X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=MarchBlog;h=fa82ade024fd2d906a2242bb4114860f93980f6e;hp=c0593aadc1b2d07cf0c83923f9e8ac9881f9839b;hb=e00402eaa77a013082d6b8daa9581f4135487dba;hpb=49a1ed4eadd43a5b68916d2d16235b6da8f5fb44 diff --git a/MarchBlog b/MarchBlog index c0593aa..fa82ade 100644 --- a/MarchBlog +++ b/MarchBlog @@ -1,13 +1,29 @@ == Bernie's brain backup for March 2008 == +=== Tue, 18th === + +==== OLPC demoed to the EU president Danilo Türk ==== + +Today we have been received by the President of Slovenia [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danilo_T%C3%BCrk | Danilo Türk]], +and President in charge of the European Union. I was given the honour of showing him some of the unique features of the XO. + +The President expressed profound interest in the OLPC educational goals. + +[[TurkMeetingSmall.jpg | Talking with the chief of the cabinet after the meeting]] + + === Mon, 17th === -We attended the [[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/acp/ | ACP-EU]] conference -in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana | Ljubljana, Slovenia]]. +==== OLPC presence at the ACP-EU meeting in Ljubljana ==== + +AcpHallSmall.jpg -Representatives of [[http://www.olpc.at/ | OLPC Austria]] rushed in on 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 +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**". @@ -18,7 +34,9 @@ Media coverage: * http://eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=19953 * TODO: add everything else -=== Sun, 25th === +AcpBoothSmall.jpg + +=== Fri, 7th === ==== Talk at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence ====