Comments on: 400 Bucks Can Change The World

By: Beth Kanter

Beth Kanter — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:11:20 +0000

I order one too .. it’s destined for Cambodia.

By: flow14, the blog » Give one, get one

flow14, the blog » Give one, get one — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:17:27 +0000

[...] more I read about the Give one, get one program, the more I like it. Recently discovered tidbits: $200 tax break and [...]

By: whitney

whitney — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:04:23 +0000

Went ahead and ordered today. Perhaps better than Heifer International this year for our giving.

By: john blue

john blue — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:46:44 +0000

FYI, if you want more info on OLPC see its wiki at
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Home and thru third party sources at http://www.olpcnews.com/

Interested in Squeak? See
* http://www.squeakland.org/
* Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu/)
* Etoys http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Etoys

By: rose

rose — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:27:34 +0000

What an awesome program! Equally important as getting computers into peoples hands is getting them network access. A lot of rural villages are still only connected to the outside world by foot traffic. There is a really creative program going on in Nepal that uses wireless technology and solar panels to literally bounce the internet up the sides of mountains to network local schools and communities to the rest of the world:

http://www.nepalwireless.net/contribute.php
and
http://himanchal.org/

My mom was just volunteering at one of the villages and it was amazing to be able to talk to her via IM from a place she had to hike a day to reach. It has had a huge impact on the students and villagers.

By: john blue

john blue — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:10:26 +0000

Bought four, I am on the G2G2 plan :) Ordered this morning:)

By: Christopher Penn, Financial Aid Podcast

Christopher Penn, Financial Aid Podcast — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:36:39 +0000

Kristin – if you’re expecting performance, these machines are not it. I would expect the same performance and speed you get out of an iPod Touch or iPhone, which most of the time is good enough.

By: Christopher Penn, Financial Aid Podcast

Christopher Penn, Financial Aid Podcast — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:35:42 +0000

Well, I ordered a couple. As a marketer, if this is new audience, great. I need to see what they see.

Chances are I’m also going to blow away the Fedora Core install and build my own Linux distro for the box. In terms of hardware, it’s got mic in, line in, video in, and a browser with wi-fi, which pretty much makes it a seesmic/utterz/twitter station, regardless of what else it can do.

By: Kristin Park

Kristin Park — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:11:18 +0000

I agree that this is a great idea, but I’m wondering if you’ve actually tried out these computers. I’ve heard they’re crap — sound way better than they are. I’d be interested to hear your opinion after you’ve used on of these computers.
Best,
Kristin

By: Yianni Garcia

Yianni Garcia — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:05:17 +0000

Thank you so much for this excellent post Chris. Dan (comment#4) made a good point…How are children in the developing world going to read chrisbrogan.com without a laptop? Check out the PSA on YouTube by Masi Oka, star from hit show Heroes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbtebeftyA

Thanks