Comments on: Ethiopia’s second OLPC deployment

By: One Laptop per Child in Africa « fortySouth

One Laptop per Child in Africa « fortySouth — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:02:09 +0000

[...] OLPC intern, “DLD”, writes about Ethiopia’s second deployment and how excited the kids [...]

By: We have 24 Old OLPCs in Israel, for out pilot! « Guysoft’s Weblog

We have 24 Old OLPCs in Israel, for out pilot! « Guysoft’s Weblog — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:23:23 +0000

[...] B2 machines are really old, Dan from OLPC, who just came back from Ethiopia, told me that they have B2 laptops in storage, where [...]

By: Daniel Drake

Daniel Drake — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:01:15 +0000

Thomas,

As stated by email, I never intended to offend anyone and would like to fix this. However, I would appreciate some hints on exactly where the problem is. In my opinion, I am not taking the credit for the achievements here: I worded it carefully starting with the words “The ecbp team,” regularly referring to “the team” and “my coworkers”, consistently using “we” as the pronoun of the sentences, and only using “I” when expressing personal thought, opinion or experience.

Nevertheless, there may be some disconnect here, or I may be missing something obvious. Please help me correct this when you have a chance. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:28:28 +0000

Daniel, why you are seeking to get credit for work you haven’t done? The team here in Ethiopia is very disappointed about your description. You clearly overestimate (very much) the role you played and you are insulting the people who actually did and do the work. However, all the best for you.

By: Greg Smith

Greg Smith — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:51:45 +0000

Hi Dan,

Great stuff, thanks!

On this: “We spend the morning conducting questionnaires, which will generate data for evaluating the effects of the laptops (more data will be collected some time later, and data will also be collected from schools without laptops).”

When and how can we get access to this added data? Post it here or send me a link to it when its available, or let me know who else to follow up with…

Thanks a lot,

BTW We’re really appreciating the Ethiopian coffee here at the office, but the verdict is still out if its better than Rwandan… :-)

By: k

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:44:16 +0000

Great stuff, makes me wanna do it

By: One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Does 2nd Deployment in Ethiopia « Oatmeal Stout - Justin Thorp’s Web 2.0 blog

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:28:26 +0000

[...] I’ve been following the project closely online.Â There is a cool blog post talking about how they’re doing their second deployment in Ethiopia .Â Plus they have tons of amazing [...]