Weekly zine/1

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Next issue

Editor/coordinator

• ?Seth will be the main person to "pull together" the zine
• Ixo will support and help as needed. :-)

Name

• Rename to 'XO zine' or OLPC zine?
• keep it as 'aptly named' Weekly zine, coming out only every other week ?
• Monthly better cycle ? or 2 to 3 times a month ?

Topic ideas

(Until structure is solidified, throw topics and ideas down here, leave your Wiki/IRC name so we know who to contact.)

Example, at end of line use Template, --{{user|NAME}}

Wiki News

• Wiki is now more than 5,000 pages, average of 15 new pages a day!
• Hot growth areas ? --ixo (talk · contribs)

OLPC News

• Re-organization in works, separated into four workgroups. --ixo (talk · contribs)
• Summary / overview of OLPC Community News ? --ixo (talk · contribs)

Spotlight

• ? Health project --ixo (talk · contribs)
• ? User:HoboPrimate --ixo (talk · contribs)
• ? Alternative power generation, available now? --ixo (talk · contribs)
• ? Non-native english volunteer, offering perspectives. --ixo (talk · contribs)

New Features

Where in the world is... Nicholas?

• Nicholas recent travels.
  • Nicholas Negroponte on Robert Scoble's flickr (CC -by)
• Peru, startup

Restructure

• Mchua's restructure ideas --ixo (talk · contribs)

Translations review

• What worked, what didn't? (ask Sj/Adrick?) --ixo (talk · contribs)
• i18n or l10n ? all of this and more will be fixed next issue.. --Template:Usr

List of people offering reviews

• ? Xavi ? --ixo (talk · contribs)
• ? Walter ? --ixo (talk · contribs)
• ? Kim ? --ixo (talk · contribs)
• ? Adam ? --ixo (talk · contribs)

OLPC in the Media

SJ wrote a blog about collaborating with CC on their LiveCD project. It's been Digged and ./'d

• http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj/2008/02/14/olpc-bookdrive-and-hackathon/
  • http://digg.com/educational/OLPC_CC_Hackathon_submit_books_music_to_LiveContent
  • http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/15/1343248