Author Archives: John F Croston III

More General Information about the OLPC

There are a few things that I have noticed over the course of the day using the OLPC, the XO Laptop, or the $100 Laptop. One of the big ones is that if you take it to a coffee shop … Continue reading

Posted in Accessibility, Activities, Development, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Murky Coffee, OLPC, One Laptop per Child, Reading | 4 Comments

First Blog Post from my new OLPC – (One Laptop per Child)

This is really cool to be able to connect to the internet by wireless from another persons mesh network, I don’t have wireless. The typing on this key board is difficult since the keys are so small. They seem to … Continue reading

Posted in Mesh Network, OLPC, One Laptop per Child | 9 Comments

Interesting Things You See and Here at Chinatown Starbucks

On my way to the DC Blogger meet up at RFD (Regional Food and Drink) in Chinatown I saw a large group of people with bright lime green police vests on getting ready to cross the street. I was like … Continue reading

Posted in Cell Phone, Chinatown, Cops, Helping Others, Police Officers, Reading, Starbucks, Washington, DC | 2 Comments

Need Help with Skills List

In preparation for my talk on Accessibility for the January, 2008, Refresh DC meeting I am looking to build a small simple accessible web application that might be useful in the end to the DC Technology Community. It will allow … Continue reading

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Helpful Tips, Refresh DC, Web Standards | 7 Comments

CLiCk Speak Firefox Extension

Last year while at SXSW 2007 in Austin, Texas, I spent some time at the Knowbility trade show booth and talked with a young man by the name of Charles L. Chen about his Firefox extension CLiCk Speak. I have … Continue reading

Posted in Accessibility, Adpative Technology, Charles L. Chen, CLiCk Speak, DC Adpative Technology, Firefox, Helpful Tips, JAWS, Window-Eyes | Leave a comment