<div dir="ltr">Wow Nixie (Nicole!),<div><br></div><div style>I had to do a double take seeing your name come up next to OLPC in my inbox! And quite a journey you've had in Asia recently[1] along with your coming out of sorts[2]. I've found your videos really helpful over the years and kudos to showcasing your personal brand building skills while advocating open source.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>I'm in Washington, D.C. and have been engaged with the OLPC movement and Sugar Labs since 2006. Here's my OLPC tag on Flickr [3]. I can't begin to enumerate the myriad ways you can become involved with the movement. There are so many passionate people helping children and families in very humble and real ways on the ground around the world. Get an XO-4 Touch laptop[4], pin yourself on our map and take your pick of places to go[5]! After running an OLPC user group in DC for years, I finally made my own deployment happen last year in a slum in Lusaka, Zambia with funding from USAID[6].</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Anyway, you're in one of the best places to get to know OLPC activists. The crew at OLPC SF meets regularly at SFSU[7] and can give you the lay of OLPC Land. I hope you truly do become involved!</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Mike</div><div style><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Mikelee">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Mikelee</a><br></div><div style><br></div><div style>[1] <a href="https://twitter.com/NixiePixel/status/475352773295218688" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">https://twitter.com/NixiePixel/status/475352773295218688</a></div>
<div style>[2] <a href="https://twitter.com/NixiePixel/status/479411827378372608" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">https://twitter.com/NixiePixel/status/479411827378372608</a></div><div style>[3] <span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?w=48600098314@N01&q=olpc">https://www.flickr.com/search/?w=48600098314@N01&q=olpc</a></span></div>
<div style><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">[4] </span><a href="http://www.unleashkids.org">http://www.unleashkids.org</a></div><div style><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">[5] </span><a href="http://olpcmap.net">http://olpcmap.net</a></div>
<div style><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">[6] </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157632781888368/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157632781888368/</a></span></div>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Helvetica"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157632936579667/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157632936579667/</a></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Helvetica">
[7] <a href="http://www.olpcsf.org">http://www.olpcsf.org</a></p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 11:28 PM, Nixie Pixel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nixiepixel@gmail.com" target="_blank">nixiepixel@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"> Greetings and salutations! :-)<br>
(I hope you don't mind that I send this also to my local OLPC list in San Francisco) <br>
<br>
<div><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">
I'm Niki, a 27 year-old
geek who has been creating videos on open source and Linux for the last 6
years. I have even covered <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUkug3zX66w" target="_blank">OLPC</a>! Currently I live in a
storage shed in San
Francisco. By that I mean
I have been traveling all
over Asia for the last 6
months. But there's good
news.<br>
<br>
As luck would have it, I
am returning to San Francisco
in a week.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"> (▰˘◡˘▰)</span></span><br>
<span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><br>
<b>Why am I telling you this?</b><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US">I have always been an avid follower of the
OLPC project. I have donated personally, as well as attending several of the local events. I'd love
to help in any way I can to bring my support to the next level. <br><br>I can plan large events and host them, <a href="http://blog.logitech.com/?x=0&y=0&s=nixie" target="_blank">such as I've done here for Logitech</a>
in the past. I can speak on a technical level about the product. I can
spread the word, and fund-raise. Ultimately, I'd like to go on a mission
in one of these developing nations to help out. If you can let me know
of the costs involved, I would appreciate it. <br>
</span>
<br>
</span><b>Who am I, really?<br>
</b></span><span lang="EN-US">My true
love is creating videos
that make geeks laugh and
learn something. I'd love to help OLPC out in a similar way. At the present moment I have two shows: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/nixiedoeslinux" target="_blank">OS.ALT</a> (for 'Open Source Alternative') and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/nixiepixel" target="_blank">Geekbuzz</a>,
my tech channel. On these shows I teach people that Linux is
not scary and anyone can use it. It's a great option for people who
can't afford Windows (I'm sure you're not surprised how many people that is.) When I'm not
giving free tutorials and lessons, I'm musing about it here<i>:</i><br>
<br>
My Google + Page: <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+NixiePixel/posts" target="_blank">460,000 followers</a><br>
Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/nixiepixel" target="_blank">30,800 followers</a><br>
Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nixiepixel" target="_blank">38,400
followers</a></span><br>
<span lang="EN-US"><i>I guess this could sound boring to some people</i>, but I have been lucky to have such a dedicated following!</span><span lang="EN-US"><br>
</span><br>
Thanks for reading my TL:DR and I would greatly appreciate any advice
you can give on how I may become more involved in this amazing
community. I want to hit the ground running. <br>
<br>
Love and light,<br></div>
<div>
<br>
<div>---<br><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><b>Nicole</b></span><b> Allen</b><span style="color:rgb(128,128,128)"></span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(128,128,128)"> Show Host / <i>Video Producer</i></span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(128,128,128)"> <a href="tel:415.489.8279" value="+14154898279" target="_blank">415.489.8279</a></span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(128,128,128)"> <a href="https://plus.google.com/+NixiePixel" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(128,128,128)">@NixiePixel</span></a></span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(128,128,128)"> Shows: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/nixiedoeslinux" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(128,128,128)">OS.ALT</span></a> || <a href="https://www.youtube.com/nixiepixel" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(128,128,128)">Geekbuzz</span></a></span><br>
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