Category Archives: One Laptop per Child

Long Week in Technology Last Week

Posted on January 23, 2008 by John F Croston III

It’s been a long week in technology for me this week. I spent about five or six hours on both last Saturday and Sunday working on the website for my accessibility talk for the Refresh DC meet up on Thursday … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Adpative Technology, Charles L. Chen, CLiCk Speak, DC Adpative Technology, DC Tech Events, DC Technology Network, Firefox, FORMs, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, HTML, Martin Luther King Jr. Library, OLPC, One Laptop per Child, Refresh DC, Say-Instead, Washington, DC, Web Standards | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Accessibility, Activities, FORMs, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Mesh Network, OLPC, One Laptop per Child, Web Standards | 2 Comments

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

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

Posted on December 22, 2007 by John F Croston III

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