MassXO

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(aka MassXO)

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.

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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

Some nice person has created a jabber (chat) server for New England. To change your XO's setting to allow access to this server:

  sugar-control-panel -s jabber nejabber.homelinux.org

then restart (Ctrl-Alt-Erase) Sugar.

Another jabber server has been set up as a subdomain of xochat.org:

   sugar-control-panel -s jabber bos.ma.us.xochat.org


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

  • Saturday Open Jam -- every Saturday from 1-4pm at the MIT Museum. More info here
  • Monthly Meet-ups
    • Monday, November 17, 2008 (5:30-7:30pm) — G1G1 2008 begins!!! 8.2 upgrade event at Cosi?
    • Tuesday, December 16, 2008 (5:30-7:30pm) — Cambridge Friend’s School update (?)
    • Wednesday, January 21, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)
    • Thursday, February 19, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)
    • Monday, March 16, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)
    • Tuesday, April 21, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)
    • Wednesday, May 20, 2009 (5:30-7:30pm) — topic (?)

Our meet-ups are part playdate, part discussion and learning. Everyone is welcome.


Proposed Meet-up Discussion Topics

  • 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.