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 attended the OLPC country meetings in May. Recently, he was watching an […]
XO BookSprint instructions
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 writing sprint, but I wanted to let my readers know the basic overview of how […]
Stories from SXSWi 2008 – BarCamp Austin III (BarCampAustin3)
Steve Carl already wrote up his notes from BarCamp Austin and I enjoyed his viewpoint very much. This was only my second BarCamp experience, and this year, I decided to take the plunge and actually volunteer to present. Whurley was very encouraging despite my inexperienced questions. “What’s a badge that you wear vs. a badge […]