[IAEP] FOSS VT presentation

[Xander Pirdy]

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Xander Pirdy <xander.pirdy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Caroline-
> I took a look at manyeyes (great site btw), and it looks like they already
> have a dataset on olpc deployments:
> http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/datasets/olpc-deployments-in-the-world/versions/1,
> though the data would have to be modified to do on a country by country
> basis (it has trouble understanding Birmingham AL for instance because it
> should really be labeled as part of the United States Deployment), though it
> wouldn't take much editing to get this to work. If anyone has any idea on
> reliable sources to verify these numbers I wouldn't mind putting a bit of
> extra time into correcting it and finishing the visualization as I think
> that it is something important.
>  -Xander


Sorry for the double post - I just came across this as well:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Countries, does any one know if this data is more
current/correct (no sources for this are cited)? It might also be worthwhile
to include countries that have pilots or that have shown significant
interest? Also perhaps a state by state one might be interesting as well (
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_United_States).
-Xander

>
>
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Caroline Meeks <caroline at solutiongrove.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Thanks everyone for the feedback and typos.
>>
>> If anyone does get good data on deployments I suggest checking out
>> Manyeyes to make the map.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Yamandu Ploskonka <yamaplos at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>  Bolivia
>>>
>>>    - 100 machines purchased by the SOBOCE foundation, maybe 20 or less
>>>    are still operational in a school in Viacha (despite our best efforts, they
>>>    don't seem willing to accept help)
>>>     - an indeterminate number brought and given away by Marcelo Claure,
>>>    CEO of Brightstar, mostly to kids in the soccer team he owns and in raffles
>>>    during games his team plays.
>>>     - 25 XOs in assorted state of repair, through OLPC Repair Centers,
>>>    mostly in the hands of local development / research / localization people
>>>    connected with SCELinux and OLE Bolivia that I managed to get through
>>>    customs on several trips.  Most of those used for lobbying and grassroots
>>>    work by the valiant Bolivian volunteers come from this lot, and maybe the
>>>    ones with the biggest impact so far in gaining some government goodwill
>>>    despite.  As they were repaired, several of these also made it to the
>>>    Manuela Gandarillas Center for the blind.
>>>    - Apparently maybe 5 to 20 more have arrived through different
>>>    independent Contributor Program requests I have no more detailed info on.
>>>    - 12 machines from individual donors, currently in a La Paz city
>>>    orphanage, through OLE Bolivia.  10 more from the same origin in my closet
>>>    here in Austin, waiting for the next trip and whether I am foolish enough to
>>>    brave customs again (last time it was messy, wish me luck)
>>>     - an indeterminate number given away to assorted poo bahs including
>>>    the President by Claure, Arboleda and others, some of them dating back to B1
>>>    models
>>>    - Hope in a 2-year delayed 200-XO deploy with help from a Danish NGO.
>>>
>>> Dominican Republic
>>>
>>>    - apparently 2.000 units were given away to kids by President Lionel
>>>    at some public function.  No further anything is known of this, except that
>>>    apparently they were part of maybe 3.000 that came as gifts from Carlos Slim
>>>    of Mexico when Slim was apparently handing out 3.000 lots all over Central
>>>    America and the Caribbean.  Note that Lionel was very connected with NN
>>>    early on (maybe even an MIT alumn?), and some very, very early prototypes
>>>    were given to Dominican researchers (we had BIG hopes in the DR being one of
>>>    the first places to really take off)
>>>
>>> OT, enjoy this comic
>>> http://www.juanelo.cl/tiras/Juanelo1187.png
>>>
>>> - Juanelo!  I am so angry with you!
>>> - Why is that, Mr. Minister?
>>>
>>> - You made me go through such an embarrassing situation!
>>>     You remember those notebooks I asked you get bids on?
>>> - yeah...
>>>
>>> - when we presented them as gifts to those schoolchildren, they found out
>>> they were made out of sticks!  I was like Mister Ridiculous!
>>>
>>> - ....
>>>
>>> - so, what? Next time you'd rather I prioritize quality over price?
>>>
>>>
>>> (what really gets me :-( is that Juanelo, from Chile, obviously sees
>>> computers as being presented as a "gift" by the Minister and other
>>> authorities to the children :-( )
>>>
>>> On 04/08/2010 11:45 AM, Christoph Derndorfer wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Caroline,
>>>
>>> this is a gorgeous presentation, definitely one of the very best ones
>>> that ever have been done on Sugar!
>>>
>>> While I can't help with the map of OLPC deployments (AFAIK no current
>>> one is available at the time) here's to the best of my knowledge the
>>> list of countries with OLPC projects in one form or another (@everyone,
>>> please let me know if this needs to be updated!):
>>>
>>> Afghanistan
>>> Austria
>>> Bhutan
>>> Brazil
>>> Cambodia
>>> China
>>> Colombia
>>> Ethiopia
>>> Ghana
>>> Haiti
>>> India
>>> Iraq
>>> Kazakhstan
>>> Lebanon
>>> Mali
>>> Mexico
>>> Mongolia
>>> Mozambique
>>> Nepal
>>> Nicaragua
>>> Nigeria
>>> Niue
>>> Pakistan
>>> Palestine
>>> Papua New Guinea
>>> Paraguay
>>> Peru
>>> Russia
>>> Rwanda
>>> Senegal
>>> Solomon Islands
>>> South Africa
>>> Sri Lanka
>>> Thailand
>>> United States
>>> Uruguay
>>> Vietnam
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Christoph
>>>
>>> Am 08.04.2010 04:53, schrieb Caroline Meeks:
>>>
>>>
>>>  I am giving a presentation at FOSS VT on Friday, anything anyone wants
>>> me to mention or request to an audience of teachers and school IT people?
>>>
>>> The draft of my presentation is here: http://prezi.com/ffn2vdg0ylcr/
>>>
>>> I'd love a map that helps me talk about the OLPC deployments if anyone
>>> has done one.
>>>
>>> Has anyone done any updates or additional activities slides?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Caroline
>>>
>>> --
>>> Caroline Meeks
>>> Solution GroveCaroline at SolutionGrove.com
>>>
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>>>
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>> Caroline Meeks
>> Solution Grove
>> Caroline at SolutionGrove.com
>>
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