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Nigerian Kids Turn On With OLPC Laptops

Children are working on their OLPC laptops in a school 10 miles outside the capital of Nigeria, Abuja. This school was selected by Khaled Assounah, Director of Nicholas Negraponte’s One Laptop Per Child Program (OLPC) who spent a year touring schools in Nigeria. For the full story from Nigeria, see CNET, and here for more […]

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A Digital Lifeline: Wiring The Next Billion.

“Like water and heat, internet is a clear necessity in the modern world, opening doors to education, employment and engagement.” (Sarah Lai Stirland, Wired) This great “story of community-initiated sustainable development” that was posted on Boing Boing is some of the best news I’ve heard all week. Sarah Lai Stirland of Wired writes: “Last month, […]

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Virtual Worlds ’07: Philip Rosedale, Second Life
and Positive Global Development

Day One of the Virtual Worlds 2007, NYC. Philip Rosedale, founder and CEO of Linden Labs gave the opening presentation at VW ‘o7, 9am. In an auditorium jam packed with a Fortune 500 crowd gathered to look at, “The Future of Marketing and Media,” Philip Rosedale/Linden stayed true to his visionary, futurist roots. His talk […]

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