[Olpc-open] [IAEP] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

[Sameer Verma]

On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Nirav Patel <olpc at spongezone.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> This just came to me while sitting in traffic - a stylized bumper
>> sticker: "My other XO is in Mongolia" (or Rwanda, Haiti, etc.
>> Randomize the stickers or give them a few to choose from:-)) We have a
>> lot of creativity on these lists. Let it rip!
>>
>
> I really like this idea.  I whipped up something quick in Inkscape:
> http://eclecti.cc/files/myotherlaptop.png
> http://eclecti.cc/files/myotherlaptop.svg
>

These look neat. BTW, www.laptopgiving.org is going away based on what
Seth said. Point it to amazon.com/xo

Maybe we should start putting these up on the wiki under G1G1v2 marketing
--
Sameer

>>> Massive buzz could be generated by
>>> another technique Apple has used for years: the education discount.
>>> Offer the pair at $375 for educators and university students, and $425
>>> for others. Imagine thousands of educators holding an XO in their
>>> hands, the community feedback potential.
>>
>> This brings the overhead of verifying whose an educator etc. Apple
>> already has this in place. How do we handle it?
>
> I'm not sure how to integrate this with Amazon, but having a form
> asking the person to provide a .edu email address would be a simple,
> though certainly not foolproof method.
>
> Nirav