Hi Martin et al.<br><br>Thank you for your response, I started by getting some basic apps running on my emulator. I appreciate the links and once I get more confidence with developing apps I 'll get the ball rolling at my end. <br>
<br>Please could you keep me informed about the next meeting in London and I will try and make it.<br><br>Thanks<br>Dev<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Martin Dengler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martin@martindengler.com">martin@martindengler.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi Dev,<br>
<br>
It sounds like you are keen to work on some big ticket items...that's<br>
excellent. We (OLPC UK) are a collection of volunteers, so there is<br>
no organisation to speak of (yet). One can just inform the group of<br>
what's being done and hope people come along for the ride. I hope you<br>
get some takers.<br>
<br>
Let me suggest some actions:<br>
<br>
1) create some content on your own before you start helping others do<br>
so - this will give you an idea of the challenges so you can be a<br>
better resource for others.<br>
<a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Getting_Involved#Content_Writer" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Getting_Involved#Content_Writer</a><br>
and <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Getting_Involved#Educator" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Getting_Involved#Educator</a><br>
are good place to start looking. There are mailing lists in which to<br>
ask for help on this specifically:<br>
<a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a> . Also,<br>
<a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/</a> has some places you might find<br>
helpful.<br>
<br>
2) research the extant content in your chosen area; there are lots on<br>
the OLPC and Sugar Labs wikis: <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org</a> and<br>
<a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org</a> ;<br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Educational_content_ideas" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Educational_content_ideas</a> is one place to start.<br>
<br>
3) try to modify an existing Sugar Activity before creating your own.<br>
Start with "Speak", for example...perhaps make it add "Ask UNICEF about"<br>
in front of everything it says.<br>
<br>
4) Consider the messages in your campaign and check out the OLPC wiki<br>
for marketing-type ideas and inspiration: <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/</a><br>
<br>
If you need walk-throughs and are in London, perhaps we could have a<br>
get together and share our knowledge. I'm not sure if there is anyone<br>
around Warwick that can help with that.<br>
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Martin<br>
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