Comments on: Paying for 14,000 meals sure does feel good http://www.360conferences.com/blog/2008/09/paying-for-14000-meals-sure-does-feel-good Organizing events that DON'T SUCK Thu, 20 May 2010 14:56:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: thedevguy http://www.360conferences.com/blog/2008/09/paying-for-14000-meals-sure-does-feel-good/comment-page-1#comment-39 thedevguy Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:14:00 +0000 http://www.360flexsummit.com/?p=37#comment-39 Harry the code jam source is available on Google Code here http://code.google.com/p/flexcodejam/ Harry the code jam source is available on Google Code here http://code.google.com/p/flexcodejam/

]]> By: Harry B. Garland http://www.360conferences.com/blog/2008/09/paying-for-14000-meals-sure-does-feel-good/comment-page-1#comment-38 Harry B. Garland Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:08:00 +0000 http://www.360flexsummit.com/?p=37#comment-38 This reminds me of why I got an XO laptop as a part of the "give one, get one" charity. The idea is that I paid for an inexpensive laptop to be sent to a child in a 3rd world nation. I did it in part because I figured that with better information and communication, villages with specific needs will be able to find villages with specific surpluses. Seeding impoverished villages with laptops is a part of this solution.<br/><br/>The one thing that seems to be missing from this effort is the software infrastructure to enable this to be a turnkey solution. When you give lots of laptops to a village that's never seen a computer before, you gotta provide a turnkey solution.<br/><br/>This is where I ponder about the synergistic opportunities between Adobe Openscreen, charity codejam, and the XO distribution plan. What if these XO's ran a Flash 9 player? What if there was a specialized application on the XO that solves specific information and communications problems common to these 3rd world villages? What if there were an ongoing googlecode project that allows Flex developers to volunteer Flex code that can be used in the turnkey solution to help villages in a 3rd world country find ingredients for hot meals? This reminds me of why I got an XO laptop as a part of the “give one, get one” charity. The idea is that I paid for an inexpensive laptop to be sent to a child in a 3rd world nation. I did it in part because I figured that with better information and communication, villages with specific needs will be able to find villages with specific surpluses. Seeding impoverished villages with laptops is a part of this solution.

The one thing that seems to be missing from this effort is the software infrastructure to enable this to be a turnkey solution. When you give lots of laptops to a village that’s never seen a computer before, you gotta provide a turnkey solution.

This is where I ponder about the synergistic opportunities between Adobe Openscreen, charity codejam, and the XO distribution plan. What if these XO’s ran a Flash 9 player? What if there was a specialized application on the XO that solves specific information and communications problems common to these 3rd world villages? What if there were an ongoing googlecode project that allows Flex developers to volunteer Flex code that can be used in the turnkey solution to help villages in a 3rd world country find ingredients for hot meals?

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