running on an even keel
It’s been a productive few weeks. Yesterday we launched the new Sleep Apnoea Association of ACT site. It was in desperate need of a refresh, probably the of the best examples of severe neglect I’ve seen actually. Took me right back to the Web 1.0 days! Anyway, I ran the spirit of their design through [...]
Getting access to XOs in Australia/NZ
Pia has just posted a detailed list of suggestions if you were ever interested in getting your hands on an OLPC XO laptop in Australia and New Zealand. Before she does, though, she makes an important note that I feel that I should copy here. I’ve seen people (especially at ZDnet) somewhat miffed once they [...]
replacing an XO screen
Pia is pretty clever. Or maybe she’s just showing us how easy things are. Learn how to replace a broken XO screen while watching tuesday night TV!
Why Australian trials are important to the OLPC vision
Pia’s gone and done a five point explanation as to why OLPC trials in Australia are important. First, the need. We’ve got such a range of educational situations here in this country, and there is most definitely room for this kind of technology. Second, it helps free up money for similar projects in a tricky [...]
back on the air
It’s kind of embarrasing really but some of you may have noticed BuzzMoo.com disappear last night, replaced with a parking page full of ads! Well, I forgot to renew the domain. Not forgot exactly, I just thought it was set to automatically renew. Nope! Thanks to Pia‘s heads up just as I was going to [...]
Breaking news – new detail on Australian OLPC deployment.
Over at OLPC Friends you can finally get some details on Australia’s first OLPC XO pilot. Pia’s been heading up the project, with an emphasis on remote collaboration rather than school-wide saturation and deployment. Available so far is the technical documentation, with more to follow… Today Pia Waugh has posted on her blog a link [...]
CASE’s One laptop per child open day – brief review
Just back from CASE‘s One Laptop per Child Open Day, held this afternoon in Belconnen. We had a good time with a dozen or so people showing up. Visitors were introduced to the laptop and then had the opportunity to play with them and experience the feel of one. This stimulated a good amount of [...]
breaking news: OLPC XOs come to Canberra
I’m pleased to announce… ===== For Immediate Release 14 October, 2008 One Laptop Per Child Open Day Computing Assistance Support & Education (CASE) will be hosting Canberra’s first One Laptop Per Child Open Day Monday 27 October 2008 3.00pm at Volunteering ACT 55 Chandler Street (corner of Chandler and Cameron Streets) Belconnen. Pia Waugh, open source software [...]
OLPC Video Chat
Video Chat for the XO is now (re)available at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Video_Chat. At the moment it supports one-to-one video chat between XOs and in future releases will feature increased whiteboard functionality and, hopefully, multi-conferencing. Check out Pia’s announcement on one of the hottest XO apps out to date! And then download a copy yourself.
Video Chat for OLPC XOs
Pia has posted an update RE: the Video Chat application she’s championing for XOs. What you may have expected to be an integral feature wasn’t actually available until the development of this package. This is a good example of the benefits of developing on an open platform – the community can and is able to step in [...]
Software Freedom Day 08
Today is Software Freedom Day 08. If you’re a Free Open Source Software junky, then you probably already know. If you’re not and you want to know how open source ideas underpin your human rights you should most definitely get involved at softwarefreedomday.org, follow the developments on SFD planet or keep an eye on Pia’s blog.
Open Source On The Air
James and Karin from Open Source On The Air get Pia “into the studio” and have a good discussion dealing with the latest OLPC XO / Windows news, Open Source in general and Software Freedom Day 08. Prior to Pia’s segment there’s a great talk on the state of audio in Linux. Paul Wayper, open source [...]
Windows and OLPC XO
Ben Thompson over at Half Life Source is reporting on the ever increasing talk about the OLPC project’s XO laptop moving away from Linux in preference of Windows. The argument goes along the lines of it being better to expose children to Outlook, Office and other Msoft packages, as these are the software that run [...]
OLPC XOs at BuzzMoo.com
BuzzMoo.com has been off the air during the time I’ve had the opportunity to play around with OLPC Inc’ XO laptop, and I intend to make up for lost time by providing good OLPC related resources here. There’s plenty to say, but I’ll just start with some links to some bits and pieces I’ve come [...]
