Posts Tagged ‘OLPC’

What is Anne Gentle up to?

{ Posted on Feb 19 2009 by annegentle }
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Categories : DITA, OLPC, blogging, techpubs, tools, wiki
I finally feel some energy returning after my eye injury about a month ago, although my right eye remains dilated which still means that side is a bit out-of-focus and I don't like driving at night. I feel like I ...Read More »

InfoSlicer is released to the world

{ Posted on Feb 13 2009 by annegentle }
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Let the remixing begin. I just got word today that the Infoslicer project has been checked into the Sugar code repository at http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/infoslicer, and released under the GPLv2 license. Can I get a whoohoo? Oh yeah! Infoslicer is a Sugar Activity ...Read More »

A nice OLPC story

{ Posted on Dec 01 2008 by annegentle }
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Lifted in whole from the December 1, 2008 OLPC Community update - what a neat story. Cambridge: Samuel Dalembert, the 6-11 starting center for the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, is a devotee of technology whose personal foundation supports a variety of youth projects. Samuel ...Read More »

OLPC Book Ready for G1G1!

{ Posted on Nov 16 2008 by annegentle }
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Tomorrow, Monday, November 17 is the launch of the new Give One Get One campaign for 2008 - meaning, once again you can buy your very own XO laptop. The tagline for this year is Give a Laptop. Get a ...Read More »

BookSprint post on OLPC News web site

{ Posted on Oct 21 2008 by annegentle }
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Here's a post I wrote about the BookSprint published on OLPC News, an independent site that boasts about 5,000 readers a day. OLPC / Sugar - Book Sprint, part II: Action To build a set of books in five days takes a ...Read More »

Wikislicing project gets real – introducing InfoSlicer as a Sugar Activity

{ Posted on Oct 13 2008 by annegentle }
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[caption id="attachment_500" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Scissor-style information slicing"][/caption] A photo of old school remixing - printing out Wikipedia articles and recombining them. :) This was a fun learning exercise as part of an IBM Extreme Blue student project creating a Sugar Activity called ...Read More »

FLOSS Manuals book store now open!

{ Posted on Oct 08 2008 by annegentle }
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I went out for a run this morning and realized it has been a year this very week since I started my volunteer work with OLPC. This project was my first foray into the open source world from a contributor ...Read More »

BookSprint Laps

{ Posted on Sep 10 2008 by annegentle }
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What is a continuation of a BookSprint called? I'm not sure what to call it, nor do I know which metaphors might fit, but there has been some additional energy emanating from the Austin-based OLPC BookSprint. In the week following ...Read More »

XO BookSprint instructions

{ Posted on Aug 25 2008 by annegentle }
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Adam Hyde of FLOSS Manuals wrote up these instructions for how to get involved with the BookSprint going on this week. I'm hoping to write blog entries that describe the planning sessions and surrounding practical advice for this type of ...Read More »

How do people converse about technical topics today?

{ Posted on Aug 22 2008 by annegentle }
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I have seen the eminent reinvention of technical documentation as we know it, which inspired me to begin chronicling my own observations and shifts in the field of communicating technical topics through conversation. One such revealing moment happened while I was ...Read More »
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