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Creative Giving (and Getting)
As we find ourselves deep into the Holiday season, we might be thinking of what last minute gifts we need to get. As a nonprofit, we're always thinking that charitable giving is ...
XO-1 V.S. Speak & Spell
The XO-1 (nee OLPC, nee $100 laptop), for those who don't know, is a computing platform developed specifically for young children in developing nations. It has been designed from scratch ...
$100 Laptop at Siggraph Emerging Technologies
As a heads up, the $100 dollar (XO) laptop will be demonstrated at Siggraph 2007's Emerging Tech, by myself and some other Media Lab people. If you're in the area ...
Coffee: Disrupting Social Order Since 1511
Yesterday Calestous Juma spoke to the OLPC class about "social responses to radical technologies". He's a very interesting and engaging speaker who has been thinking a lot about the integration of radical ...
Sugar? One lump or two?
A lot of people talk about wanting to try sugar out every time it hits the news. David Armano expresses his interest in trying out the os. Don't just be a ...
Sugar and spice for the $100 laptop
I was reading this article from Business Week (.com) about the face of the $100 laptop. I've been spending a lot of face time with the laptop lately, as part of ...