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The Delightful People from Aga Khan
12 August 08 02:07 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
I had the opportunity to participate in a signing ceremony today between Microsoft and the Aga Khan Development Network , a group of agencies administering a broad set of programs in education, health, and social development. Shown here is a photo of Read More...
Look! Windows on the OLPC XO!
15 May 08 04:00 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
Today Microsoft and the OLPC are announcing support for Windows on the OLPC XO computer. The two organizations will work together on several pilot programs in emerging market countries starting next month, and the offering will RTM in August or September. Read More...
OLPC in the News (Part 2)
05 December 07 02:17 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
Well, I will be flying out to Cambridge next week for my first meeting with some of the people at the OLPC , and I have to say I am looking forward to it. Some of my UPG co-workers from Microsoft have been meeting with the OLPC team for about a year now, Read More...
Will the Digital Divide Widen Before it Narrows?
19 October 07 11:18 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
October 19, 2007 I had a scary thought in Budapest today. What if the digital divide widens before it narrows? The thought occurred to me on Day 2 of our launch event here. I was attending a meeting of an informal group working on a program called "EUGA", Read More...
Buchalost
17 October 07 11:34 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
October 17, 2007 I began the morning in Bucharest today by going for a run and getting terribly and completely lost. I mean 45 minutes of " Do you speak English -- do you know where the Howard Johnson's Hotel is? " lost. The team ended the day Read More...
Snowing in Moscow
15 October 07 06:40 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
A group of us are in Central and Eastern Europe this week, starting with two days in Moscow. It's snowing. The highlight of our day yesterday was the official opening of an IDEA Center, a community-based computer center targeting unemployed, seniors, Read More...
More from Omar Dengo
10 October 07 07:01 AM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
In an earlier post , I talked about a visit I made to the Fundacion Omar Dengo, an NGO in Costa Rica. Eduardo Monge was kind enough to send me some more information. Below is a photo of their new facility in San Jose along with a photo of their resident Read More...
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