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[[Image:Olpc-boston-logo.png|center]]
<center>(aka MassXO)</center>

== About ==
OLPC Boston (also known as MassXO) is a loose affiliation of XO enthusiasts in the greater Boston area. We meet [[OLPC_Boston#Events|at least once a month]].

Want to add an OLPC Boston User Group badge on your wiki user page? Copy this to your page:
'''<nowiki>{{userboxtop}}
{{User Boston}}
{{userboxbottom}}</nowiki>'''.

== Our Blog ==
http://olpcboston.wordpress.com

== Contact==

=== Mailing list ===
OLPC_Boston has its own mailing list. (Aren't we special!) Please [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc_boston sign up here] to be kept up-to-date on all the happenings and fun stuff!


=== Jabber server ===
Some nice person has created a jabber (chat) server for New England. To change your XO's setting to allow access to this server:

sugar-control-panel -s jabber nejabber.homelinux.org

then restart (Ctrl-Alt-Erase) Sugar.

Another jabber server has been set up as a subdomain of xochat.org:

sugar-control-panel -s jabber bos.ma.us.xochat.org


=== Other Local Grassroots Groups ===

If you know of any Boston area schools, organizations, individuals, or groups of interested people who have organized or want to organize a [[Grassroots]] group or an [[University chapter]], please ask them to add a link below.

[[Olin_university_chapter]]



== Events ==
=== Future Activities ===
* '''Saturday Open Jam''' -- '''''every Saturday''''' from 1-4pm at the [http://web.mit.edu/museum/visit/directions.html MIT Museum]. More info [[Boston_Saturday_OJ|here]]

* '''Monthly Meet-ups'''
** Monday, November 17, 2008 (5:30-7:30pm) — G1G1 2008 begins!!! 8.2 upgrade event at Cosi?
** Tuesday, December 16, 2008 (5:30-7:30pm) — Cambridge Friend’s School update (?)
** Wednesday, January 21, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)
** Thursday, February 19, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)
** Monday, March 16, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)
** Tuesday, April 21, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)
** Wednesday, May 20, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)

Our meet-ups are part playdate, part discussion and learning. Everyone is welcome.

==== Proposed Meet-up Discussion Topics ====
* Writing a basic Sugar activity.

* The Terminal is Your Friend (using the Terminal activity and what all that stuff means)

* Disassembly, and more importantly, reassembly of the XO hardware.

* Using your XO remotely (VNC, USB2VGA devices).

* Emulation of the XO on PC/MAC.


=== Past Activities ===
Read notes and comments on all of our past meetings and playdates [[OLPC_Boston/Monthly_Meet-ups|here]].

[[Category:XO User Group]]

Revision as of 05:24, 6 December 2008

Olpc-boston-logo.png
(aka MassXO)

About

OLPC Boston (also known as MassXO) is a loose affiliation of XO enthusiasts in the greater Boston area. We meet at least once a month.

Want to add an OLPC Boston User Group badge on your wiki user page? Copy this to your page: {{userboxtop}} {{User Boston}} {{userboxbottom}}.

Our Blog

http://olpcboston.wordpress.com

Contact

Mailing list

OLPC_Boston has its own mailing list. (Aren't we special!) Please sign up here to be kept up-to-date on all the happenings and fun stuff!


Jabber server

Some nice person has created a jabber (chat) server for New England. To change your XO's setting to allow access to this server:

  sugar-control-panel -s jabber nejabber.homelinux.org

then restart (Ctrl-Alt-Erase) Sugar.

Another jabber server has been set up as a subdomain of xochat.org:

   sugar-control-panel -s jabber bos.ma.us.xochat.org


Other Local Grassroots Groups

If you know of any Boston area schools, organizations, individuals, or groups of interested people who have organized or want to organize a Grassroots group or an University chapter, please ask them to add a link below.

Olin_university_chapter


Events

Future Activities

  • Saturday Open Jam -- every Saturday from 1-4pm at the MIT Museum. More info here
  • Monthly Meet-ups
    • Monday, November 17, 2008 (5:30-7:30pm) — G1G1 2008 begins!!! 8.2 upgrade event at Cosi?
    • Tuesday, December 16, 2008 (5:30-7:30pm) — Cambridge Friend’s School update (?)
    • Wednesday, January 21, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)
    • Thursday, February 19, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)
    • Monday, March 16, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)
    • Tuesday, April 21, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)
    • Wednesday, May 20, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)

Our meet-ups are part playdate, part discussion and learning. Everyone is welcome.


Proposed Meet-up Discussion Topics

  • Writing a basic Sugar activity.
  • The Terminal is Your Friend (using the Terminal activity and what all that stuff means)
  • Disassembly, and more importantly, reassembly of the XO hardware.
  • Using your XO remotely (VNC, USB2VGA devices).
  • Emulation of the XO on PC/MAC.


Past Activities

Read notes and comments on all of our past meetings and playdates here.