From sverma at sfsu.edu Sat Jan 9 12:58:49 2010 From: sverma at sfsu.edu (Sameer Verma) Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:58:49 -0800 Subject: [OLPC-SF] January meeting Message-ID: <5fb387c71001090958u431f1acekd2d7959d60c70ee4@mail.gmail.com> Greetings OLPC-SF! Wishing you all a happy new year! OLPC e-mail queues have been clogged with queries about the mythical XO-3, but we have the very real XO 1.5 to focus on. With Sugar and GNOME to address different use cases, 1.5 should be interesting. So, we'll meet on January 16, 2010. Location to be announced (by Monday). This meeting will also mark two years of OLPC-SF. http://is.gd/5Y2FN Mark your calendars, and bring your enthusiasm and queries. See you all on the 16th. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/attachments/20100109/65739246/attachment.htm From sverma at sfsu.edu Mon Jan 11 13:29:21 2010 From: sverma at sfsu.edu (Sameer Verma) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:29:21 -0800 Subject: [OLPC-SF] Christoph Derndorfer's excellent slides Message-ID: <5fb387c71001111029g680d380dje70abe098fbe0cbe@mail.gmail.com> From bogus@does.not.exist.com Mon Jan 11 06:39:14 2010 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:39:14 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: a peek! The video is at http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/26C3/mp4/26c3-3547-en-after_the_hype.mp4(700MB) cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ --0016e64be8e8541027047ce7b7c4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From bogus@does.not.exist.com Mon Jan 11 06:39:14 2010 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:39:14 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: ss/2009/Fahrplan/attachments/1487_26c3_derndorfer.pdf Take a peek! The = video is at http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/26C3/mp4/26c3-3547-en-after= _the_hype.mp4 (700MB)

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--0016e64be8e8541027047ce7b7c4-- From e0425826 at student.tuwien.ac.at Mon Jan 11 17:33:12 2010 From: e0425826 at student.tuwien.ac.at (Christoph Derndorfer) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:33:12 +0100 Subject: [OLPC-SF] Christoph Derndorfer's excellent slides In-Reply-To: <5fb387c71001111029g680d380dje70abe098fbe0cbe@mail.gmail.com> References: <5fb387c71001111029g680d380dje70abe098fbe0cbe@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B4BA728.4060209@student.tuwien.ac.at> Thanks for the kind words Sameer! In case anyone wants to (re-)use parts of the presentation: I have uploaded the original PowerPoint file to http://www.olpc.at/files/olpc_derndorfer_26C3.ppt (~13MB). Cheers, Christoph Am 11.01.2010 19:29, schrieb Sameer Verma: > >From a recent presentation... > http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/attachments/1487_26c3_derndorfer.pdf > Take a peek! The video is at > http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/26C3/mp4/26c3-3547-en-after_the_hype.mp4 > (700MB) > > cheers, > Sameer > -- > Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, Information Systems > Director, Center for Business Solutions > San Francisco State University > http://verma.sfsu.edu/ > http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ > http://is.sfsu.edu/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > OLPC-SF mailing list > OLPC-SF at lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf -- Christoph Derndorfer co-editor, olpcnews url: www.olpcnews.com e-mail: christoph at olpcnews.com From ilopezlists at sandboxitsolutions.com Mon Jan 11 18:05:44 2010 From: ilopezlists at sandboxitsolutions.com (Israel Lopez-LISTS) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:05:44 -0800 Subject: [OLPC-SF] OLPC use in Honduras Message-ID: <4B4BAEC8.2080708@sandboxitsolutions.com> Hey All & Prof. Verma, I was poking around looking for information on Honduras XO use: Via http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program/June_12,_2009 and a link to : http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=41820 Can anyone note to the history of that ticket? And or other XO/OLPC projects in Honduras? Any information would be helpful! -Izzy From roserosesf at att.net Mon Jan 11 20:03:18 2010 From: roserosesf at att.net (Rose Rosenthal) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:03:18 -0800 Subject: [OLPC-SF] Christoph Derndorfer's excellent slides In-Reply-To: <4B4BA728.4060209@student.tuwien.ac.at> References: <5fb387c71001111029g680d380dje70abe098fbe0cbe@mail.gmail.com> <4B4BA728.4060209@student.tuwien.ac.at> Message-ID: WHAT AN ASTOUNDINGLY GOOD PRESENTATION!!!!!!!!!!! I BOUGHT FROM THE FIRST BATCH OF G1G1 XO'S. BUT I AM STILL A FAIRLY NEW USER OF THE XO. Your slide presentation is so good that it has answered a lot of my questions about the XO project and especially about related subjects......... like Sugar-on-a-stick , FLOSS, etc. Ands if you didn't already answer a questions, you gave me the reference to find the answer. Great work and generous of you to share it!!!!!!! --Rosie Rosenthal On Jan 11, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Christoph Derndorfer wrote: > Thanks for the kind words Sameer! > > In case anyone wants to (re-)use parts of the presentation: I have > uploaded the original PowerPoint file to > http://www.olpc.at/files/olpc_derndorfer_26C3.ppt (~13MB). > > Cheers, > Christoph > > Am 11.01.2010 19:29, schrieb Sameer Verma: >>> From a recent presentation... >> http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/attachments/1487_26c3_derndorfer.pdf >> Take a peek! The video is at >> http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/26C3/mp4/26c3-3547-en-after_the_hype.mp4 >> (700MB) >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The video is at >> http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/26C3/mp4/26c3-3547-en-after_the_hype.mp4 >> (700MB) >> >> cheers, >> Sameer >> -- >> Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor, Information Systems >> Director, Center for Business Solutions >> San Francisco State University >> http://verma.sfsu.edu/ >> http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ >> http://is.sfsu.edu/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OLPC-SF mailing list >> OLPC-SF at lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf >> > > -- > Christoph Derndorfer > co-editor, olpcnews > url: www.olpcnews.com > e-mail: christoph at olpcnews.com > Hi Christoph, Can I upload the video to a streamable location like youtube? Are the rights clear? cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Christoph -- Christoph Derndorfer co-editor, olpcnews url: www.olpcnews.com e-mail: christoph at olpcnews.com From carol at carolruthsilver.net Thu Jan 14 02:13:43 2010 From: carol at carolruthsilver.net (Carol Ruth SIlver) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:13:43 -0800 Subject: [OLPC-SF] Location of meeting is ?? Re: OLPC-SF Digest, Vol 25, Issue 3 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1263453223.4531.276.camel@carol-desktop> 13 Jan 2009 Dear Sameer, Where is the meeting going to be? I apologize if I just did not see that info. Pls email to me. Look forward to seeing you. Best regards, Carol Ruth Silver On Wed, 2010-01-13 at 12:00 -0500, olpc-sf-request at lists.laptop.org wrote: > Send OLPC-SF mailing list submissions to > olpc-sf at lists.laptop.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > olpc-sf-request at lists.laptop.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > olpc-sf-owner at lists.laptop.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of OLPC-SF digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Christoph Derndorfer's excellent slides (Sameer Verma) > 2. Re: Christoph Derndorfer's excellent slides (Christoph Derndorfer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:11:44 -0800 > From: Sameer Verma > Subject: Re: [OLPC-SF] Christoph Derndorfer's excellent slides > To: Christoph Derndorfer > Cc: OLPC SF > Message-ID: > <5fb387c71001120911q4042094eh924ba213847f8b09 at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Christoph Derndorfer < > e0425826 at student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote: > > > Thanks for the kind words Sameer! > > > > In case anyone wants to (re-)use parts of the presentation: I have uploaded > > the original PowerPoint file to > > http://www.olpc.at/files/olpc_derndorfer_26C3.ppt (~13MB). > > > > Cheers, > > Christoph > > > > Am 11.01.2010 19:29, schrieb Sameer Verma: > > > >> >From a recent presentation... > >> > >> http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/attachments/1487_26c3_derndorfer.pdf > >> Take a peek! The video is at > >> http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/26C3/mp4/26c3-3547-en-after_the_hype.mp4 > >> (700MB) > >> > >> cheers, > >> Sameer > >> -- > >> Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. > >> Associate Professor, Information Systems > >> Director, Center for Business Solutions > >> San Francisco State University > >> http://verma.sfsu.edu/ > >> http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ > >> http://is.sfsu.edu/ > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> OLPC-SF mailing list > >> OLPC-SF at lists.laptop.org > >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf > >> > > > > -- > > Christoph Derndorfer > > co-editor, olpcnews > > url: www.olpcnews.com > > e-mail: christoph at olpcnews.com > > > > > Hi Christoph, > Can I upload the video to a streamable location like youtube? Are the rights > clear? > > cheers, > Sameer > -- > Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, Information Systems > Director, Center for Business Solutions > San Francisco State University > http://verma.sfsu.edu/ > http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ > http://is.sfsu.edu/ > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/attachments/20100112/afd7b32e/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:13:20 +0100 > From: Christoph Derndorfer > Subject: Re: [OLPC-SF] Christoph Derndorfer's excellent slides > To: Sameer Verma > Cc: OLPC SF > Message-ID: <4B4CC9D0.2010700 at student.tuwien.ac.at> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Am 12.01.2010 18:11, schrieb Sameer Verma: > > Hi Christoph, > > Can I upload the video to a streamable location like youtube? Are the > > rights clear? > > I think it should be okay but I'll inquire with the 26C3 folks just to > make sure. > > Christoph > From sverma at sfsu.edu Thu Jan 14 12:04:02 2010 From: sverma at sfsu.edu (Sameer Verma) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:04:02 -0800 Subject: [OLPC-SF] Jan 16 meeting Message-ID: <5fb387c71001140904n29ab3adaw20c3087df541daeb@mail.gmail.com> We will meet at SFSU Downtown Center from 10 am to 2pm on Jan 16. The agenda is wide open (other than the 2nd birthday, of course!). Anyone want to add to the agenda, please feel free to write back on this list. We'll also do the usual event updates. *What:* OLPC-SF January 2010 meeting OLPC-SF will meet on January 16, 2010. Items on the agenda: - Meet and greet - 10:00 am to 10:30 am - - Minor project updates - 12:00 to ... - OLPC-SF Community Summit 2009 update. - XO 1.5 effort. - Fedora 11 on XO-1. - XO-3 (fantasy track). - - SFSU Lending Library progress report. - School server and content libraries. - The "Sugar Book" effort. - Sugar on a Stick - Blueberry. *When:* Saturday, January 16, 2010. - 10 am to 2 pm *Where:* Room 558 (note room change), SF State Downtown campus (835 Market St., San Francisco,CA, 94103). Note that this location is NOT the main campus. This is the same building as the new Westfield mall that houses Bloomingdale's. Look for the SFSU banner on Market St. between 4th and 5th streets, right next to Walgreens. Take the elevator to the 5th floor. - By car: http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions/downtown_center/car.html - By Muni: http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions/downtown_center/muni.html - By BART: http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions/downtown_center/bart.html A huge thank you to San Francisco State University's College of Business Graduate Program for letting us use a room on Saturdays. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/attachments/20100114/227959a2/attachment.htm From sverma at sfsu.edu Thu Jan 14 12:39:11 2010 From: sverma at sfsu.edu (Sameer Verma) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:39:11 -0800 Subject: [OLPC-SF] Jan 16 meeting In-Reply-To: <5fb387c71001140904n29ab3adaw20c3087df541daeb@mail.gmail.com> References: <5fb387c71001140904n29ab3adaw20c3087df541daeb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <5fb387c71001140939w276eac6drf7490f0866b90747@mail.gmail.com> Correction: Its Room 553, and not 558. Also posted http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/671 and http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_San_Francisco_Bay_Area Sameer On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: > We will meet at SFSU Downtown Center from 10 am to 2pm on Jan 16. The > agenda is wide open (other than the 2nd birthday, of course!). Anyone want > to add to the agenda, please feel free to write back on this list. > > We'll also do the usual event updates. > > *What:* OLPC-SF January 2010 meeting > > OLPC-SF will meet on January 16, 2010. Items on the agenda: > > - Meet and greet - 10:00 am to 10:30 am > - > - Minor project updates - 12:00 to ... > > > - OLPC-SF Community Summit 2009 update. > - XO 1.5 effort. > - Fedora 11 on XO-1. > - XO-3 (fantasy track). > - > - SFSU Lending Library progress report. > - School server and content libraries. > - The "Sugar Book" effort. > - Sugar on a Stick - Blueberry. > > *When:* Saturday, January 16, 2010. > > - 10 am to 2 pm > > *Where:* Room 558 (note room change), SF State Downtown campus (835 Market > St., San Francisco,CA, 94103). > Note that this location is NOT the main campus. This is the same building as > the new Westfield mall that houses Bloomingdale's. Look for the SFSU banner > on Market St. between 4th and 5th streets, right next to Walgreens. Take the > elevator to the 5th floor. > > - > > By car: > http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions/downtown_center/car.html > - > > By Muni: > > http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions/downtown_center/muni.html > - By BART: > http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions/downtown_center/bart.html > > A huge thank you to San Francisco State University's College of Business > Graduate Program for letting us use a room on Saturdays. > > > cheers, > Sameer > -- > Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, Information Systems > Director, Center for Business Solutions > San Francisco State University > http://verma.sfsu.edu/ > http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ > http://is.sfsu.edu/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There was much interest, > and I was struck by the fact that the Constructivist educational system > embodied in OLPC shares the same individualist philosophy as the > ISIL. > > Best regards, > > Carol Ruth Silver > _____________________________ > Law Offices of Carol Ruth Silver > 68 Ramona Avenue > San Francisco, CA 94103 > 415 861 5802 > carol at silverlaw.biz > > > Hi Carol, You are on for tomorrow! 10:30 ish? Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/attachments/20100115/500413a2/attachment.htm From sverma at sfsu.edu Fri Jan 15 21:25:50 2010 From: sverma at sfsu.edu (Sameer Verma) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:25:50 -0800 Subject: [OLPC-SF] US CTO's MLK Day message... Message-ID: <5fb387c71001151825l4f658d24p61337aa2f0b25b06@mail.gmail.com> Some of you may find this interesting... http://blog.ostp.gov/2010/01/15/demonstrate-a-technologist%E2%80%99s-spirit-of-generosity-on-martin-luther-king-day/ I think what we do in OLPC-SF and OLPC in general easily qualifies :-) cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/attachments/20100115/eb5480a4/attachment.htm From sverma at sfsu.edu Fri Jan 15 22:53:20 2010 From: sverma at sfsu.edu (Sameer Verma) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:53:20 -0800 Subject: [OLPC-SF] Jan 16 meeting Message-ID: <5fb387c71001151953r649026camef1f006f36332418@mail.gmail.com> So, we are all set for tomorrow's meeting. We have Carol Ruth Silver's talk on OLPC and individual liberty. She is also the newest member of the OLPC support gang, but I'll let her fill you all in on that. Apart from the usual updates, hackery, etc. I'll also bring two candles and a cake...its our second birthday after all!!! Join us. bring a friend. Bring your kids. Bring food, if you'd like to share with others. Let's gear up for a busy and happening 2010. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We have introduced a number of features in SocialCalc on Sugar since the last community release - 1. *Localization* in Spanish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, Chinese (simplified), French, German and Portuguese. 2. *Ability* to *read* and *edit *single sheet Excel .xls files. 3. *Sharing* of activity over the mesh network. 4. *Ability* to *read* and* edit* single sheet Lotus notes. 5. *Optimization* of the* save files*. The sheet extents will include just the part that has data. This feature also "canonicalizes" the saved data in other ways, such as removing no longer used formats and color definitions from the save file. 6. *Localization* made *easy*, especially of text in the user interface. All of the text that is normally seen during operation is now easily localizable by changing a single file, socialcalcconstants.js. Please visit - 1. *SocialCalc on Sugar *- http://seeta.in/j/products-and-services/socialcalc-on-sugar.html 2. *SocialCalc on Sugar wiki page* - http://seeta.in/wiki/index.php?title=SocialCalc_on_Sugar 3. *Download pages* - the version #5 along with its source code can be downloaded from http://seeta.in/j/downloads.html or from activities.sugarlabs.org. 4. *For Educators* * Video on using Charting Tools* - http://www.scalablec.com/videos/14/socialcalc-charting-tools-video-tutorial * Guide for using Charting Tools* - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Ndoiron/SocialCalc We look forward to hearing your feedback and experience with SocialCalc on Sugar. We started a group about SocialCalc on Sugar for educators, content engineers, developers, translators, curriculum developers, testers and graphic designers on ScalableC (www.scalablec.com) to share ideas, collaborate and engineer curriculum materials and develop case-studies on using SocialCalc on Sugar at schools. Please join the group if you are a member at ScalableC. If you are not a member, please ask for an invitation at http://www.scalablec.com/register.php with the message "interested in joining SocialCalc on Sugar group". If you would like to put in a feature request, or submit a bug report, please do so at http://testtrack.seeta.in , or e-mail us at socialcalc.sugar at seeta.in. Hope you enjoy working with SocialCalc on Sugar. Regards, SocialCalc on Sugar Team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/attachments/20100124/6c698c34/attachment.htm From socialcalc.sugar at seeta.in Sat Jan 23 18:13:32 2010 From: socialcalc.sugar at seeta.in (SocialCalc Sugar) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:43:32 +0530 Subject: [OLPC-SF] SocialCalc on Sugar - Developers' Guide and Opportunity for Developers and Content Creators In-Reply-To: <80a73fc91001231513y6607455yb572d0bd8cf1954f@mail.gmail.com> References: <8106d44e1001221504g4132b965n4d8c34384e6c9c06@mail.gmail.com> <80a73fc91001221603m1e94242bv8fff4692a54d04e8@mail.gmail.com> <80a73fc91001221603q3a2416ffs7b12199cc61ef029@mail.gmail.com> <80a73fc91001221604i134fa393idd6b0ffe10cdbad3@mail.gmail.com> <80a73fc91001221604y13e8b5b2hd426217ff9ce2d1@mail.gmail.com> <80a73fc91001231511w79b9ab79nbf621a3ab624983b@mail.gmail.com> <80a73fc91001231511rddba3a7vef6560398f79d0d6@mail.gmail.com> <80a73fc91001231512p576464ecv3ae616fbf6c22e31@mail.gmail.com> <80a73fc91001231512j654f998awb0bce370da7dea0f@mail.gmail.com> <80a73fc91001231513y6607455yb572d0bd8cf1954f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <80a73fc91001231513v67ccdf54n56b44033e67e5fa6@mail.gmail.com> Dear all, Please visit the *developers' guide *documented for each feature* - * a. Collaboration of SocialCalc in Sugar - http://seeta.in/wiki/index.php?title=Collaboration_in_SocialCalc_on_Sugar b. Localization Infrastructure - http://seeta.in/wiki/index.php?title=SocialCalc_Localization c. Interoperability between SocialCalc on Sugar and Excel (.xls format only) - http://seeta.in/wiki/index.php?title=File:Interoperability_SocialCalc_on_Sugar_and_Excel.pdf d. Interoperability between SocialCalc on Sugar and Lotus Notes -* * http://seeta.in/wiki/index.php?title=Interoperability_between_SocialCalc_on_Sugar_and_Lotus_Notes e. Manual for Programmers - http://seeta.in/wiki/index.php?title=Guide *Opportunity for Developers and Content Creators* - We are looking for developers and content creators, who are interested in participating with us in a number of initiatives - 1. Develop teacher training videos for SocialCalc on Sugar in their local languages; 2. Develop interoperability between SocialCalc on Sugar and Excel (from MS Office 2007 - xlsx format), Apple iwork Numbers, Google Spreadsheet, Gnumeric, Open Spreadsheet format and KSpread; 3. Engineer features to modify the charts (like colors, fonts, scale etc.); 4. Integration of SocialCalc with Paint, Write, Arithmetic, Physics, Turtle Art and E-Toys and other Sugar activities; 5. Development of 2-D and 3-D area charts and surface charts; 6. Creation of shapes like rectangles, block arrows, equation shapes; 7. Creation of templates that could be used as teacher tools (example - income task problem sums); 8. Localization of SocialCalc on Sugar. If you are interested, please write to us at socialcalc.sugar at seeta.in. Best Regards, SocialCalc on Sugar Team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/attachments/20100124/dd1f8f74/attachment.htm