-06-11 Thread Sameer Verma
at 10:47 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Aaron Borden adbor...@live.com Date: Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:16 AM Subject: [OLPC-SF] June Meeting TOMORROW 10AM To: OLPC SF olpc...@lists.laptop.org Hello! Tomorrow, Saturday June 11th we'll

[Olpc-open] OLPC SF Community summit poster contest

2011-10-05 Thread Sameer Verma
We are hosting a OLPC community poster contest along with the OLPC SF Community Summit this year. See http://olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2011/poster and send in your poster, even if you don't plan on attending. We'll put all the PDFs up on the olpcsf site. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D

[Olpc-open] Live from the Engadget CES Stage: an interview with OLPC at 1:30pm Eastern time Jan 11, 2012

2012-01-11 Thread Sameer Verma
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/live-from-the-engadget-ces-stage-an-interview-with-olpc/ In a show fueled by gadget one-upsmanship, it's nice to see a company actually focused on making a difference in the world. OLPC, the organization that brought the world the ultra-affordable XO laptop will

[Olpc-open] OLPC SF Jan 14 meeting

2012-01-13 Thread Sameer Verma
, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ ___ Olpc-open mailing list Olpc-open@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc

[Olpc-open] Digital divide game...

2012-01-28 Thread Sameer Verma
The California Association of Independent Schools (http://caisca.org) has a series of events as part of its professional development program. I will be at one of their events representing OLPC San Francisco and the the OLPC project in general Link: http://olpcsf.org/node/52 cheers, Sameer

Re: [Olpc-open] RES: Defining success

2012-01-29 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 1:54 AM, Kevin Mark kevin.m...@verizon.net wrote: On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:43:32PM -0800, Sameer Verma wrote: On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 8:24 PM, Marta Voelcker In fact, in schools where the government has stopped caring or assessing, the teachers actually have more

[Olpc-open] All continents covered.

2012-02-16 Thread Sameer Verma
a XO 1.5 When you heat Sugar it caramelizes. What happens to Sugar in extreme cold? Hmm... cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org

[Olpc-open] Fwd: [Server-devel] XS-0.7 Ometepe released

2012-02-20 Thread Sameer Verma
-- Forwarded message -- From: Daniel Drake d...@laptop.org Date: Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 1:50 PM Subject: [Server-devel] XS-0.7 Ometepe released To: XS Devel server-de...@lists.laptop.org Hi, Named after the island for which it was developed, XS-0.7 Ometepe is released.

[Olpc-open] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] Pixel Qi Mary Lou in sfgate.com via sf-lug

2012-05-13 Thread Sameer Verma
-- Forwarded message -- From: Grant Bowman grant...@fedoraproject.org Date: Sat, May 12, 2012 at 2:45 PM Subject: [OLPC-SF] Pixel Qi Mary Lou in sfgate.com via sf-lug To: OLPC SF olpc...@lists.laptop.org -- Forwarded message -- From: Bobbie Sellers

[Olpc-open] a little magic, Jamaica style!

2012-05-19 Thread Sameer Verma
=XMAZlPWCkw4 We're jammin', Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olpcjamaica.org.jm/ ___ Olpc-open mailing list Olpc-open

[Olpc-open] The Agility of One Laptop Per Child with CTO Ed McNierney 06/05 by IE Radio | Blog Talk Radio

2012-06-09 Thread Sameer Verma
Approx. 30 minutes. Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ieradio/2012/06/05/the-agility-of-one-laptop-per-child-with-cto-ed-mcnierney cheers, Sameer ___ Olpc-open mailing list Olpc-open@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open

[Olpc-open] Fwd: job openings at OLPC Association

2012-07-14 Thread Sameer Verma
-- Forwarded message -- From: Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu Date: Jul 12, 2012 10:37 PM Subject: job openings at OLPC Association To: Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to help AT laptop.org support-g...@lists.laptop.org Cc: da...@laptop.org via Bob Hacker and David

Re: [Olpc-open] Join as a volunteer

2012-09-21 Thread Sameer Verma
@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open Which school is this? Where are you located? Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olpcjamaica.org.jm

[Olpc-open] OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2012

2012-09-21 Thread Sameer Verma
Registration is now open for the upcoming OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2012. http://www.olpcsf.org/node/70 See you there! cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org

Re: [Olpc-open] OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2012

2012-09-21 Thread Sameer Verma
Note that we will be hosting SugarCamp++ right after the summit. SugarCamp++ will be Oct 22-24 at the same location. cheers, Sameer On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: Registration is now open for the upcoming OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2012. http

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