User:Mchua/Todo

This is Mel's list o' tasks. If you add to this or take something from it, please tell Mel.

What's Mel Doing Today?

Stack of tasks, must be completed by end of day. Elements will be popped from the top and done sequentially. Short-term tasks you want Mel to do today may be pushed onto the top of this stack. Tasks you want Mel to do, not necessarily today, put on the Requested Tasks list, below.

What's Mel Doing This Week?

Monday

• Empty inbox, notebook of unsorted OLPC action items; process
• Summer of Content queue

Tuesday

• Jams queue
• Write rocketpitch/manifesto, start project/group/something for tech women ("XXoo's"?) (grab Lauren, Kathy)
• Set up meeting with OpenPlans (re: content stamping)
• Finalize dates, arrangements for next week's NYC trip
• Ping Linuxchix, Systers about NYC trips (Sumana, Gloria, LadyAda)
• Populate tasks for Review squad
• Populate tasks for Metacontent
• Wiki skinning, my first act as a wiki admin.

Wednesday

• Library packaging (led by Lauren)
• Write talk proposal for linuxconf.au (on the way to NYC)

Thursday

• probably meetings

Friday

• probably library packaging

Follow-ups: Check these daily

• SJ: Getting to Wikimania, running a Jam there (both mediawiki and content hacking for SoCon, OLPC, Jams) and brainstorm session?
• Vanessa/Jackie: Visiting Open Plans
• Leslie: Visiting Google

Ongoing long-term projects: Check these daily

• Summer of Content
• Jams
• Review squad
• Metacontent

Requested Tasks

Want Mel to do something? Leave it here. Make sure to leave your name with it so I know to ping you when I am done.

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Everything below this line is potentially cruft, but mostly private notes that I keep to remind myself of things. Please use the two stacks above, if you're not Mel.

Other tasks

• how to run a Jam notes on notebook p 102
• Find a volunteer coordinator (ping Nikki, Kelcy, Mitchell?)
• Get Olin folks on the wiki (AndyP, Marco, AndyB, Sallen)
• Ping Olin profs who expressed interest (mchang, las, msomerville)
• Ping Ben Fisher re: pypercard
• Read and edit Curators
• Read and edit Lauren's XO manifesto
• Ping Katie Chilton. content contacts
• Ping potential Review squad contacts. content contacts

Non-OLPC

• Jeez, illustrate the book already.
• finances!
• EngrEth: transcribe notebook 71-75
• Read Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media
• Read John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
• Work at an ad agency at some point.
• Read De Bono's Thinking Course
• Read Tom Peters, Thriving on Chaos
• Read A Perfect Mess
• Library bike trip game plan (w/ Chris)
• Transcribr idea - chase it down

to learn

• how to cook (traditional methods, food chem)
• languages (spanish, mandarin are first priority)
• music (drum, piano, cello, guitar, singing, composing)
• math
• programming
• dance
• martial arts (tai chi, aikido)
• art (drawing, acting, film, color theory, graphic design, computer art)
• business (negotiation, contracts, keeping in touch, hiring, recognizing a good deal)

Other longer-term miniprojects

• OpenPlans + OLPC
• Peace corps + OLPC
• Setup intern/sabbatical program, potentially recruit Oliners (profs & students)
• recruit rising seniors for OLPC SCOPE project
• OLPC POE projects