X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=MarchBlog;h=71164b1a2260fab6bfd5076359799407fa5a7614;hp=a2812d0aa8ee1b58c5ec1fb88058039bb9f11d17;hb=33b331d08f20008416baf2edb3aff4151a0c3a6b;hpb=92c5b9340146d5dec4d4bb9d957406541f58093b diff --git a/MarchBlog b/MarchBlog index a2812d0..71164b1 100644 --- a/MarchBlog +++ b/MarchBlog @@ -1,6 +1,30 @@ == Bernie's brain backup for March 2008 == -=== Sun, 25th === +=== Mon, 17th === + +==== OLPC presence at the ACP-EU meeting in Ljubljana ==== + +AcpHallSmall.jpg + +The newly born OLPC Europe team attended the [[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/acp/ | ACP-EU]] +conference in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana | Ljubljana, Slovenia]]. + +Representatives of [[http://www.olpc.at/ | OLPC Austria]] rushed here on very short notice to +help with the OLPC booth. We demoed the laptop to 79 delegations of the African countries, +members of the EU parliament and dignitaries of the United Nations +Development Programme. Not surprisingly, the laptop was called +"**the killer event at the ACP-EU meeting**". + +Media coverage: + * Meeting opening cerimony: http://youtube.com/watch?v=GLKK-ZYEsuk [[AcpOpening.flv | local copy]] + * [[http://www.nirjdeva.com/ | MEP Nirj Deva]] interview: http://youtube.com/watch?v=VMiVtUOT97E [[DevaInterview.flv | local copy]] (<- **GREAT STUFF!**) + * OLPC press conference: http://youtube.com/watch?v=tHYdpsNTQIg [[AcpPressConference.flv | local copy]] + * http://eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=19953 + * TODO: add everything else + +AcpBoothSmall.jpg + +=== Fri, 7th === ==== Talk at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence ====