[OLPC library] XO end-user doc status update

[Samuel Klein]

Hello Anne,

Thanks for the update.   As for the photo license -- they are currently 
under cc-by-sa 2.0 from Flickr.  Christina, your photos are still fab 
after all these months -- please confirm that we can use them on our 
cc-by wiki and in other docs.

A few other people have noticed very slow wiki response; while it has been 
fine from within Boston; I wonder if our colo has had bad connectivity to 
part of the country.

> I'm still seeking a page layout person with Word expertise to get a nice
> square manual that Lulu.com could easily print.

For the Author-it materials : let's make a PDF of what is there tomorrow,
and see how it looks.  I'll put you in touch with the group that does our 
other layouts re: the layout.  And I have some online-safety materials to
share as well.  Teacher materials will be showing up in reports from the
field and in collections more rapidly as the first phase of trials ends.

Physical dimension specs are here:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hardware_specification#Physical_dimensions

SJ

ps - thanks for offering help in testing a WikiSlice implementation...
you are the cat's meow (id. al.).

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Anne Gentle wrote:

> I added (clumsily, but I'm learning) links to existing translations of the
> v3 of the user guide (v3 occurred in the October 23rd-ish 2007 timeframe).
>
> Tom Hannen from the BBC news services has added some nice animated gifs for
> things like opening the XO and changing the battery pack.
>
> For more background on the doc's history than you can shake a stick at
> (idiom alert!), see
> http://justwriteclick.com/2007/11/23/happy-turkey-day-but-lets-talk-wiki-not-turkey/
> .
>
> Tonight I'll do more synchronization between the wiki and the Author-it
> instance. The  Author-it instance could yield a nice PDF file that could be
> printed via Lulu. It's about fifty pages in all with a small square page
> layout.
>
> I'm still seeking a page layout person with Word expertise to get a nice
> square manual that Lulu.com could easily print.
>
> I have a request for Artwork on the Art Wanted wiki page at http:*wiki *.*
> laptop*.org/go/ Art_Wanted. I may also add the Word layout request to the
> Art Wanted page.
>
> I've added information about safety and the XO including some answers about
> computer virus protection as well as ensuring the Internet access for
> children is filtered access. I've been able to gather a lot of good
> information by monitoring the FAQ page and adding to the doc from there.
>
> If anyone's curious, the developer program where you can request a laptop is
> found at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Developers_program#How_to_apply_for_an_XO
> . I've been able to emulate the XO on my Windows-based computer, so I don't
> physically need one for the documentation so far.
>
> However, without physically seeing one, where can I get measurements to the
> case itself to ask my quilter mom to make a laptop bag or sleeve for the XO
> that I'll order?
>
> I've been reading the report Carla Monroy* *wrote from Mumbai with great
> interest because it's such a great usability immersion study. I'm also
> interested in the discussion here about teacher materials for the XO - where
> can I read what has been developed so far? (If you've already posted links,
> I apologize for misplacing them.)
>
> SJ and Michael Priestly met last week (I was unfortunately unable to attend)
> to talk about DITA and wiki slices - basically taking a specialized DITA map
> and keeping up with changes to an existing wikislice. Pretty darn cool if
> you ask me. I hope to help with testing a solution that Michael comes up
> with based on SJ's spec ideas.
>
> Regards,
> Anne Gentle
>