http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/01/28/nicholas-negroponte-the-interview/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:30:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/01/28/nicholas-negroponte-the-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-7085 Giulia Forsythe Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:58:54 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/2008/01/28/nicholas-negroponte-the-interview/#comment-7085 I really want to be a part of the educational community that starts developing applications to help children (all children) to learn. I am a qualified teacher, learning technology developer, university staff member, and parent of an 8 year old who was eagerly awaiting her (only) Christmas present from her parents- an xo laptop. I ordered my xo laptop on November 14 and now the news is that I won't even receive it until April 2008. It's hard to get the community developing, testing and improving the platform when olpc marginalizes them by not even providing communication, a receipt, let alone the machine. I don't want olpc to be more business-like, but when others who ordered after us are playing around with their machines, I can't help feel very frustrated. I really want to be a part of the educational community that starts developing applications to help children (all children) to learn. I am a qualified teacher, learning technology developer, university staff member, and parent of an 8 year old who was eagerly awaiting her (only) Christmas present from her parents- an xo laptop.
I ordered my xo laptop on November 14 and now the news is that I won’t even receive it until April 2008.
It’s hard to get the community developing, testing and improving the platform when olpc marginalizes them by not even providing communication, a receipt, let alone the machine. I don’t want olpc to be more business-like, but when others who ordered after us are playing around with their machines, I can’t help feel very frustrated.

]]> http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/01/28/nicholas-negroponte-the-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-6913 VerbatimIT Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:01:19 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/2008/01/28/nicholas-negroponte-the-interview/#comment-6913 Wade, I have a kind anecdote to share re: Nicholas Negroponte. Can you reach me? Alan Kelly Wade, I have a kind anecdote to share re: Nicholas Negroponte. Can you reach me?
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