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These are ongoing projects. For a more immediate slice of what I'm working on, see [[User:Mchua/Weekly updates]].
These are ongoing projects. For a more immediate slice of what I'm working on, see my [[User:Mchua|user page]] or [[User:Mchua/Weekly updates|weekly updates]].


* Writing [[Developer tutorials]] for various parts of the stack.
* Writing [[Developer tutorials]] for various parts of the stack.
* Rewriting the [[Accessibility]] portal, followed by [[Internships]], [[Summer of Content]], [[Peripherals]], [[Health]], [[University program]], [[Review squad]], and a refactor of [[OLPC Chicago]].
* Rewriting the [[Accessibility]] portal, followed by [[Internships]], [[Summer of Content]], [[Peripherals]], [[Health]], [[University program]], [[Review squad]], and a refactor of [[OLPC Chicago]].
* Firmware development for [[TeleHealth Hardware]] (waiting for schematics to be finished)
* Compiling material for the first edition of the [[Weekly zine]] (particularly Education/Research materials).
* Getting up to speed on [[TeleHealth Hardware]] in the hopes of getting equipment to prototype with soon.
* Working on [[Support gang]]
* Laying the groundwork for a full-time OLPC office in Chicago this summer.

* '''Jams'''
:* Working on resources and a framework for future content [[Jams]] of different types. Writing the woefully neglected [[How To Run A Jam]] cookbook.
:* [[Health Jam]] - Seattle, spring 2008
:* [[Game Jam Chicago]] - summer 2008

* '''Testing'''
:* Starting a program for [[Review squad|Review squads]] of young testers and teachers to give feedback on our content. Now recruiting.
:* Learning-by-documenting with [[Test issues]] (creating portal at [[Community Test]])
:* Battery testing under different conditions - see [[Battery Results]]
:* [[Update.1]] testing (with the intent of creating a walkthrough for testing future builds)
:* [[Tests/Suspend Resume]] - add directions
:* [[Test Group Release Notes]] - restructuring, making easier to navigate
:* Clarifying different upgrade/activation paths and what they do. See [http://laptop.org/teamwiki/index.php/Team:Main_Page#How_to_change_Manufacturing_data changing mfg data.]
:* Alpha-testing and documenting [[Test automation]] by Mitchell, see [[X Window System event scripting]] and [http://dev.laptop.org/~mncharity/olpc_xo_qemu/ code here] - intended first application is school server load testing (Australia?)

* '''Wiki cleanup'''
:* '''Metacontent''' - [[Finding information]] can be tricky. Let's try to fix that.
:* ''Metapresentations'' - Compiling a review/summary of presentations on [[Laptop demonstrations]] and [[Presentations]]. ''Can you help?''
:* ''Metawiki'' - Doing clean-up as per the [[Style guide]] whenever I can
:* Being a sort of wiki welcome wagon and helping out newcomers. Let me know if you're interested; we could always use more people to help show newbies around.


* '''Grassroots groups I'm actively involved in'''
* '''Grassroots groups I'm actively involved in'''
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:* [[Wiki cleanup]]
:* [[Wiki cleanup]]
:* [[Style guide]] (Actually started by SJ in response to my newbie wiki mistakes.)
:* [[Style guide]] (Actually started by SJ in response to my newbie wiki mistakes.)
:* [[How laptop delivery works]] and [[How laptop delivery breaks]]
:* See my [[Special:Contributions/Mchua|Contributions]] for more.
:* See my [[Special:Contributions/Mchua|Contributions]] for more.


== Back burner ==

* Developing the [http://wikieducator.org/Summer_Of_Content_Funding_Proposal Summer of Content] program, which had a [[Summer of Content 2007|summer 2007 pilot]] and needs to be picked up again when everyone has time. Also see [[Summer of Content]].
* Together with Andy Pethan, I am working on the design of [[Bounties for awesome]], a system of collecting open content problems, encouraging work on them, and moderating rewards for progress on their solutions. Not entirely OLPC-related, though.
* The [[Classrooms for Free Culture]] project would be a good follow-up to [[University program]].
* Make an .xo package of Mutt for [[Email]]? Maybe with the zenburn theme.
* A photo tutorial of XO disassembly - [http://flickr.com/photos/sethwoodworth/sets/72157603519282789/ Seth's pictures] are a good resource.
* OLPC-related research could be aggregated using http://researchblogging.org and other tools - or a similar system might be a good way for students to collaborate on documents, perhaps?



== Someday ==

Projects and ideas I'd ''like'' to do, or see done, but haven't committed to yet. Usually the missing part is a collaborator, knowledge, resources, or just plain old activation energy and free time. If you'd like to take one of these projects (the important thing is that they happen, not ''who'' makes them happen), collaborate with me on any of them, offer support, or just talk and brainstorm about related ideas, please [[User:Mchua#Contact|contact me]].

* OLPC webcomic
* Rosetta Stone clone in Pygame (Update: An [[IMSA]] student is now doing this as her research project.)
* Front-end for music composition (GUI for Lilypond? Something to translate between TamTam and Lilypond?)
* "Heathkit" style build-your-own peripheral kits for the XO (solder your own gamepad, etc)
* Intro to electrical engineering through taking apart & developing for the XO
* [[Ad Libris]], a lightweight metadata structure spec for the [[Library]]. (Update: This ''may'' have been taken up by OLE Nepal, but I can't tell from their descriptions yet.)


== Past ==
== Past ==

Revision as of 16:05, 6 May 2008

These are ongoing projects. For a more immediate slice of what I'm working on, see my user page or weekly updates.

  • Grassroots groups I'm actively involved in
  • School chapters I actively mentor
  • Wiki pages I created/maintain


Past

  • Was one of the coordinators of the first OLPC Game Jam (and indeed, the first OLPC Jam), Game Jam Boston June 2007. We even got on TV.
  • Helped out at Free Content Jam Taipei and represented OLPC at Wikimania, including (loosely) staffing the "XO station"
  • Co-ran a week-long OLPC project camp with Scott Swanson at IMSA in Jan. 2008
  • "Unofficial cat-herder" (read: instigator) of the first OLPC Chicago meetup at Google Chicago in Jan. 2008.
  • Was at the Olin hackathon in Needham, MA on Feb. 16, 2008
  • Was at the NYU OLPC Jam on Feb. 23, 2008, but spent most of it working on open-source fabrication with Smari, although some hacking on XOs did get done.
  • Co-coordinated the Story Jam New York in Manhattan, March 28-30 2008. The ambassador from Ecuador even came to record stories!
  • Co-coordinated the Health Jam - University of Washington, April 18-20 2008. There was an article in the student paper about the event.
  • Linuxfest Northwest - ran the OLPC track with Iain Davidson.
  • Participated in the Community Jam in Cambridge, MA at the Cambridge Science Festival. Edward Freedman and Pat Greninger organized the event, and Diane Serley led a disassembly party.
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