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==How to use at home==
== At home==
* keep it in the kitchen to use for recipes
* Keep it in the kitchen to use for recipes.
* take it outside during a lunch break to read the latest news
* Take it outside during a lunch break to read the latest news.
* take it to the beach / road trip to read (instead of a paperback)
* Take it to the beach / road trip to read (instead of a paperback).
* take it to a coffee shop and surf the web
* Take it to a coffee shop and surf the web.
* take it to a social event to meet new people through the mesh networking
* Take it to a social event to meet new people through the mesh networking.
* develop applications for it / use it for testing
* Develop applications for it / use it for testing.
* take it traveling around the world, where battery life, portability, and durability is important
* Take it traveling around the world, where battery life, portability, and durability is important.
* Tell myself or to my children that somewhere over the world in a developing nation people have the same laptop


==On the road==
==How to use in my holidays==
* if I am on a long travel I do not have to fear that my laptop is shutting down because of empty batteries.
* If I am on a long travel I do not have to fear that my laptop is shutting down because of empty batteries.
* use it as my personal diary wherever I am
* Use it as my personal diary wherever I am.
* take it to the swimming-pool and download/read online newspapers/ magazines, which I have subscribed
* Take it to the swimming-pool and download/read online newspapers/ magazines, which I have subscribed.


==How to use on the campus==
==Getting the word out==
* Commit to taking the XO laptop to T-Mobil hotspots in my community and when I travel and use it where it will draw attention and questions about what it is and why it is.
* convince all my fellow students (at least 10 people) that this is a must have on the campus and then I would stay in contact anytime (from 8 am till 8 pm) and anywhere (library, lecture, cafeteria, at home) without paying lots of money.
* Provide a short brochure, flyer, or information card about OLPC to give to interested parties.
* convince all my fellow student that this is a must have on the campus and then I would found a club named "hey, this is an even cooler gadget than your iPhone"
* Tell them how to get involved and encourage them to do so.
* convince all my fellow student that this is a must have on the campus and everytime I miss the lecture I would contact one and please him to audio-record the lecture and sent it later to me with all available online scripts
* contact the fellow student, with whom I have to take part in a study project and convince him that this XO laptop is a must have, because we can work out our joint thesis in parallel online on the campus or worldwide.






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* Give the four I bought to a school in the South Bronx.

Latest revision as of 10:50, 14 February 2008

At home

  • Keep it in the kitchen to use for recipes.
  • Take it outside during a lunch break to read the latest news.
  • Take it to the beach / road trip to read (instead of a paperback).
  • Take it to a coffee shop and surf the web.
  • Take it to a social event to meet new people through the mesh networking.
  • Develop applications for it / use it for testing.
  • Take it traveling around the world, where battery life, portability, and durability is important.
  • Tell myself or to my children that somewhere over the world in a developing nation people have the same laptop

On the road

  • If I am on a long travel I do not have to fear that my laptop is shutting down because of empty batteries.
  • Use it as my personal diary wherever I am.
  • Take it to the swimming-pool and download/read online newspapers/ magazines, which I have subscribed.

Getting the word out

  • Commit to taking the XO laptop to T-Mobil hotspots in my community and when I travel and use it where it will draw attention and questions about what it is and why it is.
  • Provide a short brochure, flyer, or information card about OLPC to give to interested parties.
  • Tell them how to get involved and encourage them to do so.
  • Give the four I bought to a school in the South Bronx.