Re: [sugar] Human Interface Guidelines (update and hosting)

2008-12-16 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Eben Eliason eben.elia...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone - The Human Interface Guidelines [1] have been stagnant for some time, and I'm starting an initiative to remedy the situation. This effort, as I see it, has two components: 1) update the contents of

Re: [sugar] OLPC + Sugar

2008-12-12 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Michael Stone mich...@laptop.org wrote: On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:37:18PM -0600, Yamandu Ploskonka wrote: If Brezhnev and Nixon and Mao were able to publish joint statements, we can too. Let's not give up. OK, there must be a couple points we agree on, like,

Re: [sugar] [OT] Re: [Sugar-devel] OLPC + Sugar

2008-12-04 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 6:50 AM, Yamandu Ploskonka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did see your quotes, found a few friends there. On the one where Gandhi mentions he is a Christian (as well as other such): I have often mentioned that I (Yama) find Gandhi's the best example of a Christian lifestyle

[sugar] Sugar Labs Partners (was Re: Sugar Labs introduction)

2008-12-02 Thread Edward Cherlin
David Farning wrote: The second solution is official Sugar Labs Partners. These are for profit business that would like to be 'Sugar Certified.' Where can I find out more? OneVillage.biz is interested, and there are others in my network. thanks david -- Silent Thunder

Re: [sugar] Sugar Labs introduction

2008-12-02 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Yamandu Ploskonka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One thing that we need to see is about giving legitimacy to volunteers in countries where only if you have an official piece of paper you are to be taken into account. Right now I have an active, enthusiastic,

Re: [sugar] [Sugar-devel] OLPC + Sugar

2008-12-01 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Jameson Chema Quinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: o OLPC management and staff have never communicated effectively with the outside world. Not with volunteers, not with partner organizations, not with the public. I am working on this problem, and have established a

Re: [sugar] OLPC + Sugar

2008-11-30 Thread Edward Cherlin
working relationship with all the other people who share this excitement. Edward Cherlin wrote: We have a three-legged relationhip here: OLPC Management OLPC Community Sugar Labs My experience at Sugar Camp and elsewhere leads me to the notion that Michael is correctly describing

Re: [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu Intrepid broken

2008-11-27 Thread Edward Cherlin
to do a reorg? +1 -walter On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 4:09 AM, Morgan Collett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 02:06, Edward Cherlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Luke Faraone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 17:07, Edward Cherlin

[sugar] Fwd: Sugar on Ubuntu Intrepid broken

2008-11-27 Thread Edward Cherlin
FYI. -- Forwarded message -- From: Luke Faraone [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 5:23 PM Subject: Re: [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu Intrepid broken To: Edward Cherlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey, Did you mean to send this only to me? My client doesn't say it came through

Re: [sugar] [Grassroots-l] [Localization] OLPC, Chile and Educalibre

2008-11-27 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 1:15 AM, Bert Freudenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This version of the give many program is only up for a day or so. It is indeed much nicer than the previous one: == To give 100 or more laptops and direct them to a location you designate, send

[sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu Intrepid broken

2008-11-26 Thread Edward Cherlin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sugar-emulator Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/sugar-emulator, line 22, in module from emulator import main File /usr/share/sugar/shell/emulator.py, line 31, in module from sugar import env ImportError: No module named sugar -- Silent Thunder

Re: [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu Intrepid broken

2008-11-26 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Luke Faraone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 17:07, Edward Cherlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sugar-emulator Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/sugar-emulator, line 22, in module from emulator import main

Re: [sugar] Default templates with Write to complex script countries

2008-11-26 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Martin Sevior [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone, I haven't received much feedback on this so we're going with DejaVu-Sans for Arabic. I recommend KACST Book. I've setup a section on the Write wiki where people can fill in the best font

Re: [sugar] [Grassroots-l] [Localization] OLPC, Chile and Educalibre

2008-11-26 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Walter Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suggest you approach Chuck Kane at OLPC directly. If for some reason he cannot accommodate the request, then we should discuss alternative means to deploy Sugar. -walter On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Yamandu

Re: [sugar] Fwd: Web site content

2008-11-25 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 7:00 AM, Walter Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Christian Marc Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 8:12 AM Subject: Web site content To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Walter Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all,

Re: [sugar] [IAEP] list of complaints from sugarcamp community building talk

2008-11-24 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 2:15 AM, Simon Schampijer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Definitely a problem. We are thinking about having a landing page similar to the one in http://www.eclipse.org/ that hopefully will give a way for everybody to find how to better interact with us depending on their

Re: [sugar] Default templates with Write to complex script countries

2008-11-18 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Martin Sevior [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone, Currently Write ships with a set of templates that define the default fonts. Currently every single one of these templates uses DejaVu Serif as the default font family. DejaVu Serif is great for

Re: [sugar] Sugarcamp planning status

2008-11-14 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Yamandu Ploskonka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I noticed that I have a half an hour on Wednesday morning on something very related to what I have scheduled in Tuesday, so if we cannot figure out something better you may take a half hour on my slot on Tuesday. I

Re: [sugar] Collaboration day!

2008-11-14 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Marco Pesenti Gritti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Yamandu Ploskonka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: edited http://sugarlabs.org/go/Sugarcamp/Schedule#Tuesday_the_18th with this data Maybe it'll end up being Content Collaboration day

Re: [sugar] [IAEP] Sugar on Edubuntu

2008-11-05 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:35 PM, David Farning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:18 PM, David Van Assche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem here is that edubuntu and its packages are in Ubuntu Main, and for sugar to be in there, there must be no non-free software in it,

Re: [sugar] [IAEP] November conference (meeting notes)

2008-11-05 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 1:16 AM, Tomeu Vizoso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 4:54 AM, Mel Chua [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like an *excellent* plan to me! I'd be certainly glad to participate and I'm sure will be the same for Tomeu. We can also involve some Boston local

Re: [sugar] [IAEP] November meeting

2008-11-03 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 7:48 AM, David Farning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In light of the cancellation of the formal XO meeting that was tentatively scheduled for November. It make sense to have an informal community meeting instead. Indeed. I booked a flight the day before the cancellation, so

Re: [sugar] USB Based Community Access - What could work technically?

2008-10-31 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Caroline Meeks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, This is a request for technical assistance for Sugar on a Stick. It looks like we have a pilot school for our USB boot project, Earth Treasury is making arrangements for two more, in Ghana and Uganda. Perhaps we can

Re: [sugar] [Localization] 9.1 proposal: Language learning on the XO.

2008-10-30 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Yamandu Ploskonka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please be _very_ careful on any thought about teaching English with the XO. It is a requirement in many countries. We don't have a choice. Enemies of the project everywhere are just waiting for a chance, any chance,

[sugar] Fwd: 9.1 proposal: Language learning on the XO.

2008-10-28 Thread Edward Cherlin
Sorry, this got away before I added the rest of the recipients. -- Forwarded message -- From: Edward Cherlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:25 PM Subject: Re: 9.1 proposal: Language learning on the XO. To: Chris Ball [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 4

Re: [sugar] XO evaluation paper

2008-10-19 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Marco Pesenti Gritti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am I the only to have missed this paper? Could be. ^_^ It's listed on http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Academic_Papers http://www.teachingmatters.org/evaluations/olpc_kappa.pdf The bits about the Journal makes me think

[sugar] 9.1 Proposal: Textbooks (was Fwd: Call for Proposals for OLPC miniconference November 17-21, 2008)

2008-10-18 Thread Edward Cherlin
-- From: Edward Cherlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 6:00 PM Subject: Re: Call for Proposals for OLPC miniconference November 17-21, 2008 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Greg Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An OLPC miniconference will be held November 17-21

Re: [sugar] [IAEP] Narrative.

2008-10-11 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Mikus Grinbergs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What if Activity and Content bundles were one and the same. You could have bundles that just hold an Activity to install, or just have Content for the library, or more interestingly have it hold both an Activity and

Re: [sugar] [IAEP] Narrative.

2008-10-09 Thread Edward Cherlin
I posted a comment on Bryan's call for textbook/narrative creation. http://www.olpcnews.com/content/education/scaling_constructionism_with_dynabooks.html Let's do this, Bryan. Where should we set up the workshop? What tools do we need? Wiki, mailing lists, forums, repository...? I and others

Re: [sugar] Sugar Digest 2008-10-06

2008-10-06 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Walter Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: === Sugar Digest === 2. Narrative: Bryan Barry and Michael Stone have initiated a discussion about inadequacies in the Sugar tool chain (See http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/sugar/2008-October/008863.html and

Re: [sugar] Sugar on Mandriva

2008-09-29 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 4:51 PM, David Farning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone on the list have contacts at Mandriva. I know Pablo Saratxaga, their localization guru. I'm copying him. Pablo, Kaixo! We have just heard of a sizable education project using a Portuguese Linux distro based on

Re: [sugar] G1G1v2 Activities

2008-09-19 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Greg Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, We need to pick the activities we ship with 8.2 when its manufactured for G1G1 users. Management needs to sign off on the final list as early as next week. Its not definitive but we want your input on what we

Re: [sugar] Sugar on the BeagleBoard using the OpenEmbedded toolkit.

2008-09-05 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Koen Kooi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Op 3 sep 2008, om 22:14 heeft Edward Cherlin het volgende geschreven: On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 3:57 AM, Koen Kooi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Op 22 aug 2008, om 02:29 heeft David Farning het volgende geschreven: Welcome

Re: [sugar] Sugar on the BeagleBoard using the OpenEmbedded toolkit.

2008-09-03 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 3:57 AM, Koen Kooi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Op 22 aug 2008, om 02:29 heeft David Farning het volgende geschreven: Welcome to the Sugar on the BeagleBoard project. It seems that we have all of the pieces in place to do a port. Very good. Thank you. I see that

Re: [sugar] A few questions.

2008-09-02 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 2:54 AM, Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greets, 1) Is this the correct list to ask simplistic questions? If not could somebody please direct me to the correct list. An excellent place for getting started. No, we have no separate newbies list. We

[sugar] After release - Goals (was Re: Release cycle - Goals)

2008-09-01 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 7:42 PM, David Farning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over the last weeks I have been looking at how we can improve our release cycle. Thanks. Next we will need to look at what happens to our product. This includes ports to other platforms, packaging (yum and apt), and getting

[sugar] Public_meeting !== Game_Jam (was Re: [IAEP] Sugar Digest 2008-08-25)

2008-08-25 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Walter Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 5. Learning Content: On Sunday, 31 August, at 4PM, OLPC will be hosting a public meeting to discuss (Please see http://olpcphysics.eventbrite.com): This link points to the Aug. 29-31 Game Jam. There is no information there

Re: [sugar] Why Embedded Sugar?

2008-08-20 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Farning wrote: It has been a bit of a plug but it looks like we have reach critical mass for a self sustaining embedded Sugar community. I love the idea of getting a critical mass around something, but I don't yet

Re: [sugar] specifying what services Activities may use

2008-08-01 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Jerry Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seems like this problem for linux was solved with RPM. I wouldn't go quite that far. The holes in RPM drove me to Debian. %-[ With rpm if something is missing for something you want to install, it complains and won't let

Re: [sugar] Abiword 2.6.4 on Ubuntu (was Re: Write needs your help)

2008-07-18 Thread Edward Cherlin
vowels do not attach to base consonants, but are displayed in their standalone form. I'm giving up for the day. -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way to predict the future is to invent it.--Alan Kay

Re: [sugar] Abiword 2.6.4 on Ubuntu (was Re: Write needs your help)

2008-07-18 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Ryan Pavlik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Edward Cherlin wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:24 PM, David Van Assche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This from the abiword on ubuntu webpage (http://abisource.com/wiki/Install_on_Ubuntu) At this time, the latest version

Re: [sugar] Write needs your help (was Re: Programming environments on the XO)

2008-07-17 Thread Edward Cherlin
mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way to predict the future is to invent it.--Alan Kay ___ Sugar

Re: [sugar] Write needs your help (was Re: Programming environments on the XO)

2008-07-17 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Tomeu Vizoso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Edward Cherlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:16 AM, Tomeu Vizoso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The abi devs have also asked for help in testing Write with non-latin scripts

[sugar] Abiword 2.6.4 on Ubuntu (was Re: Write needs your help)

2008-07-17 Thread Edward Cherlin
and displaying Cyrillic and Greek correctly. I'll wait until I have something up-to-date to test before proceeding to the other 30+ possibilities. Kim, should we create a process for globalization QA? We need testing for Amharic, Arabic, Khmer, -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching

Re: [sugar] Abiword 2.6.4 on Ubuntu (was Re: Write needs your help)

2008-07-17 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Edward Cherlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Tomeu Vizoso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, what I meant is that, ideally, we would be testing Write in joyride with the 2.6.4 version. As we don't have that version in joyride yet, I

Re: [sugar] Programming environments on the XO

2008-07-17 Thread Edward Cherlin
, so that users can turn author coloring on and off at will? -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way to predict the future is to invent it.--Alan Kay ___ Sugar mailing list Sugar

Re: [sugar] proposed addition to the Activities page templete

2008-07-16 Thread Edward Cherlin
that by e-mail, chat, or Wiki page? -walter ___ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way

Re: [sugar] [OLPC library] [OLPC-Games] Physics -- Newtonian mechanics.. for kids!

2008-07-15 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Yoshiki Ohshima [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:58:32 -0700, Edward Cherlin wrote: On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Yoshiki Ohshima [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So we could simulate a pendulum or a Newton's cradle? How do you handle collisions

Re: [sugar] [OLPC-Games] Physics -- Newtonian mechanics.. for kids!

2008-07-10 Thread Edward Cherlin
. Any thoughts about using SciPy for visualization? Cheers, Brian Jordan 3D intern trapped in a 2D world ___ Games mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/games -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching

Re: [sugar] TurtleArt, Logo, and XOs

2008-06-27 Thread Edward Cherlin
___ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way to predict the future is to invent it.--Alan Kay

Re: [sugar] [Localization] Kreyòl Localization

2008-06-20 Thread Edward Cherlin
- Original Message From: Marvin Demuth [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:28:32 PM Subject: [Localization] Kreyòl Localization At 12:33 PM 6/19/2008, Edward Cherlin wrote: This is the reason for the Terminology section of Pootle, for example. We

Re: [sugar] [Localization] Kreyòl Localization

2008-06-20 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Bert Freudenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20.06.2008, at 19:07, Edward Cherlin wrote: Etoys on the XO Anyone translating Etoys should subscribe to the Etoys list. http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/etoys I'll add that to the Localization Wiki page. Done

Re: [sugar] frame activation

2008-06-10 Thread Edward Cherlin
such a question. I have been wondering when we would get to asking children how a children's laptop should work. -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way to predict the future is to invent it.--Alan Kay

Re: [sugar] [IAEP] Sugar for the rich

2008-05-27 Thread Edward Cherlin
___ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way to predict the future is to invent it.--Alan Kay

Re: [sugar] Microsoft

2008-05-17 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Albert Cahalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 5:28 AM, Edward Cherlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Albert Cahalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just look at the deal. Dual-boot costs $7 extra. Governments will not pay

Re: [sugar] Microsoft

2008-05-16 Thread Edward Cherlin
a lot simpler to have left OFW as it was, unable to support a Windows boot. But the point is now moot. ___ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children

Re: [sugar] Microsoft

2008-05-16 Thread Edward Cherlin
be delighted if someone built something better, and at a lower price. I wonder, does Windows XO count as better? -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way to predict the future is to invent it.--Alan Kay

Re: [sugar] Release schedule and process

2008-05-13 Thread Edward Cherlin
of our development processes is the best way to ensure they get the attention they need. Marco ___ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching

Re: [sugar] Release schedule and process

2008-05-13 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Edward Cherlin wrote: | Those of us planning for a | next-generation textbook want to know for sure | what software they can count on. Otherwise, every active

[sugar] Organization was Re: A technical assessment of porting Sugar to Windows.)

2008-05-01 Thread Edward Cherlin
://www.olpcnews.com/people/negroponte/one_laptop_per_child_off_the_track.html http://www.olpcnews.com/people/negroponte/negroponte_is_further_gone.html http://www.olpcnews.com/people/leadership/walter_bender_resigned_from_olpc.html -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children

Re: [sugar] what matters

2008-04-26 Thread Edward Cherlin
equation. And we should hire more programmers, a doc team, and a few others that Nicholas and the community generally agree on, and discuss what to do after that. Then maybe Walter and Ivan and a few other valuable contributors would be willing to discuss coming back. -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty

Re: [sugar] Sugar\Windows won't ship

2008-04-26 Thread Edward Cherlin
___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way to predict the future is to invent it.--Alan Kay

[sugar] Organization was Re: A technical assessment of porting Sugar to Windows.)

2008-04-24 Thread Edward Cherlin
http://www.olpcnews.com/people/negroponte/one_laptop_per_child_off_the_track.html http://www.olpcnews.com/people/negroponte/negroponte_is_further_gone.html http://www.olpcnews.com/people/leadership/walter_bender_resigned_from_olpc.html -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children

Re: [sugar] [Community-news] on Sugar

2008-04-23 Thread Edward Cherlin
?! LOL Nicholas -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ Life is what happens while we were making other plans. ___ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo

Re: [sugar] [Community-news] where is Walter?

2008-04-22 Thread Edward Cherlin
___ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty

Re: [sugar] The limits of Mesh View

2008-04-19 Thread Edward Cherlin
will need a way for users to select viewing modes and parameters themselves. I always hate software that tries to tell me what I want. ___ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty

Re: [sugar] [OLPC-Games] Wordsmith ( Scrabble ) :GSoC application

2008-04-11 Thread Edward Cherlin
://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/games -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way to predict the future is to invent it.--Alan Kay ___ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org

Re: [sugar] sugar roadmap

2008-04-10 Thread Edward Cherlin
says that if we could provide, find, recruit...a few developers to finish the current Gnash roadmap, we would have it. I haven't heard anybody step up. Why? -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way to predict the future

Re: [sugar] New Activity Proposal -- Your voice on XO

2008-04-05 Thread Edward Cherlin
-- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way to predict the future is to invent it.--Alan Kay ___ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar

Re: [sugar] Typing Tutor: LetsType

2008-04-05 Thread Edward Cherlin
Life is the greatest teacher -- AsymptopiaSoftware | [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.asymptopia.org ___ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children

Re: [sugar] Database Activity

2008-03-09 Thread Edward Cherlin
___ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way to predict the future is to invent it.--Alan Kay

Re: [sugar] OLPC News 2008-03-08

2008-03-09 Thread Edward Cherlin
. Anybody? -- Bruno Coudoin http://gcompris.net Free educational software for kids http://toulibre.org Logiciel Libre à Toulouse -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way to predict the future is to invent it.--Alan Kay

Re: [sugar] Journal: two quick suggestions

2008-02-28 Thread Edward Cherlin
feedback! - Eben ___ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way to predict the future

Re: [sugar] An Update about Speech Synthesis

2008-02-20 Thread Edward Cherlin
-- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way to predict the future is to invent it.--Alan Kay ___ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar

Re: [sugar] An Update about Speech Synthesis for Sugar

2008-02-18 Thread Edward Cherlin
@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way to predict the future is to invent it.--Alan Kay ___ Sugar mailing list Sugar

Re: [sugar] New activity: Speak

2008-01-10 Thread Edward Cherlin
from python, please let me know. -josh Do you want to do that while running, or would a precomputed table meet your needs? -- Edward Cherlin Earth Treasury: End Poverty at a Profit http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ The best way to predict the future is to invent it.--Alan Kay

Re: [sugar] status of MANIFEST file

2007-12-10 Thread Edward Cherlin
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Re: [sugar] OLPC News 2007-10-27

2007-10-29 Thread Edward Cherlin
://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- Edward Cherlin Earth Treasury: End Poverty at a Profit http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Earth_Treasury Sustainable MBA student Presidio School of Management ___ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org

Re: [sugar] Some discussion on education

2007-08-17 Thread Edward Cherlin
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[sugar] Docs?

2007-07-30 Thread Edward Cherlin
), and some other reports that touched on education. Besides starting and managing a software project for math for schools. And a few other things. I have a button that says, Stop me before I volunteer again, but it doesn't help. [sigh] -- Edward Cherlin Earth Treasury: End Poverty at a Profit http

Re: [sugar] Rebe

2007-06-21 Thread Edward Cherlin
fo doing worksheets. ~Rebecca ___ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar -- Edward Cherlin Earth Treasury: End Poverty at a Profit http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Earth_Treasury WIRE AFRICA http