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Want to add a User Group badge on your wiki user page? Copy this to your page: |
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'''<nowiki>{{userboxtop}} |
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{{User Boston}} |
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== Next meetup == |
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* Wednesday, January 6, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — Blueberry, bring you SOAS |
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* Wednesday February 3, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm Could someone volunteer to bring an XO 1.5 to demo, share, try?? |
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Some nice person has created a jabber (chat) server for New England. To change your XO's setting to allow access to this server: |
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** @ Cosi's in Kendell Square [http://tr.im/hqXC], but check this space for possible changes |
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sugar-control-panel -s jabber nejabber.homelinux.org |
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then restart (Ctrl-Alt-Erase) Sugar. |
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http://olpcboston.wordpress.com |
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Another jabber server has been set up as a subdomain of xochat.org: |
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=== Mailing list === |
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sugar-control-panel -s jabber bos.ma.us.xochat.org |
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None available at this time. |
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=== Other Local Grassroots Groups === |
=== Other Local Grassroots Groups === |
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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. |
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. |
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* [[Olin_university_chapter]] |
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* [[One 4 All]] |
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== Events == |
== Events == |
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=== Future Activities === |
=== Future Activities === |
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* '''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]] |
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* '''Monthly Meet-up -- last Tuesday of every month, 6-8PM''' -- Cosi Restaurant, 290 Main St (Kendall Sq), Cambridge, MA. In the back room. (7/29, 8/26, 9/30, 10/28, 11/25, 12/30) |
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* '''Emerson Park Meet-up -- Wednesdays in July and August, 7PM, Brookline, MA, Davis Avenue and Emerson Street, during Summer Concert Series. |
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* '''Monthly Meet-ups''' |
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Can you help? Want to come? Want to help plan? Let [[User:AuntiMame]] know. |
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** Wednesday, September 16, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?) |
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** Thursday, October 15, 2009 (5:30-7:70pm) — topic (?) |
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** Monday, November 16, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?) |
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** Tuesday, December 15, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?) |
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Our meet-ups are part playdate, part discussion and learning. Everyone is welcome. |
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* What it takes to start a local deployment |
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* Writing a basic Sugar activity. |
* Writing a basic Sugar activity. |
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* Emulation of the XO on PC/MAC. |
* Emulation of the XO on PC/MAC. |
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=== Playdates for Kids === |
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A number of OLPC parents who attended the May 3rd "jam" were interested in setting up |
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playdates for their XO using children. Add yourself to the list if interested: |
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# [[User:bogstad]] Bill with Anna and Becca (4.5years old) Cambridge |
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# [[User:AuntiMame]] If adults who act like children are allowed, I'd love to come. |
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# [[User:donohued]] I'm just a big kid too! I'd love to join you if I'm available. |
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# [[User:redpen]] Scott in Southern Maine may be willing to travel with 6 y.o. daughter. |
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# [[User:michelito]] My 4-year-old has just started to play with the XO and I'd curious how he would turn his XO into a tool for group play. |
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Note to Parents: If you don't actually set up a wiki user account, there is no way for someone to email |
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you privately. New to using a wiki? [[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Help:Contents|Help is here]]. |
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=== Past Activities === |
=== Past Activities === |
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Latest revision as of 02:22, 27 December 2009
MassXO (also the Boston OLPC users group) is a loose affiliation of XO enthusiasts in the greater Boston area. We meet at least once a month.
Want to add a User Group badge on your wiki user page? Copy this to your page:
{{userboxtop}} {{User Boston}} {{userboxbottom}}.
Next meetup
- Wednesday, January 6, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — Blueberry, bring you SOAS
- Wednesday February 3, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm Could someone volunteer to bring an XO 1.5 to demo, share, try??
- @ Cosi's in Kendell Square [1], but check this space for possible changes
Our Blog
http://olpcboston.wordpress.com
Contact
Mailing list
MassXO 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
None available at this time.
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.
Events
Future Activities
- Monthly Meet-ups
- Wednesday, September 16, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)
- Thursday, October 15, 2009 (5:30-7:70pm) — topic (?)
- Monday, November 16, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)
- Tuesday, December 15, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)
Our meet-ups are part playdate, part discussion and learning. Everyone is welcome.
Proposed Meet-up Discussion Topics
- What it takes to start a local deployment
- 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.