Category Archives: Helpful Tips

A Few Quick Things About the OLPC

Posted on December 30, 2007 by John F Croston III

Yesterday I met Justin Thorp, Rodney DeGracia, Stewart, and Partica over at Murky Coffee in Arlington, VA with our One Laptop per Child machines (OLPCs). We had a good time talking about our new laptops. Stewart even mentioned that the OLPC … Continue reading →

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More Helpful Information for the OLPC

Posted on December 25, 2007 by John F Croston III

Today I have found a few more useful resources for the OLPC. http://dev.laptop.org/ - for bug tracking and source code for the OLPC http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/ - mailing list for the OLPC http://www.olpcnews.com/ - One Laptop per Child News http://wiki.laptop.org/go/USB_ethernet_adaptors - USB ethernet adaptors, so you connect the … Continue reading →

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More General Information about the OLPC

Posted on December 23, 2007 by John F Croston III

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

Need Help with Skills List

Posted on December 17, 2007 by John F Croston III

In preperation for my talk on Accessibility for the Januray, 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 people to … Continue reading →

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CLiCk Speak Firefox Extension

Posted on December 10, 2007 by John F Croston III

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 found this … Continue reading →

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