[IAEP] [Olpc-open] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

[Nirav Patel]

On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>
> This just came to me while sitting in traffic - a stylized bumper
> sticker: "My other XO is in Mongolia" (or Rwanda, Haiti, etc.
> Randomize the stickers or give them a few to choose from:-)) We have a
> lot of creativity on these lists. Let it rip!
>

I really like this idea.  I whipped up something quick in Inkscape:
http://eclecti.cc/files/myotherlaptop.png
http://eclecti.cc/files/myotherlaptop.svg

>> Massive buzz could be generated by
>> another technique Apple has used for years: the education discount.
>> Offer the pair at $375 for educators and university students, and $425
>> for others. Imagine thousands of educators holding an XO in their
>> hands, the community feedback potential.
>
> This brings the overhead of verifying whose an educator etc. Apple
> already has this in place. How do we handle it?

I'm not sure how to integrate this with Amazon, but having a form
asking the person to provide a .edu email address would be a simple,
though certainly not foolproof method.

Nirav