Comments on: OLPC to change the world http://prashantrajan.com/blog/2007/10/10/olpc-to-change-the-world/ Real Person. Real Views. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:56:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: John Tan http://prashantrajan.com/blog/2007/10/10/olpc-to-change-the-world/#comment-191 John Tan Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:49:04 +0000 http://prashantrajan.com/blog/2007/10/10/olpc-to-change-the-world/#comment-191 I love David Pogue's reviews and I share your opinion about where our ineffective Malaysian government spending policy. Can you send me an e-mail? You were referred to me by Khai Lee when I asked him if he knows any good rails developer. I love David Pogue’s reviews and I share your opinion about where our ineffective Malaysian government spending policy.

Can you send me an e-mail? You were referred to me by Khai Lee when I asked him if he knows any good rails developer.

]]> By: Praveen Rajan http://prashantrajan.com/blog/2007/10/10/olpc-to-change-the-world/#comment-161 Praveen Rajan Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:26:44 +0000 http://prashantrajan.com/blog/2007/10/10/olpc-to-change-the-world/#comment-161 Insightful. Definitely, Malaysian tax ringgit could be spent a whole lot better. One thing that strikes me the most with the OLPC XO is the interface: http://www.laptop.org/laptop/interface/index.shtml Screenshots on this page show how the XO displays connections (friends, teachers) within your community (Facebook on the ground?) Excerpt: "Beginning with Seymour Papert's simple observation that children are knowledge workers like any adult, only more so, we decided they needed a user-interface tailored to their specific type of knowledge work: learning. So, working together with teams from Pentagram and Red Hat, we created SUGAR, a “zoom” interface that graphically captures their world of fellow learners and teachers as collaborators, emphasizing the connections within the community, among people, and their activities." Insightful. Definitely, Malaysian tax ringgit could be spent a whole lot better.

One thing that strikes me the most with the OLPC XO is the interface: http://www.laptop.org/laptop/interface/index.shtml

Screenshots on this page show how the XO displays connections (friends, teachers) within your community (Facebook on the ground?)

Excerpt:
“Beginning with Seymour Papert’s simple observation that children are knowledge workers like any adult, only more so, we decided they needed a user-interface tailored to their specific type of knowledge work: learning. So, working together with teams from Pentagram and Red Hat, we created SUGAR, a “zoom” interface that graphically captures their world of fellow learners and teachers as collaborators, emphasizing the connections within the community, among people, and their activities.”

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