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<title><![CDATA[BBC's Digital Planet Radio Programme in Brazil.]]></title>
<link>http://cultureconundrum.wordpress.com/?p=209</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Johny Ho</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cultureconundrum.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/bbcs-digital-planet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A couple weeks ago BBC&#8217;s Gareth Mitchell and Michelle Martin were in Brazil where they produce]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A couple weeks ago BBC's Gareth Mitchell and Michelle Martin were in Brazil where they produced content for their Radio programme "Digital Planet", the first show of the series was already on the air / on the web, when they were still here.</p>
<p><a href="http://cultureconundrum.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/set30_0010.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-210" title="BBC-Ernani" src="http://cultureconundrum.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/set30_0010.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>You can check out this week's show, which it's the second part of the Brazil Coverage in the link below, in which I make a special appearance, sounding as weird as possible (please remind me to breathe before speaking - now I'm worried if our <a href="http://www.talesfromtheverse.com/" target="_blank">Tales from the Verse</a> story readers understand the Translation Tips I sent in to help them).</p>
<p><a href="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/digitalp/digitalp_20081007-1230a.mp3">Digital Planet in Brazil Part 2</a></p>
<p>Here's a backstage video.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A New Vision for School in the Digital Age]]></title>
<link>http://olpcnyc.wordpress.com/?p=87</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>eodonnell</dc:creator>
<guid>http://olpcnyc.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/a-new-vision-for-school-in-the-digital-age/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Opening Their New OLPC Laptops!
This fall PS005 and Teaching Matters are piloting a new vision for s]]></description>
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<p>This fall PS005 and Teaching Matters are piloting a new vision for school in the digital age; one where all members of the community can connect to learn at any time.   PS 5 was selected as a pilot school for low cost computers (every child will receive an xo laptop).  To ensure that ALL students can benefit from a computer that goes from school to home, Teaching Matters will work with the local community to pilot low-cost wireless internet access available to ALL students at home.</p>
<p>Our hope is to marry low cost laptops to low cost community wireless access- making a new vision of school possible for all students.</p>
<p><strong>Low Cost Wireless Access --  How?</strong></p>
<p>We found out that almost all students lived within a four block radius of the school.  Our plan is to experiment with ten to fifteen apartments (to start!) and create something called a mesh network.  This technology extends the reach of existing internet access.    In a city where many students lack access to the Internet at home, it is critical that communities start getting creative.</p>
<p><strong>We are seeking private donors to expand this project.  Contact us at  <a href="mailto:lguastaferro@teachingmatters.org">lguastaferro@teachingmatters.org</a> or call 212 870-3505.</strong><br />
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<title><![CDATA[Summary and Critique of "Una Laptop por Niño"]]></title>
<link>http://ppersaud.wordpress.com/?p=5</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ppersaud</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ppersaud.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/summary-and-critique-of-una-laptop-por-nino/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The article, “Una Laptop por Niño” by David Talbot, explains the vision and challenges One Lapt]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>The article, “Una Laptop por Niño” by David Talbot, explains the vision and challenges One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a nonprofit organization, faces.  OLPC wants to educate poor children all over the world.  They plan to do this by persuading countries around the globe to make large orders of their sturdy, low power consuming laptops with long lasting environmentally friendly batteries.  By placing huge orders the cost of producing one laptop will then cost $100.  OLPC failed to reach their goal of getting the amount of orders they anticipated.  Some countries reject OLPC’s project; India’s education secretary, Sudeep Banerjee, expresses his concerns for more teachers instead of new gadgets.  Peru, on the other hand sees the potential of OLPC’s project and placed an order of 486,500 laptops.</span></p>
<p><span>The laptops are for the very poor villages in Peru.  According to Oscar Becerra, the general director for educational technologies, the capital, Lima, is “not-poor-enough”, to receive any laptops.  In Lima, they have the luxury of electricity and internet cafes.  OLPC’s green laptops will be distributed in the Amazon and other remote regions in Peru.  These laptops will be used by first through sixth graders.  Getting the laptops to the remote areas is not a difficult task but preventing them from being stolen is a major concern.  A plan was devised to ensure the laptops will get to the kids safely.  The laptops will be digitally locked at production.  When the laptops arrive at their destination the teachers will be given a USB drive with a code to unlock them.  Another problem is that most teachers in Peru are not tech savvy.  OLPC will train the teachers how to operate and maintain the laptops.  They will also learn how to effectively use the installed softwares in their school's curriculum.</span></p>
<p><span>I like how the author focuses on the little girl and describe everything around her, this paints a vivid picture of Lima, Peru.  The little girl helps reinforce the name of the article, “Una Laptop por Niño”, even though she will not be eligible for the free laptop.  It was an excellent introduction for the article.  In the third paragraph there are some statistics about Peru’s education and school quality levels.  I am curious if a list of the 31 countries that were surveyed would have make the article stronger.  Under the heading, A Goat Called Paloma, in the first sentence of the second paragraph, I wonder if “earlier” was used instead of “later" would it make the sentence clearer.  Overall, I think “Una Laptop por Niño” was an informative article.  </span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Já ouviu falar no notebook "Magalhães"?]]></title>
<link>http://vidacuriosa.wordpress.com/?p=120</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>atila VELO</dc:creator>
<guid>http://vidacuriosa.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/ja-ouviu-falar-no-notebook-magalhaes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Este notebook é uma iniciativa portuguesa (em parceria com a Intel) dentro do movimento &#8220;One ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Este notebook é uma iniciativa portuguesa (em parceria com a Intel) dentro do movimento "One Laptop Per Child". Saiba mais:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.portatilmagalhaes.com/" target="_blank">Site oficial do Magalhães</a></p>
<p><a href="http://diario.iol.pt/tecnologia/magalhaes-computadores-microsoft-tecnologia/998422-4069.html" target="_blank">Softwares da Microsoft para Magalhães</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Na wyspie koralowej]]></title>
<link>http://labirynty.wordpress.com/?p=657</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaroslaw Zielinski</dc:creator>
<guid>http://labirynty.net/2008/10/03/96/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Niewielkie państwo w Polinezji o nazwie Niue jest pierwszym krajem na świecie, który dzięki inic]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Niewielkie państwo w Polinezji o nazwie <a href="http://www.niueisland.nu/">Niue</a> jest pierwszym krajem na świecie, który dzięki inicjatywie One Laptop Oper Child (OLPC) może pochwalić się tym, że na jedno dziecko na wyspie przypada jeden komputer przenośny.</p>
<p>W Niue, państwie o powierzchni 260 kilometrów kwadratowych, mieszka nieco ponad dwa tysiące ludzi, głównie Polinezyjczyków. Na co dzień mieszkańcy używają dwóch języków: angielskiego i niue.</p>
<p>Dzięki inicjatywie OLPC na wyspę trafiło pięćset komputerów przenośnych. Koszt każdego z nich to około dwieście dolarów. </p>
<p>Niue jest też pierwszym państwem na świecie oferującym mieszkańcom i odwiedzającym je darmowy bezprzewodowy dostęp do Internetu na całym swoim terytorium. </p>
<p>Źródło: Niue ma po laptopie dla każdego ucznia, <a href="http://www.4press.pl/">4Press.pl</a>, 22 sierpnia 2008, za: Fareastgizmos.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Article in The New York Sun]]></title>
<link>http://olpcnyc.wordpress.com/?p=84</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>eodonnell</dc:creator>
<guid>http://olpcnyc.ar.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/article-in-the-new-york-sun/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Our little project got some press:
http://www.nysun.com/new-york/low-price-laptops-tested-at-city-sc]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our little project got some press:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nysun.com/new-york/low-price-laptops-tested-at-city-schools/86861/">http://www.nysun.com/new-york/low-price-laptops-tested-at-city-schools/86861/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Venezuela encarga un millón de Classmate con Linux]]></title>
<link>http://sololinex.wordpress.com/?p=820</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cristo990</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sololinex.ar.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/venezuela-encarga-un-millon-de-classmate-con-linux/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hay que ver lo poco que me agrada Hugo Chávez pero hay que reconocer que ha dado un paso muy import]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">Hay que ver lo poco que me agrada Hugo Chávez pero hay que reconocer que ha dado un paso muy importante, ya veremos si termina todo como debe ser mi Micro$oft no mete la mano como ha hecho otras veces. Os dejo con la noticia.</p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><img style="margin:5px;" title="instantanea-tuquito-classmate.jpg" src="http://www.isos-linux.com.ar/images/stories/instantanea-tuquito-classmate.jpg" alt="instantanea-tuquito-classmate.jpg" width="500" height="300" align="default" /><br />
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<p align="left"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">El presidente de Venezuela Hugo Chávez, ordenó la compra de un millón de ordenadores portátiles basados en los Netbooks de Intel diseñados para escolares de países en desarrollo. Sólo este pedido, es un 50% superior a los equipos gestionados por el OLPC de Negroponte, el gran precursor de este tipo de equipos con su campaña “un portátil por niño”.<br />
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> El contrato se firmó el sábado en Portugal en el marco de un proyecto más amplio en tecnología, energía, vivienda e infraestructura. No se conocen los términos económicos del acuerdo pero se habla que los ordenadores llegarían a cambio de petróleo.</p>
<p>Los portátiles se fabricarán en Portugal con licencia de Intel y sobre la base del Classmate, un netbook diseñado principalmente para sistemas educativos de países en vía de desarrollo y que en su última revisión cuenta con pantalla de 9 pulgadas, disco duro de 30 GB (complementando a unidades de estado sólido de 2 o 4 Gbytes), 512 Mbytes de memoria RAM, baterías de 6 celdas para 5 horas de uso y procesadores Atom más chipsets de Intel.</p>
<p>Los equipos para Venezuela llevarán pre-instalado una de las versiones Linux certificadas por Intel para estos modelos: Mandriva Linux Discovery o Tuquito Classmate.<br />
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<p align="left"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.theinquirer.es/2008/09/28/venezuela-encarga-un-millon-de-classmate-con-linux.html" target="_blank">Fuente</a> </span></p>
<p align="left">Visto en &#124; <a href="http://www.isos-linux.com.ar/content/view/3502/1/">isoslinux</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[lambda]]></title>
<link>http://generation7.wordpress.com/?p=72</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>generation7</dc:creator>
<guid>http://generation7.ar.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/xo-lambda/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Every Lisp needs its own machine.
This one belongs to the OLPC XO-1.

So far, it features:
* Integer]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every Lisp needs its own machine.</p>
<p>This one belongs to the OLPC XO-1.</p>
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<p><strong>So far, it features:</strong></p>
<p>* Integer &#38; Real numeric types<br />
* Mark &#38; Sweep garbage collection<br />
* A simple foreign function interface<br />
* A full screen editor which can freely mix text and graphics<br />
* Implemented in ~2000 lines of C code<br />
* Released under a MIT/X11 license</p>
<p><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Lambda">more...</a></p>
<p><strong>UPDATE: </strong> Thank you to a friend who shall remain nameless for pointing out that one should probably mention such things... I am currently available for interesting short-term offsite work. :-)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[OLPC in the eyes of a two year old]]></title>
<link>http://morgancollett.wordpress.com/?p=109</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Morgan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://morgancollett.ar.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/olpc-in-the-eyes-of-a-two-year-old/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My two year old&#8217;s response whenever he gets a chance to bang on one of my XOs:
&#8220;Make a D]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My two year old's response whenever he gets a chance to bang on one of my XOs:</p>
<blockquote><p>"Make a Doggy noise!"</p></blockquote>
<p>This is a reference to <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/TamTam">TamTam</a>, a set of musical activities which can play back samples including various animal noises, at different pitches (and also be used for music composition and performance, by the way...)</p>
<p>My four year old's favourite activity is "typing" in <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Write">Write</a>, where she has very particular requirements: the font must be sans serif, large and pink, and while she occasionally types "momy" and "dady" or her name, she's usually content to type screenfuls of the first letter of her name. She also loves typing random "words" into <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Speak">Speak</a> with hilarious results.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Homestar Runner Gives One, Gets One]]></title>
<link>http://allgeektout.wordpress.com/?p=197</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>allgeektout</dc:creator>
<guid>http://allgeektout.com/2008/09/23/homestar-runner-gives-one-gets-one/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Strong Bad E-Mail just hit the 200 mark, and in celebration, the Poopsmith broke his vow of silence,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Strong Bad E-Mail just hit the 200 mark, and in celebration, the Poopsmith broke his vow of silence, Strong Bad hosted a sbemail with a live studio audience, and Homestar Runner stole Strong Bad's thunder by announced that he, too, had been answering e-mails submitted by fans. And what laptop does he use to answer those e-mails on?</p>
<p><a href="http://allgeektout.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/picture-3.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-199" title="olpchr" src="http://allgeektout.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/picture-3.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="216" /></a></p>
<p>Why, one of the XO laptops from the <a href="http://laptop.org/">One Laptop Per Child</a> organization of course! Seems like that do-gooder Homestar is doing his part to make sure that kids in third-world countries get good educations</p>
<p>Speaking of which, I've heard that OLPC is going to be restarting the Give 1, Get 1 program this winter in partnership with Amazon.com. If the G1G1 program, you can buy two XO laptops, one for yourself, and one for a child in a third-world country. Check it out when it starts November 17th.</p>
<p>Don't know who Strong Bad is? Take a look at my <a href="http://allgeektout.com/2008/09/15/cheat-sheet-freecountry1/">Cheat Sheet to Free Country</a>, USA.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[September 2008 Meetup]]></title>
<link>http://olpcboston.wordpress.com/?p=13</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>olpcboston</dc:creator>
<guid>http://olpcboston.ar.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/september-2008-meetup/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Where: OLPC offices, 1 Cambridge Center (Kendall Square), Cambridge MA.  (also known as 1CC)
When: ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright" src="http://olpcboston.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/2558094710_14fd5a69aa_m.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="180" />Where: OLPC offices, 1 Cambridge Center (Kendall Square), Cambridge MA.  (also known as 1CC)</p>
<p>When: Saturday, Sept. 27 from 11am to 12:30pm.</p>
<p>Why: You've never seen so many XOs in one place at one time! Just booting up your XO to look at the network view is worth the trip.</p>
<p>Directions:</p>
<p>Taking the T: Kendall Square stop on the Red Line. 1CC is at the east end of Kendall Square (towards the Longfellow Bridge).</p>
<p>Driving: Main Street Cambridge is <em>one way towards Boston</em> in Kendall Square.</p>
<ol>
<li>If you're coming from the east (Boston), cross over the Longfellow and drive down Broadway past the Marriott hotel. Turn left on Ames St., drive one block and turn left onto Main St. Coming from the west just drive east on Main St. towards Boston.</li>
<li>Turn right onto Hayward Street. There is an MIT parking lot (with guard shack) on the right side. On the weekends there is no charge and no guard. Just don't park in a "reserved" spot -- the rest of the lot is open for use.</li>
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<p>We'll be meeting in a group outside the building, as we have to have an escort to enter the building.</p>
<p>Looking forward to seeing everyone there.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Bash tip: $CDPATH]]></title>
<link>http://morgancollett.wordpress.com/?p=107</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Morgan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://morgancollett.ar.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/bash-tip-cdpath/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I heard about bash&#8217;s $CDPATH recently and it is an awesome productivity tip. Enjoy!
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I heard about bash's <a href="http://www.caliban.org/bash/#bashtips">$CDPATH</a> recently and it is an awesome productivity tip. Enjoy!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[OLPC South Africa at INSITE conference]]></title>
<link>http://morgancollett.wordpress.com/?p=100</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Morgan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://morgancollett.ar.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/olpc-za-at-insite-conference/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I was offered a stand for OLPC by SITA (the State IT Agency) at INSITE (The International Science, I]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was offered a stand for OLPC by <a href="http://www.sita.co.za/">SITA</a> (the State IT Agency) at <a href="http://www.insitex.co.za/">INSITE</a> (The International Science, Innovation and Technology Exhibition) in Johannesburg as part of their <a href="http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/">Software Freedom Day</a> celebration called <a href="http://www.insitex.co.za/visitorinfo.htm">Open Source for Business</a>.</p>
<p>Lungi Siqebengu, Neo Masilo and Sipho Dladla joined me in running the stand on 17 September. Lungi is a long time contributor to <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-za/">olpc-za</a>. Neo's been the IT guy supporting the XO deployment at Kliptown Youth Project and has given a lot of support to <a href="http://iuohot.blogspot.com/">One Here One There</a>'s deployment in Limpopo. Sipho is one of the youth at Kliptown who received an XO in that deployment, so he was able to share personally what the OLPC project has meant to him.</p>
[caption id="attachment_103" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Lungi, Sipho, Morgan, Neo"]<a href="http://morgancollett.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/olpc-za.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-103" title="The team" src="http://morgancollett.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/olpc-za.jpg?w=450" alt="Lungi, Sipho, Morgan, Neo" width="450" height="223" /></a>[/caption]
<p>We had a bunch of XOs, solar panels and an active antenna on show and did many demos with the XOs. The most common question was "Where can I get one?" We had interest from educators, who asked how they can get XOs to their schools, as well as people interested in funding deployments or helping to raise funds. We also had children who came to play...</p>
[caption id="attachment_101" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="The children needed no explanation"]<a href="http://morgancollett.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/children.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-101" title="children" src="http://morgancollett.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/children.jpg?w=300" alt="The children needed no explanation" width="300" height="225" /></a>[/caption]
<p>Neo had a lot of pictures of the recent deployment in Limpopo, so it was great to explain how OLPC is deploying 55000 laptops every month to deployments around the globe but also show the XOs in use in South Africa.</p>
[caption id="attachment_104" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Neo giving a demo"]<a href="http://morgancollett.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/neo_demo.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-104" title="Neo demo" src="http://morgancollett.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/neo_demo.jpg?w=300" alt="Neo giving a demo" width="300" height="204" /></a>[/caption]
<p>We directed people wanting to get involved to <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_South_Africa">OLPC South Africa</a> which gives contact and mailing list information.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The OLPC PH Special Interest Group at Software Freedom Day 2008 Quezon City, Philippines]]></title>
<link>http://engage.wordpress.com/?p=311</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jerome</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[We had a lot of fun during the Software Freedom Day celebration at the National Computer Center in Q]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We had a lot of fun during the <a href="http://bluepoint.com.ph/sfd08/">Software Freedom Day celebration at the National Computer Center</a> in Quezon City. Major props to <a href="http://bluepoint.com.ph/">Bluepoint</a> with <a href="http://engels.mortega.net/">Engels</a> and <a href="http://gaffud.com/">Magie</a> Antonio for spearheading the organization of the very successful event!</p>
<p><a title="People waiting at the NCC lobby for Software Freedom Day to start by jgotangco, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsgotangco/2871620957/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/2871620957_03c174828b.jpg" alt="People waiting at the NCC lobby for Software Freedom Day to start" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>I didn't get myself involved with Ubuntu for this year's Software Freedom Day celebration. Instead, I focused on our small, but thriving <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines">OLPC Philippines Special Interest Group</a> where we had a table and placed a bunch of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO-1">XO-1</a> and prototype B2 and B4 machines as well as some Ubuntu laptops with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_(GUI)">Sugar</a> emulator for people to really appreciate the hardware and the potential of the software.</p>
<p><a title="OLPC PH Special Interest Group booth by jgotangco, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsgotangco/2872454744/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3067/2872454744_2af84b7d8d.jpg" alt="OLPC PH Special Interest Group booth" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.radix.net/~cgabriel/">Harry Harrison</a> also joined us and took time to explain to people about the XO-1 hardware and what <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_Per_Child">OLPC</a> has been doing. There were a lot of questions ranging from "Where do I get this?" to "When is it coming to the Philippines" and other related questions ("Does it run Ubuntu?". We also had the chance to talk to press people, but since we're currently a hobby group, we can only point to the right resources and people to get in touch with. Unfortunately, there isn't much to tell about with regards to local pilots and stuff like that with the OLPC and XO-1 despite the fact that almost all the major UMPC/4P computer brands are readily available in the market quite cheap (you can get an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classmate_PC">Intel Classmate 1</a> here for something like $200 USD). But <strong><em>the fact that people are able to really see and use the XO-1 make them realize its difference to the current crop of Netbooks and UMPCs</em></strong> being sold at retail.</p>
<p><a title="Harry Harrison showing the capabilities of the XO-1 by jgotangco, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsgotangco/2871626343/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/2871626343_46624539e2.jpg" alt="Harry Harrison showing the capabilities of the XO-1" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>Of course, any meetup is not complete with the obligatory group photo. Too bad Harry left early as he wanted to go to the mall early to get a new router. If there is one thing that I enjoyed doing this day is that it was truly refreshing to do something else not related directly to Ubuntu (we've grown our local community to a point that others can become resource persons easily).</p>
<p><a title="OLPC PH Special Interest Group picture by jgotangco, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsgotangco/2871629525/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3250/2871629525_25d60f9196.jpg" alt="OLPC PH Special Interest Group picture" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>Some of you are still celebrating Software Freedom Day at this moment - create magic and inspire people! That's the best result any SFD or advocacy can achieve.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Escolas do Peru irão receber Laptop da OLPC com Windows]]></title>
<link>http://diariodeuminformata.wordpress.com/?p=266</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Wendell</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[É isso mesmo, meu caro leitor. Como já era de se esperar a parceria entre o projeto OLPC e a Micro]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">É isso mesmo, meu caro leitor. Como já era de se esperar a parceria entre o projeto OLPC e a Microsoft começa a render frutos (para Microsoft). Segundo o próprio Ministério da Educação do Peru os laptop´s do projeto terão o pacote Microsoft Student Innovation Suite pré-instalado. Serão mais de 100 mil laptop´s entregues a partir de outubro naquele país. Sem dúvida a Microsoft está fazendo um ótimo trabalho de "prospecção" de futuros consumidores.</p>
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<p style="text-align:right;">Fonte: <a title="Meio Bit" href="http://meiobit.pop.com.br/" target="_blank">Meio Bit</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[El portátil desplaza al ordenador de sobremesa]]></title>
<link>http://jorgehierro.wordpress.com/?p=178</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jorgehierro</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Movilidad y comunicación en un sólo clic 
 
La tendencia en el mercado en los dos últimos dos a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><strong><span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Movilidad y comunicación en un sólo clic </span></span></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">La tendencia en el mercado en los dos últimos dos años, ha demostrado que el ordenador portátil es preferido antes que el de sobremesa, tanto en las empresas como en los hogares domésticos, como se ha podido comprobar en los estudios presentados por IDC, entre otros. El ahorro de espacio, la movilidad, las mejoras en la comunicación de estos dispositivos y la alternativa de “llevarte el trabajo” a casa, así como la mejora de las prestaciones en los mismos, ha posibilitado un síntoma de confianza en los usuarios, que acceden a Internet en las mismas condiciones y comparten los documentos en línea, con unas garantías de almacenamiento impensables hace tan sólo cuatro años. Por otro lado, el ordenador portátil, debido a la oferta realizada por la mayoría de las empresas, ha revolucionado el sector del Hardware, lo cual ha permitido un aumento considerable de las ventas durante el pasado año. Asimismo, la penetración de las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (TIC) y el esfuerzo de la Administración, ha logrado, según los expertos, un aumento de las ventas de ordenadores, así como de la inversión por parte de las empresas en materia de tecnología. <span> </span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">El ejemplo más claro se encuentra en el 2006 en Estados Unidos. De cada tres ordenadores vendidos, dos eran portátiles. Esta tendencia, originada por los cambios en el mercado laboral y las fusiones acontecidas (software y hardware) a lo largo de los ejercicios 2000, 2001 y 2002 presagiaban un giro en el mercado del trabajo, debido a la entrada del “freelance” o “autónomo” como uno de los agentes o colectivos sociales más dinamizadores de la economía occidental. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Siguiendo el mismo ejemplo, y llevándolo al caso español, nos encontramos con una tendencia de consolidación en el aumento de equipos informáticos adquiridos en todo el país. Así pues, la liberalización de precios, la competitividad de las diversas marcas y el auge de la adquisición de cualquier producto a través de la red, permitió que durante el 2007, por cuarto trimestre consecutivo y siguiendo la tendencia del 2006, la venta de ordenadores portátiles volviera a superar con creces a la de equipos de sobremesa (585.948 unidades frente a 452.156), es decir, representando un 42,1% del mercado (un 43,9% en el segmento empresarial y un 40% en el ámbito doméstico). </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">En este sentido, las razones son evidentes. El acceso a Internet por medio de las redes inalámbricas, el poco espacio que ocupa, la mejora de la capacidad del disco duro o la velocidad del procesador han conseguido que los profesionales, universitarios y estudiantes compartan documentos, trabajos y puedan disfrutar de determinados programas de ocio en igualdad de condiciones que en el hogar, es decir, utilizando un sobremesa. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">La pantalla, en su defecto, no siempre es de las mismas dimensiones, pero la movilidad es la clave para entender la tendencia de un mercado que sigue en auge a lo largo del 2008. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Por número de ventas, a lo largo del segundo trimestre de 2007 en España, HP (204.049), Acer (199.210), Dell (93.150), Toshiba (71.006) y Packard Bell (56.654) son las principales compañías del mercado español, las cuales han sabido conjugar distintas ofertas en función del precio y las prestaciones, y repiten orden y posición en el mercado internacional. De esta manera, según los datos publicados por Displaysearch, Acer ha arrebatado el segundo puesto a Dell, con una cuota de mercado del 16% en el último trimestre de 2007, aunque HP se mantiene en primera posición con un 20% de cuota, por medio de los 6,6 millones de ordenadores vendidos en el cuarto trimestre del año pasado. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Por otra parte, al margen de la batalla entre Intel y AMD, que son las dos principales marcas de microprocesadores, ambas multinacionales han confirmado un beneficio cercano al 25% durante el segundo trimestre de 2008, gracias a la venta de su producto para ordenadores portátiles. En este sentido, Intel ha anunciado la fabricación de su próxima generación de procesadores Centrino para dispositivos móviles. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Pero, siguiendo con el esquema, nadie ha dejado de lado de la nueva revolución ocasionada por la aparición de los ultraportátiles, que bajo el distintivo de One Laptop Per Chile (OLPD), ha cautivado a niños, adolescentes y adultos, siendo este colectivo el que más ha demandado y solicitado este nuevo equipo informático. A la espera de mejorar las condiciones, Intel ha comentado que “está trabajando en este segmento”, y según las responsables de producto de otras empresas, como ha sido el caso de HP, Acer, Toshiba y Lenovo, han confirmado que se encuentran trabajando en sus primeras versiones, dado que Asus (modelo EeePC), Micro Star International (modelo MSI VR-201) o Airis (modelo Kira) ya lo han hecho con un espectacular éxito. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Si al ordenador de sobremesa le había salido un duro competidor, el portátil ya cuenta con otro más serio y pequeño como el OLPC. El resultado se verá en 2010. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><strong><span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jorge Hierro Álvarez</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><strong><span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Consultoría de Nuevas Tecnologías e Internet</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;"><a href="http://www.jorghierro.wordpress.com">http://www.jorghierro.wordpress.com</a> </span></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Венесуэла получит 1 млн. дешевых ноутбуков]]></title>
<link>http://cabaliero.wordpress.com/?p=444</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cabaliero</dc:creator>
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Правительство Уго Чавеса (Hugo Chavez) заключило контракт с]]></description>
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<p>Правительство <strong>Уго Чавеса</strong> (Hugo Chavez) заключило контракт с португальским OEM-производителем на поставку 1 млн. ноутбуков Intel Classmate PC для школ и университетов. Поставка будет осуществляться в два этапа: первая часть отправится в конце 2008 г., а наибольшая – в I половине будущего года. Договор заключен в рамках $3-миллиардного торгового соглашения между двумя странами, сообщает eWeek.</p>
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<p>Компьютеры будут изготавливаться в Португалии и поставляться в Венесуэлу под брендом Magellan PC, сообщают в корпорации Intel. При этом не исключено, что некоторые детали ноутбуков будут изготавливаться и в самой Венесуэле.</p>
<p>Текущий контракт самый масштабный за всю историю Classmate – еще ни в одну страну не поставлялось такое количество ноутбуков, какое планируется поставить Венесуэлу. Ранее, в июле 2008 г., власти Португалии договорились с Intel на производство и поставку школам и университетам Португалии 500 тыс. компьютеров.</p>
<p>Ноутбуки, изготавливаемые для Португалии и Венесуэлы, предлагаются с разными операционными системами. В первом случае это модификация Microsoft Windows, во втором – система семейства Linux, разработанная в Венесуэле. Технические характеристики лэптопов не сообщаются за исключением того, что в них будет стоять процессор Intel Atom.</p>
<p>Активное распространение Classmate PC корпорация Intel начала ранее в 2008 г. после того, как объявила о своем выходе из конкурирующего проекта OLPC. Судя по всему, данный шаг пошел Intel только на пользу. Суммарный объем поставок Classmate PC только лишь в Португалию и Венесуэлу составляет 1,5 млн. ноутбуков, в то время как OLPC реализовала всего лишь 700 тыс. компьютеров.</p>
<p>CNews.ru</p>
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<title><![CDATA[OLPC: 350 nelle scuole di Brescia]]></title>
<link>http://paroledisilicio.wordpress.com/?p=448</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Pedro</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Ho che la provincia di Brescia sta attuando un progetto per la sperimentazione degli OLPC (One Lapto]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ho che la provincia di Brescia sta attuando un progetto per la sperimentazione degli OLPC (One Laptop per Child). Oltre ai 350 che verranno consegnati in provincia, altri 350 andranno nel terzo mondo, come previsto dalla consueta formula di vendita ideata da Negroponte.<a href="http://paroledisilicio.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/olpc.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-450" title="olpc" src="http://paroledisilicio.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/olpc.jpg?w=290" alt="" width="290" height="300" /></a></p>
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<p>Attorno al 15 ottobre dovrebbero essere consegnati, con tanto di cerimonia ufficiale. In vallecamonica dovrebbero venir consegnati 50 esemplari.</p>
<p>L'OLPC è stato il primo esperimento di netbook, ora incarnato negli eeepc e cloni che hanno invaso i supermercati. La progressiva sostituzione dei supporti cartacei con quelli informatici è un indubbio vantaggio e la scelta di puntare su un prodotto del 'OLPC mi sembra  buona.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ForSE 2008 - Speakers and Panels for conference]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[We have a terrific line up of speakers and panels for ForSE 2008 on October 10th at Boston Universit]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We have a terrific line up of speakers and panels for ForSE 2008 on October 10th at Boston University. See the list below. Do make sure you have registered as there are very few seats left.</p>
<p>To register go to: <a href="http://www.bu.edu/forse">http://www.bu.edu/forse</a></p>
<p>Click on the ForSE 2008 link.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Opening Plenary Panel 9.00 to 10.45 am</span></strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Nishith Acharya, Executive      Director, Deshpande Foundation.</li>
<li>Naveen Jha, Director of      Programs, Deshpande       Center for Social      Entrepreneurship</li>
<li>Meenakshi Verma Agrawal,      Program Officer, Global Exchange Programs, Deshpande Foundation</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Closing Keynote 4.00 to 4.30 pm</span></strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Keynote Speaker Gerald Chertavian,      CEO and Founder, Year Up. Recipient of the 2003 Social Entrepreneurship      Award by the Manhattan Institute.</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Track Themed Panels from 11.15 to 12.15 </span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Adapting to Climate Change</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Lynne Carter, Director,      Adaptation Network</li>
<li>Paul H. Kirshen, Research      Professor, Director, Water, Systems, Science and Society, Tufts University</li>
<li>Missy Stults, Sr. Program      Officer, Northeast, ICLEI (International Council for Local Environmental      Initiatives)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Mobile Solutions for the Masses</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Jhonatan Rotberg, Founder,      Director, Next Billion Network</li>
<li>Amir Alexander       Hasson, CEO, United Villages</li>
<li>Barry Vercoe, Professor, MIT      &#38; Advisor OLPC (One Laptop Per Child)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Beyond Microfinance: Opportunities for change</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Chandni Ohri, Regional      Director, South Asia, Grameen Foundation</li>
<li>Sarita Gupta, Vice President,      Women's World Banking</li>
<li>Tanya Palit, Project Manager,      Grameen America</li>
<li>Dr. Jeffrey Blander, Executive      Director, Bienmoyo Foundation, Course Director, Harvard Health Science      &#38; Technology Division</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Building a Sustainable Food Supply</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Kristen McCormack, Faculty      Director, Public and Nonprofit Management Program, Boston      University School       of Management</li>
<li>Florence Reed, Founder, Sustainable Harvest      International</li>
<li>Margaret Williams, Executive      Director, The Food project</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Cultivating a Generation - Engaging Young Entrepreneurs</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Xing Hu, Youth Venture,      Ashoka.org</li>
<li>Alvona Cunningham, Education      Manager, JA Academy and Scholars Program</li>
<li>Clare McCully, Executive      Director, National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Case Studies 1.00 to 2.30 pm</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Environment</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Case Presenter:</span> Mishi Jaggi and Bob Beauchamp,      Nano Decopier, JMD Manufacturing</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Case discussion moderated by:</span> Peter Russo,      Executive-In-Residence/Senior Lecturer, Strategy and Policy Department,      Director, Entrepreneurship Programs - ITEC, Boston University School of      Management</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Mobile Solutions for the Masses</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Case Presenter:</span> Click Diagnostic</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Case discussion moderated by: </span>Tilak Subrahmanian</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Beyond Microfinance: Opportunities for change</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Case Presenter:</span> Eric Melin, Founder,      Philanthropist.org</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Case discussion moderated by:</span> Ramesh       Advani, Vice President of Finance, India Operations,      Fidelity Investments</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Building a Sustainable Food Supply</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Case Presenter:</span> Lydia K. Bergen, Associate Director,      Strategy and Outreach, Sustainable Fisheries Initiative, New       England Aquarium</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Case discussion moderated by:</span> Barry Horwitz, Horwitz &#38;      Company LLC</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Cultivating a Generation - Engaging Young Entrepreneurs</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Case Presenter: </span>Julie Nessen, Co-founder &#38;      Executive Director, Young Entrepreneurs Alliance</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Case discussion moderated by:</span> Paul McManus, Director      International Programs, ITEC, Boston       University</li>
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<p><strong>Sustainable Ventures for non-profits</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Case Presenter: </span>Roger Wellington, Director,      Abundant Table Enterprises &#38; Susan Miskell, Business Operations      Manager, Abundant Table Enterprises</li>
<li>Case Discussion moderator to be      finalized</li>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Track Themed Panels from 2.45 to 3.45 pm</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Mobile Solutions for the Masses</strong></p>
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<li>David Reich, Founder &#38; CEO,      Assured Labor</li>
<li>Vishwanath Anantraman,      Co-Founder, Dimagi</li>
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<p><strong>Cultivating a Generation - Engaging Young Entrepreneurs</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Barton Kunstler, Author, The      Hothouse Effect</li>
<li>Preeta Banerjee, Assistant      Professor of Strategy, International      Business School,      Brandeis University</li>
<li>Joshua Schuler, Executive      Director, Lemelson-MIT Program, MIT</li>
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<p><strong>Sustainable Ventures for non-profits</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Tim Prestero, Founder and CEO,      Design Than Matters</li>
<li>Alex Chisholm, Executive      Director and Founder, Learning Games Network</li>
<li>Therese Ellis, CEO, Common      Impact</li>
<li>Andrew Motta, Operations      Director, Artists For Humanity</li>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Workshops - from 2.45 to 3.45 pm</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Careers in Social Entrepreneurship </strong></p>
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<li>Presented by Marty Rod,      Director of Entrepreneur Outreach, Ashoka</li>
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<p><strong>Marketing for Social Entrepreneurs</strong></p>
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<li>Presented by Beverly Schwartz,      Vice President and Director of Global Marketing, Ashoka</li>
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<p><strong>Strategic Philanthropy: Implications of Recent Trends</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Presented by Anne Radday,      Philanthropy Researcher, Social Innovation Forum</li>
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<title><![CDATA[Magalhães vs OLPC]]></title>
<link>http://agrandealface.wordpress.com/?p=570</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Afonso Azevedo Neves</dc:creator>
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Post desenvolvido no Atlântico, onde passarei também a escrever&#8230;
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<p>Post desenvolvido no <a href="http://atlantico.blogs.sapo.pt/2003375.html" target="_self">Atlântico</a>, onde passarei também a escrever...</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Choices]]></title>
<link>http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/?p=146</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>shirishag75</dc:creator>
<guid>http://flossexperiences.ar.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/choices/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hi all,
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>Today I want to talk about Choices. Choices which are good, which make us feel good, which we feel good about what others have taken as well as choices which make us feel cheap or feel cheated or just plain annoyed.</p>
<p>I am going to talk about few interesting clean way of doing things and couple of things which could have been done in a better way.</p>
<p>The first bit of interesting understanding and news which I came to know about is <a href="http://www.packtpub.com/" target="_blank">Packt</a> . Packt is an online publishing company which has taken the onus of publishing books and documentation on some of the lesser known Free and Open Source Projects. While till here they are similar to others what Packt has done is taken one step more, they have organized <a href="http://www.packtpub.com/award" target="_blank">competitions</a> and give prizes to FOSS projects which are chosen by the community. This is a good way to grow their own business as well as have a thriving  ecosystem around the same. They seem to be on a similar path as Tim O' Reilly is but a slightly different approach.</p>
<p>The other good piece of news comes from a person called <a href="http://anoopjohn.com" target="_blank">Anoop john</a>. He is taking part as well as organizing in something called <a href="http://www.freedomwalk.in" target="_blank">freedom walk </a>. The walk is very much on the lines of the famous Dandi march as was taken by the Great Mahatma Gandhiji, the postle of non-violence. I like the idea and do hope many people take part in the same. The idea is the same, as Shri Gandhiji took the walk to free from the salt produced just by East India Company, similarly he wants to spread awareness that there is more than a majority view in computer software industry. I would encourage everybody if they can spare few minutes or couple or hours to make it meaningful for themselves as well as anoop john himself.</p>
<p>Another interesting one is a site <a href="http://www.blog.co.in" target="_blank">www.blog.co.in</a> . Its an indian site which gives access to blogging. What is interesting is that they have used wordpress to run it.</p>
<p>I had an interesting experience about it which I would like to share with you all. When I first encountered blog.co.in I felt it was just another blogging space. I saw the homepage and it did not have the footer which it says now (Run by Wordpress Engine) , while I was seeing it, on another tab I was managing my wordpress blog or showing it to a friend. She has a blog on blog.co.in . She remarked and I quote  "The UI of both the sites seem so similar" . This was enough to perk up my interest and out I went on the site to find more. I found the information in the About page which said it used wordpress. I immediately wrote the contact form (they could have had a contact us e-mail id, even if its blackhole)</p>
<p>The answer I got was more like who are you or something to that effect.</p>
<p>The net-net of the back &#38; forth ensued that they put up wordpress at the footer. I would have certainly not pursued them if it was not a community sorta site or they are looking to make that.</p>
<p>The only sorta negative or depressing news seems to be coming in the OLPC front. I had blogged about my smallish experience with OLPC couple of months <a href="http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/the-olpc-meet-at-hermitage-dakc-august-5th-2008/" target="_blank">ago</a>. It was a nice experience and the OLPC is pretty much an interesting machine. Reliance has been handling the whole thing from the beginning using another name <a href="http://www.olpc.co.in" target="_blank">Digital Bridge Foundation</a> and nobody knows whether the project is heading, least of all the community. Atleast nothing seems to be clear in the India mailing list. There is just a big long reactionary phase/thread going right now in the mailing list.</p>
<p>While it would be premature to say anything more about the fate of the Digital Briege Foundation, it would be better if Reliance or the Digital Bridge Foundation be more participative, be more open about their activities. Even if you look at the site its been couple of months and its still under construction. I do hope there is a silver lining at the end of the road.</p>
<p>Peace out :)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Local Paper Picks Up XO Story]]></title>
<link>http://ripplingpond.wordpress.com/?p=344</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ripplingpond</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ripplingpond.ar.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/local-paper-picks-up-xo-story/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[XOs at Creek View
During the XO Reception I presented several small thank you&#8217;s which I create]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.northfulton.com/Articles-i-2008-09-18-174910.112113_Alpharettas_Creek_View_supplies_laptops_to_the_world.html">XOs at Creek View</a><br />
<a href="http://ripplingpond.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/olpc-xo3.jpg"><img src="http://ripplingpond.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/olpc-xo3.jpg?w=214" alt="" title="olpc-xo3" width="214" height="300" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-346" /></a>During the XO Reception I presented several small thank you's which I created using Picasa 3 Beta collage and a word collage I created using wordle.net.  In Picasa, I just uploaded the images to Walgreen's and they were printed within 1/2 hour on 8x10 glossy paper.  The photos are a combination of pictures I captured and xo wiki pix.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Plan Ceibal en Nueva Zelandia]]></title>
<link>http://maresdelsur.wordpress.com/?p=357</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>maresdelsur</dc:creator>
<guid>http://maresdelsur.ar.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/plan-ceibal-en-nueva-zelandia/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[El Plan Ceibal es un programa que se implanta en Uruguay, y es una extensión del programa mundial O]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>El <a href="www.ceibal.edu.uy">Plan Ceibal</a> es un programa que se implanta en Uruguay, y es una extensión del programa mundial <a href="http://www.laptop.org">One Laptop per Child</a> cuya misión es reducir la brecha digital. Para ahorrar al lector detalles técnicos se traduce en otorgar a cada niño un computador, con un set de software libre incluido, que le permite acceder a Internet y aprender el manejo del mundo virtual. En <a href="http://www.larepublica.com.uy/politica/292520-intel-no-afecta-plan-ceibal">palabras </a>del ex Presidente <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Alberto_Lacalle">Luis Alberto Lacalle</a>,  uno de los principales líderes de la oposición en el Uruguay,"<em>Lo de las computadoras es lo más importante, aunque le parezca mentira. Hay pocas cosas más importantes, por la cual hay que felicitar al gobierno</em>". Humildemente, también lo había dicho yo por acá en este <a href="http://tanconectados.com/2008/05/14/mano-a-mano-con-la-xo/">blog</a> donde hay un excelente analísis de la computadora que se usa. Por supuesto, el Plan tiene desafiíos importantes por delante, en materia de implementación.  No es el objetivo de este post, discutir los mismos, sino compartir con ustedes una anécdota, que realmente me puso a pensar.</p>
<p>Hace unas semanas me dirigía a una fiesta que organizaba el lugar donde <a href="http://www.wellingtonnz.com/bars_restaurants/shooters">vivo</a>, en un conocido bar de Wellington, cuando al salir, me encuentro con un grupo de personas, con las computadoras del Plan Ceibal sobre la mesa.  Pensé que había tomado mucha cerveza, pero reconocí a un argentino, en el medio de todos ellos. Martín, los estaba organizando.</p>
<p>Lo que ví fue un grupo de jóvenes no mayores de 35 años,  diseñando software para la computadora, en un bar de Wellington, en sus horas libres. Martín me explicaba que lo hacían por su compromiso con el proyecto, y que estos jóvenes, eran de todo el mundo.  En este caso, había irlandeses, ingleses y Martín. Y ahí entendí, porque esto es aún más importante.</p>
<p>Porque en un mundo donde parece que lo único que existe es la iniciativa individual en beneficio propio (no hay nada de malo con eso, el problema viene con la exageración), y cualquier rastro de altruismo es visto como sospechoso, estos jóvenes estaban ahí y desde su mesa, eran personal calificado (y del caro), trabajando en el otro extremo del mundo, para el Plan Ceibal de Uruguay, y seguramente para todos los demás . Esto es, lo que nadie podrá parar de la globalización, ya no solo de los mercados, sino de la solidaridad. Mientras en las sociedades más opulentas, la búsqueda por el sentido de la vida se hace más obvio (es evidente, por más dinero que se tenga, el agujero existencial no se puede tapar), algunos jóvenes deciden dedicar horas extras, a cambiar el mundo. Si el Plan Ceibal sale bien, es el equivalente a una nueva alfabetización digital. Es poner en manos de todos una herramienta que podrá servir, indudablemente para agregar valor a la economía, pero mucho más importante,  será una herramienta que potenciará el conocer el mundo, y tratar de aprovechar las oportunidades que brinda.  Y si lo que ví en esta pequeña isla del Pacífico, se repite alrededor del mundo,  el cielo es el límite.</p>
<p>Quien dijo, que todo está perdido...</p>
<p><a href="http://maresdelsur.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/cimg0922.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-358" title="Voluntarios" src="http://maresdelsur.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/cimg0922.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p><em>Quien dijo que todo está perdido</em>...</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Un Windows para cada niño]]></title>
<link>http://castorexmachina.wordpress.com/?p=223</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Eduardo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://castorexmachina.ar.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/un-windows-para-cada-nino/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Me entero por el blog de Eduardo Villanueva -aunque creo haberlo visto también mencionado en Engadg]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Me entero por el blog de Eduardo Villanueva -aunque creo haberlo visto también <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/peru-receives-first-windows-based-olpc-xo-laptops/">mencionado en Engadget</a>- que Perú es el primer país en adquirir 100 mil OLPCs, las famosas laptops de $100, <a href="http://evillan.blogspot.com/2008/09/windows-en-la-xo-1-una-aberracin-o-un.html">con  Windows XP en lugar del Sugar OS</a>, la variante de Linux que traían originalmente. (El Útero también tiene <a href="http://uterodemarita.com/2008/09/24/salpicadito-bloguero/">un comentario al paso sobre el tema</a>.)</p>
<p>El hecho de que la opción misma exista es controversial, pero escapa un poco a nuestro ámbito. El asunto más local es que esta adquisición refleja la completa falta de comprensión del proyecto, o al menos de su intención original, por parte de las autoridades encargadas en el Ministerio de Educación. Básicamente esto se convirtió en la compra de 100 mil juguetitos verde fosforescente, totalmente desprovistos del potencial intrínsecamente revolucionario que tenía el concepto original.</p>
<p>Me pongo así un poco radical porque todo el chongo de la XO-1 era, precisamente, el que era maleable: el usuario, el niño que jugara con ella, tenía en sus manos acceso a todo el sistema, a desarmarlo, entenderlo, rearmarlo, destruirlo si quería. Era software libre, que le permitía un acceso que no sólo incrementaba su conocimiento sobre el aparato, sino que modificaba su actitud hacia la tecnología. Difundía a gran escala la idea de que la información estaba allí para jugar con ella, para hacerla más interesante. Ahora, sólo difunde los horribles botones Fisher Price de Windows XP y un sistema operativo que decide las cosas por ti, y encima, las decide mal.</p>
<p>Ahora, acá me vuelvo un poco loco: con esta decisión, el gobierno no estaría sino cimentando a largo plazo aquello que ya es moneda corriente hoy. La información no es pública, el ciudadano no tiene derecho a inmiscuirse en las misteriosas maquinaciones de un sistema que le debe ser ajeno en todo sentido. La decisión de inutilizar el sentido profundo de la XO-1 es la manifestación tecnológico-educativa de la reacción a la formidable campaña Adopta un Congresista (a la cual si no me he sumado aún es porque no consigo tiempo para buscar un fax). En la misma medida, <a href="http://www.desdeeltercerpiso.com/2008/09/asco/">el Congreso cierra filas para preservar la oscuridad</a>, de la misma manera que el Windows XP cierra los puertos para que los niños no puedan saber, nunca, qué es lo que está pasando detrás del velo de la ignorancia.</p>
<p>Todo es consistente.</p>
<p>La información quiere ser libre.</p>
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