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== {{^}} Overview ==
== {{^}} Overview ==
Weekly project updates:
* Interns @ 1Cc : [[User:DanielDrake/Log#Week_of_June_16_-_June_20|Daniel Drake]] | [[User_talk:Alexlevenson|Alex Levenson]] | Brian Jordan has been [[User:Bjordan/1CC_2008_June_Journal|rocking out]] all week.
* GSoC projects : [[User:tarun2000/Progress_Report|Tarun Pondicherry]] | [[User:Hemant_goyal|Hemant goyal]] | [[User:Assim.deodia#Weekly_Updates |Assim Deodia]] | [[User:nrp|Nirav Patel]]
* Other mentored summer projects/internships : [[User:Vaish.rajan/Weekly_Updates | Rajan Vaish]] | [[User:Prakhar/Weekly_Updates|Prakhar Agarwal]] | Shikhar Bushan


All interns have been filing weekly project updates, and GSoC interns are discussing their work on the gsoc [[mailing lists|mailing list]]. See below for details.



Upcoming:
Mark your calendars:
* [http://www.olpcgrasscon.com/ OLPC Grasscon], an online conference starting at 10am on July 19, sponsored by [[OLPC@Duke]].
* [http://www.olpcgrasscon.com/ OLPC Grasscon], an online conference starting at 10am on July 19, sponsored by [[OLPC@Duke]].


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''opportunities, people, engagements''
''opportunities, people, engagements''


Reports from the field:
Reports from [[XO roadshows|the field]]:
* SJ, Seth and Alex Levenson each attended parts of a technology and training conference held in Norfolk, VA. It was largely a trade show, but useful connections were made with people from Ericsson, ALION, CSC; the two town-sized floating hospitals maintained by the US Sealift Command; and technologists from Chile, Romania, and Brasil. Attendees generally expressed their support for "targeting the root of the problems facing poor countries, not their symptoms".
* SJ, Seth and Alex Levenson each attended parts of a technology and training conference held in Norfolk, VA. It was largely a trade show, but useful connections were made with people from Ericsson, ALION, CSC; the two town-sized floating hospitals maintained by the US Sealift Command; and technologists from Chile, Romania, and Brasil. Attendees generally expressed their support for "targeting the root of the problems facing poor countries, not their symptoms".
*
From around 1CC:
* Most of the development team has been in Cambridge since the middle of last week, and are staying through this coming Friday. We held a few days of presentations about basic technology for the new interns and staff, with videos being posted to the [[presentations]] page.
* We are having our weekly support meeting Sunday at 4pm, as per usual.


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== {{*}} Artefacts ==
== {{*}} Artefacts ==
''projects, events, news, materials''
''projects, events, news, materials''

* A number of OLPCers attended [[FUDCon 2008]] here in Boston, notably [[user:mstone|mstone]] and Martin Langhoff.

From [[Sugarlabs]]:
* [http://planet.sugarlabs.org/ A Sugarlabs planet] has been set up. A separate server is being prepared over the next two weeks for hosting other tools.

Grassroots updates:
* [http://www.olpcgrasscon.com/ OLPC Grasscon], an online conference starting at 10am on July 19, organized by [[OLPC@Duke]] and Alex Keybl.
* Following up on the [[Grassroots bootcamp]], we are preparing for an end-of-summer gathering to show off work that has been done by our interns and other projects. This is tentatively scheduled for three days starting August 20; stay tuned for details.


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''status, deadlines, assumptions, processes''
''status, deadlines, assumptions, processes''


'''Weekly updates'''
Process suggestions:
* Interns @ 1Cc :
*: [[User:DanielDrake/Log#Week_of_June_16_-_June_20|Daniel Drake]]
*: [[User_talk:Alexlevenson|Alex Levenson]]
*: Brian Jordan has been [[User:Bjordan/1CC_2008_June_Journal|rocking out]] all week.
*: [[User:Sethwoodworth/June_20|Seth Woodworth]] and [[User:Femslade|Femslade]] have been travelling this past week
* GSoC efforts :
*: [[User:tarun2000/Progress_Report|Tarun Pondicherry]] - developing a blog framework
*: [[User:Hemant_goyal|Hemant goyal]] - first text-to-speech integration
*: [[User:Assim.deodia#June_15th_-_June_21st|Assim Deodia]] - command-line talkntype working with WordNet data
*: [[User:nrp|Nirav Patel]] - publishing code regularly; in need of more mentor assistance to revise milestones
* Other mentored summer projects/internships :
*: [[User:Vaish.rajan/Weekly_Updates | Rajan Vaish]]
*: [[User:Prakhar/Weekly_Updates|Prakhar Agarwal]]
*: Shikhar Bushan - update on tinymail project needed

'''Process suggestions'''
* [[user:ChristophD|ChristophD]] writes "We still wanted to rework the [[Tech internships]] entry as it's currently only showing the profiles, catered to a different use-case. Any suggestions? Maybe something such as [[mentors]]?
* [[user:ChristophD|ChristophD]] writes "We still wanted to rework the [[Tech internships]] entry as it's currently only showing the profiles, catered to a different use-case. Any suggestions? Maybe something such as [[mentors]]?


Offers of help:
'''Offers of help'''
* [[user:ChristophD|ChristophD]] is interested in being a mentor for '''documentation'''.
* [[user:ChristophD|ChristophD]] is interested in being a mentor for '''documentation'''.
* Luica Lovison is organizing some [[geography]] bundles, and wants to work with someone who is teaching about historical geography


'''Help wanted'''
* ...


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Revision as of 20:56, 21 June 2008

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^ Overview

All interns have been filing weekly project updates, and GSoC interns are discussing their work on the gsoc mailing list. See below for details.


Mark your calendars:


x Connections

opportunities, people, engagements

Reports from the field:

  • SJ, Seth and Alex Levenson each attended parts of a technology and training conference held in Norfolk, VA. It was largely a trade show, but useful connections were made with people from Ericsson, ALION, CSC; the two town-sized floating hospitals maintained by the US Sealift Command; and technologists from Chile, Romania, and Brasil. Attendees generally expressed their support for "targeting the root of the problems facing poor countries, not their symptoms".

From around 1CC:

  • Most of the development team has been in Cambridge since the middle of last week, and are staying through this coming Friday. We held a few days of presentations about basic technology for the new interns and staff, with videos being posted to the presentations page.
  • We are having our weekly support meeting Sunday at 4pm, as per usual.


· Artefacts

projects, events, news, materials

  • A number of OLPCers attended FUDCon 2008 here in Boston, notably mstone and Martin Langhoff.

From Sugarlabs:

  • A Sugarlabs planet has been set up. A separate server is being prepared over the next two weeks for hosting other tools.

Grassroots updates:

  • OLPC Grasscon, an online conference starting at 10am on July 19, organized by OLPC@Duke and Alex Keybl.
  • Following up on the Grassroots bootcamp, we are preparing for an end-of-summer gathering to show off work that has been done by our interns and other projects. This is tentatively scheduled for three days starting August 20; stay tuned for details.


= Fundament

status, deadlines, assumptions, processes

Weekly updates

Process suggestions

  • ChristophD writes "We still wanted to rework the Tech internships entry as it's currently only showing the profiles, catered to a different use-case. Any suggestions? Maybe something such as mentors?

Offers of help

  • ChristophD is interested in being a mentor for documentation.
  • Luica Lovison is organizing some geography bundles, and wants to work with someone who is teaching about historical geography

Help wanted

  • ...


+ Priorities

milestones, sequences, first and next


o Reflection

review, updates, analysis, feedback