Quite some years ago, we brought the #OLPC AKA the 100$ laptop to Rwanda [1].
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DJGummikuhreplied to Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer this story is extraordinarily stupid (as far as the government goes) because the goal of #OLPC was to improve education, and then the government fumes because their population starts to make educated decisions...
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โ ร nฬถtฬถhiวยฏโฃabฬทrฬทฮต โ โฎ๏ธreplied to Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer I saw it at a CCCamp many years ago and I was deeply impressed.
Apart from the "usual specs" many things there were pretty amazing and innovative and I'd love to have a modern hardware machine with some features of the OLPC. -
Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange:replied to DJGummikuh last edited by
@DJGummikuh Itโs IMHO one of the reasons we never saw the OLPC concept being introduced in a western country. I tried at the time. But we were always destroyed by government agencies with the โit doesnโt run Microsoft Officeโ argument.
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DJGummikuhreplied to Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer yeah I also remember there was a huge outcry that it would destroy the mobile devices market and people should rather pay hundreds of Euros for Hardware they don't need to "not upset the market" ๐คฎ
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C.Suthorn :prn:replied to โ ร nฬถtฬถhiวยฏโฃabฬทrฬทฮต โ โฎ๏ธ last edited by
Tja, heute gibt es Android-Smartphones fรผr den gleichen Preis und mit einem darauf installierten Freifunk-Mesh mรผsste sich das umsetzen lassen, was der OLPC leisten sollte.
Ich habe einen hier. Mir wollte er nie zeigen, dass eines der installierten Programme auch real funktioniert, vielleicht war er ja ausgelastet, nach nicht vorhandenen Mesh-Kontakten zu suchen.
Aber schรถn zu hรถren, dass er wenigstens in Rwanda nรผtzlich war.
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Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange:replied to C.Suthorn :prn: last edited by
@Life_is Die 10 OLPC die ich habe bauen problemlos ihr Mesh und letztens hatten wir 10 Kinder, die damit fleissig und begeistert Musik gemacht haben. @antifarben
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Rob Carlsonreplied to Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer I love this story. Do you have a citation? If this is a stupid question and you're somehow someone that was on the ground relating a personal narrative I apologize.
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Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange:replied to Rob Carlson last edited by
@vees I am sure there are some articles about it out there that I don't have in my archives. I can only offer you my assurance that this happened. I was involved in the coordination and discussions with the core developers that solved these problems on site and beyond.
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Simon Jaegerreplied to Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer I think a lot about the fact that we all have pocket communicators with many different radios in them, but if disaster ever strikes, none of them can communicate with each other. The more I think about it, the more it feels like a sign of a world gone mad.
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Jeff Griggreplied to Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange: last edited by
I think that "keyboard light problem" speaks to a need to have cheap solar rechargeable LED lamps.
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Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange:replied to Jeff Grigg last edited by [email protected]
@JeffGrigg From today's perspective โ sure. But this was back in 2008 ...
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Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange:replied to Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange: last edited by [email protected]
Going through my archives, I notice I might have been confused. This goes back even further. This happened 2006-08 in the pilot in Ethiopia. Rwanda was 2014. At that time the LED was already long gone. My apologies. I have corrected the original toot. 5/8
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Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange:replied to Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange: last edited by [email protected]
(Thank you all for being kind and respectful in the comments thus far. The OLPC was (and is) a defining part of my private and professional life. I was only involved on the sidelines but I met people that were so deeply invested into the ideas. Developers. Children. Teachers. But also aggressive opponents, lobbyists that did everything possible to kill the project. It teached me a lot. And I still feel sad it never lived up to its potential. Maybe it will. I'm still a believer) Me, 2007 6/8
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Other than the Briar Project, I know of nothing that addresses handset to handset direct comms. And no one I know is even vaguely interested in it and few, other than activisty tech types, even think the idea has value.
It's maddening. castoff phones on thrift stores, wifi only even, no sim, have more computing power than most people had in 1990. And no interest in them except as commodity platforms for whatever it is we do.
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Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange:replied to tom jennings last edited by
@tomjennings The totally weird thing is that Apple implemented such a thing with Airdrop. It was used in the Hong Kong protests to distribute warnings and calls for demonstrations. Ultimately Apple had to change its implementation after pressure by the Chinese government. @simon
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Gabriel Nreplied to Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer I never got to see one in person. I did get to buy a knock off from HP and installed Ubuntu on it. Used it for web development.
The ideas sparked from the OLPC live on.
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Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange:replied to Gabriel N last edited by
@wtrmt Whenever you're in Munich, happy to meet and bring one or two along for you to fiddle with
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kattekrabreplied to Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer we gave away OLPC machines at linux.conf.au 2008 in Melbourne.
I was also a huge fan of the program and sorry it did not reach its full potential. But I believe it changed computing. Cheaper laptops made it more accessible to more people. The eepc and chromebooks came after.
Iโve lost track of whatโs happening with sugar. I should revisit it all.
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Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange:replied to kattekrab last edited by [email protected]
@kattekrab "The little machine that could" will always come to mind whenever I see one
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Moto :rainbowinfinity:replied to Jan Wildeboer ๐ท:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer @tomjennings @simon Did not know about Apple changing implementation - now I wonder how long Iโve been assuming Bluetooth where there was actually an internet involved.