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== OLPC projects ==

* [[Wiki server]] - Port the "wikipedia on the iphone" project to the XO. (code, testing, content curation)
** Update [[WikiBrowse]] project page with latest status
** Convert Simple and English Wikipedias to this format
* [[Ambient light detection]] - for low-power mode. (code)
* [[Power activity]] - Shows charging progress in a more detailed form. Especially useful for users/devs of non-AC chargers (solar, human-powered, etc). (code, hardware)
* [[Developer tutorials]] - making guides for new people to get started making stuff for the XO.
* [http://www.olpcaustria.org/mediawiki/index.php/Activity_handbook Activity Handbook]: wikify, convert to LaTeX (because DocBook sucks)
* OLPC pilots: comprehensive overview of where pilots are happening and contact info (if possible) for each pilot
* OLPC pilots: comprehensive overview of where pilots are happening and contact info (if possible) for each pilot
* [[Projectdb]]: clean up source-code
* [[Projectdb]]: clean up source-code

Revision as of 06:14, 17 July 2008

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  • OLPC pilots: comprehensive overview of where pilots are happening and contact info (if possible) for each pilot
  • Projectdb: clean up source-code
  • Activity to control power on USB port (for keyboard illumination)
  • Sleep ;-) (and test the Alarm clock activity)
  • Set up a build server of your own
    • One for a Demo build
    • One for a joyride-with-activities-and-fun-things build
  • Find a non-(physical)space consuming alternative for the touchpad
  • Translation of teacher preparation materials and education activities from Nepali to English
  • Demos and pages describing the installation of alternative user interfaces to sugar:
    • Barebones / fast (e.g. blackbox, fluxbox and kin).
    • Lightweight desktop: (e.g. XFCE, ROX).
    • Tabbing window manager (e.g. Ion, xmonad, stumpwm)
  • Screw location diagrams for Repair Centers
  • Open Content transcoding web interface
  • Clean up namespace, and add more redirectsTalk:Organizing_the_wiki
  • produce documentation for G1G1 2008
  • Porting chumby flash-widgets functionality to the XO g1g1 users
  • One or two activities targeted at G1G1 users
  • Advanced photography activity, flesh out iso


Health

  • Pascal's Health Hesperian books

Upstream projects

  • Mediawiki filter - A plugin architecture for selecting pages in a mediawiki that meet certain criterion.
  • SimpleRPG (may be renamed) - tutorial for learning programming, pygame game development, and networking (sockets) all at once