[OLPC-GSoC] Congratulations to the winners - and to the rest

Alex Escalona aescalona at gmail.com
Wed Apr 23 12:08:21 EDT 2008


Wow, this is really great news! As a student applicant who was not accepted,
I am still hoping to see my proposal ("Your voice on XO") to fruition. At
the same time, I am ready to roll up my sleeves and help in any way possible
as a novice programmer at OLPC.

So, I look forward to hearing more about these things in the coming days and
weeks!

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you to everyone who applied; we had roughly 35 great applications
> this year, all of which will receive laptops via our developer's program.
> I've also proposed that OLPC fund some of the other top-ranked applications,
> and a few of you have been asked about taking on an OLPC internships
> instead.
>
> The application and discussion process has been great for brainstorming,
> and for matching potential mentors with coding experience with new
> developers -- this has been the best part of the month so far for me.
> Within OLPC, we have spent many fruitful evenings discussing where some of
> the proposed activities or projects fall within the framework of existing
> efforts (some of the results of which have made their way to the list).
>
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Jameson Chema Quinn <
> jquinn at cs.oberlin.edu> wrote:
>
> > Of course, the automatic dev program enrollment and laptop would be
> > great, and if actual internships are in the offing that would be great too;
> > but I am talking here about some official title/award (words for your
> > resume) for those that complete a project off some list of "we agree, this
> > is a great idea, and we have a mentor for you". (This is not just a hint for
> > my own benefit - actually, as an older student, this would be less important
> > for me than what I imagine it would be for the younger students with good
> > projects).
> >
>
> I couldn't agree more :)  We are setting up such a program, specially for
> the great activity proposals, which we hope will become more common over the
> course of the year and not only in summertime; stay tuned.
>
> SJ
>
>
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