Tonight, Harper and Gabriel came over to talk about TinyLanguage, but we also spent a lot of time messing around on the XO machines we have. It is a lot of fun to have a couple of them together right next to each other, you really can have a good time with the collaborative […]
I’m reading a book called Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol (read it there). It is a brutal look at the American public education system, and how it reflects racial inequalities and the inequities of how our tax dollars are applied to the school system. It covers the Chicago Public School system circa the […]
2 months ago, I wrote about Intel’s counteractive response to the One Laptop Per Child program. In the face of the negative press around their actions, and more likely the positive press around the AMD 50 x 15 program (and in turn Negroponte’s project), Intel has taken a step toward collaborating on the OLPC […]
Harper and I went to Barcamp yesterday over in Wicker Park. I was showing off the XO and answering questions about the OLPC project, while Harper mucked around with 500,000 devices he brought in tow (including the super awesome bluebox).
I’m headed back over there this afternoon to catch Jason Jacobsohn from CEC talking on […]
Lately, I have been thinking about how we learn language, and what teaching methods are available to a widespread audience in order to learn language. I find it shocking how little is actually available.
This lead me to thinking of various testing methodologies, including computer adaptive testing. I have taken a number of technology […]
I have read a lot this morning in reaction to the OLPC episode on 60 minutes, and I think there needs to be some clarification.
Yes, Negroponte is pissed off at Intel, it doesn’t take a lot to get there. The problem is, he is NOT afraid of Intel because of competition, he is pissed […]
I have long thought that the biggest blunder made by Negroponte from the beginning of the One Laptop Per Child program was the name itself. I’ve brought this point up before, but calling the machine a laptop brings back an unwelcome and misguided familiarity with the program before you know anything about it. […]
The OLPC program has officially stated the while the initial plan and long term goal is to benefit third world and impoverished countries, the only qualification for the laptops to be rolled out in a region is government buy in. One of the largest issues that the program has to overcome is to avoid […]
A few weeks ago, my good friend Harper got his hands on an OLPC XO-1. Its a great little machine, and I think very well designed and engineered. On the tech side of things, I like the simplicity and focus of the machine, but I am most interested in the networking capabilities. […]
