Interview with Jimmy Wales, from the Giga Om Show

A shameless reposting 🙂

“Wales believes simplicity is key to building an intuitive social network website. Which is why sites like Wikipedia and Facebook work so well in the social community. With a recent Wikia-Facebook like screenshot making its way through the web, will Wikia become like Facebook? No. Wales explains that they are working on an open source free license search engine that could launch in December.”

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One Laptop Per Child: news, wiki, and “first day” donors

“I want to thank you people because you had given us the laptop and I love it so much.” – note from a child in third world

 

It is an exciting time right now for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program. The momentum is beginning to reappear and personally I feel excited to be a part of this. For those of you keeping tabs on this, new to the program, or just looking to learn I have culled together some great new pieces. Continue reading One Laptop Per Child: news, wiki, and “first day” donors