by Daniele Rossi | Dec 27, 2007 | blog, social media
Kudos to the BBC News website. I get most of my OLPC news from them. Anyhoo, I stumbled upon this article with a lot of positives listed from the One Laptop Per Child project. And of course, a few expected negatives. The best benefit of the project I’ve seen is...
by Daniele Rossi | Dec 23, 2007 | blog, social media
I came across this interesting article on the BBC News website a few days ago. It was written by Michael Geist, Internet law professor at the University of Ottawa. He talks about how the next billion users of the Internet will influence the Internet. The article is...
by Daniele Rossi | Dec 16, 2007 | news, social media
PodCamp Toronto 2008 will be happening on February 23 and 24th at the Rogers Communications Centre at Ryerson University. I am very excited that it’s happening again— I had a great time and learned a lot from people who share the same interest in podcasting as me and...
by Daniele Rossi | Dec 15, 2007 | blog, social media
What happens when you live in a country which controls the media and culture while also allowing access to the Internet? Specifically, providing access to a site like Facebook which offers instant gratification such as the ability to set up your own discussion group...
by Daniele Rossi | Dec 15, 2007 | blog, social media
I attended CaseCamp Toronto 6 and one of the presentations was about Levis’ “What’s Your Style” campaign. Long story short: glorified model search for Levis ads at various youth festivals; on-site RV change room to try on Levis clothes; take photo; get vote ID; tell...
by Daniele Rossi | Dec 11, 2007 | blog, social media
Bill Thompson wrote on the BBC News website about the nay sayers of the One Laptop Per Child project which I blogged about a few days ago. He reiterates what I feel: the nay sayers are sour grapes.
