15% of people are from the northeast 15% of people left handed 15% of people in the world have no cell phone, or no Internet And… less than 15% of computer science majors are female. [1] This was the lead-in for the panelists and I liked the tie-ins of 15. Since this session, I have […]
Stories from SXSWi 2008 – Textbooks of the Future: Free & Collaborative
I have been talking to SJ Klein regularly via email and phone for my work on the wiki pages and kid’s user manual for the XO laptop for One Laptop Per Child, so I was excited to hear him speak and meet him in person. Also, directly afterwards I planned to go to lunch with […]
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 […]