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[[Image:Mike_lee_flickr_portrait_100x100.jpg ]]<br /><br /> |
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I manage the [http://olpclearningclub.org/ OLPC Learning Club] which meets monthly in the Washington, D.C. area. Consisting primarily of first-round G1G1 users, the group attracts kids, teens, parents, adult enthusiasts and even seniors. We meet on the third Saturday of every month at the Gallaudet University Student Academic Center or the Arlington Career Center. There are also random meetups, salons and parties. |
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My day job is at AARP Headquarters in Washington, D.C. where I am one of the directors of the team that operates the public web site [http://www.aarp.org AARP.org]. Part of my job involves acting as AARP's [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/154199/ liaison] to the MIT Media Lab where we are a sponsor. That's how I came to know Walter Bender and Nicholas Negroponte and followed their move to OLPC. |
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I live in Wheaton, Maryland, just north of the D.C. beltway with my wife Amy and daughter Cianna. My wife loves technology too and worked recently as a web director at [http://www.kaboom.org KaBoom!] which builds playgrounds all over the U.S. Cianna (born Nov. 2003), when presented with a lineup of laptops consisting of the Asus Eee PC, Intel Classmate 2 and the OLPC XO-1 said, "I like the green one!" |
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== My OLPC-related Projects == |
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* Collaborating with Jane Meyers of the [http://www.lubuto.org Lubuto Library Project] on ongoing deployment of XO laptops in the project's physical library buildings in Zambia. |
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* Operated OLPC & Sugar Labs [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157622609139919/ advocacy booth] at the TedX MidAtlantic 2009 conference in Baltimore. |
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* Supported the [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Class_Acts OLPC Community Book Sprint 2009], Sept 6-11 at Gallaudet University. |
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** I made an unsolicited poster for the event. On Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/3866553822/ Thumbnail image], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/3865753915/in/photostream/ Full Resolution]. |
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* Co-founded Sugar Labs DC with Jeff Elkner and Kevin Cole [http://dc.sugarlabs.org Sugar Labs DC]. Sugar Labs DC released a beta of, [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4270 TimeLapse], its first activity, in January 2010. |
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* Organized Sugar Labs and OLPC presence at NECC 2009 [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Learning_Club_D.C./NECC_2009_DC Open Source Playground and NECC Unplugged] |
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* Co-organized Scratch Day 2009 in Arlington, VA |
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* Helped to develop and deploy inter-generational curriculum for 20 XOs during summer and fall 2008 for [http://www.generationsinc.org/ Generations, Inc.] in Boston, MA. |
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* Assisted [http://www.linkedin.com/in/pcorbett Peter Corbett], CEO of iStrategy Labs and board member of the [http://www.dc-cares.org/ Greater DC Cares] foundation, during summer 2008 to deploy 7 XOs at [http://www.wmstpchs.net/ Washington Math Science Technology Public Charter School] in DC. |
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* Running the OLPC Learning Club - DC community [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157607291360536/ information booth] at the [http://www.tpff.org/ 31st Takoma Park Folk Festival] September 14, 2008 |
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* Testing commercially available power solutions including a variety of [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157603529802176/ power adapters], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157603561461482/ solar panels] and the Freeplay Weza |
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* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/2225021200/in/set-72157603547309133/ LEGO Viewfinder] for the XO |
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* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/2225021496/in/set-72157603547309133/ XOView Viewfinder] for the XO (in collaboration with [http://www.kcad.edu/about/faculty/phil-carrizzi Phil Carrizzi]) |
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* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157603981196939/ Camera Periscope] for the XO (in alpha stage) |
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* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157604771033695/ OLPC-themed Moo Cards] |
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* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/2542977748/ OLPC-themed Moo Stickers] |
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* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157605376086378/ OLPC LC-DC Photo Jam] |
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* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157605621409958/ OLPC Grassroots Jam NYC] |
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* Have done presentations on the XO at embassies in D.C. and on Capital Hill for Nicholas. |
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== You can email me at == |
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* curiouslee [at] gmail [dot] com |
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* mikelee [at] laptop [dot] org |
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* mike [at] dc.sugarlabs [dot] org |
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* mslee [at] aarp [dot] org |
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== You can find me online at == |
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* [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mikelee Sugar Labs User Page: Mikelee] |
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* [http://www.friendfeed.com/curiouslee Friendfeed] |
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* [http://www.flickr.com/people/curiouslee/ Flickr] |
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* [http://twitter.com/curiouslee Twitter] |
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* [http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=688372482 Facebook] |
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* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/curiouslee LinkedIn] |
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* [http://www.aarp.org/community/curiouslee AARP Profile] |
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* [http://www.curiouslee.com TypePad Blog] |
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* [http://curiouslee.posterous.com/ Posterous Blog] |
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Revision as of 17:51, 21 April 2010
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