MassXO

OLPC Boston (aka MassXO)

About

OLPC Boston (also known as MassXO) is a loose affiliation of XO enthusiasts in the greater Boston area. We meet one at least once a month.

Contact

Mailing list

OLPC_Boston 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.

Olin_university_chapter

Events

Future Activities

• Saturday Open Jam -- every Saturday from 1-4pm at the MIT Museum. More info here
• Monthly Meet-up -- last Tuesday of every month, 6-8PM -- Cosi Restaurant, 290 Main St (Kendall Sq), Cambridge, MA. In the back room.
• Emerson Park Meet-up -- Wednesdays in July and August, 7PM, Brookline, MA, Davis Avenue and Emerson Street, during Summer Concert Series.

Can you help? Want to come? Want to help plan? Let User:AuntiMame know.

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.

Playdates for Kids

A number of OLPC parents who attended the May 3rd "jam" were interested in setting up playdates for their XO using children. Add yourself to the list if interested:

1. User:bogstad Bill with Anna and Becca (4.5years old) Cambridge
2. User:AuntiMame If adults who act like children are allowed, I'd love to come.
3. User:donohued I'm just a big kid too! I'd love to join you if I'm available.
4. User:redpen Scott in Southern Maine may be willing to travel with 6 y.o. daughter.
5. User:michelito My 4-year-old has just started to play with the XO and I'd curious how he would turn his XO into a tool for group play.

Note to Parents: If you don't actually set up a wiki user account, there is no way for someone to email you privately. New to using a wiki? [is here].

Past Activities

Read notes and comments on all of our past meetings and playdates here.