On Version History: David Imel and Adi Robertson debate if the OLPC XO-1 was innovative hardware or just a bad idea. www.theverge.com/podcast/1000...
OLPC XO-1: The price of free
Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child initiative started simple: What if we could give every kid in the world access to a computer?
www.theverge.com
September 27, 2026 at 12:29 PM
On Version History: David Imel and Adi Robertson debate if the OLPC XO-1 was innovative hardware or just a bad idea. www.theverge.com/podcast/1000...
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Projesi Neden Başarısız Oldu? 100 Dolarlık Bilgisayar Hayalinin Sonu
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Projesi Neden Başarısız Oldu? 100 Dolarlık Bilgisayar Hayalinin Sonu
Teknoloji Dünyasının En Büyük İdealist Projesi: OLPC ve XO-1 Dünya genelindeki tüm çocuklara bilgisayar ve internet erişimi sağlayarak dijital uçurumu kapatm…
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September 27, 2026 at 1:25 PM
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Projesi Neden Başarısız Oldu? 100 Dolarlık Bilgisayar Hayalinin Sonu
Who remembers the OLPC from 2007? Did you know it has a somewhat decent camera on it??
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO...
I took some "amazing" photos of @adriansdigitalbasement.com and CathodeRayDude using an OLPC at the Seattle Interim Computer Festival today!
October 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Who remembers the OLPC from 2007? Did you know it has a somewhat decent camera on it??
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO...
OLPC XO - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
April 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Suddenly thought about OLPC and wow that was a whole thing, wasn't it
August 14, 2024 at 4:58 AM
Suddenly thought about OLPC and wow that was a whole thing, wasn't it
I interviewed the author of The Charisma Machine in a 2018 OLPC feature that I wrote almost entirely on the "whatever happened to those little computers, anyway" impulse
OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world — then it all went wrong
The $100 OLPC laptop was supposed to revolutionize education.
www.theverge.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I interviewed the author of The Charisma Machine in a 2018 OLPC feature that I wrote almost entirely on the "whatever happened to those little computers, anyway" impulse
I took some "amazing" photos of @adriansdigitalbasement.com and CathodeRayDude using an OLPC at the Seattle Interim Computer Festival today!
October 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I took some "amazing" photos of @adriansdigitalbasement.com and CathodeRayDude using an OLPC at the Seattle Interim Computer Festival today!
I remember the frenzy around OLPC omg I hated it so much
One Laptop Per Child, 10 years later: "we find no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative effects on grade progression... computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills" www.nber.org/papers/w34495
Laptops in the Long Run: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I remember the frenzy around OLPC omg I hated it so much
i see the majority of people replying are clearly not reading the link and don’t know what OLPC is, or what the context for it was
y’all
read things before commenting
y’all
read things before commenting
December 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
i see the majority of people replying are clearly not reading the link and don’t know what OLPC is, or what the context for it was
y’all
read things before commenting
y’all
read things before commenting
March 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
STS/Communications scholar Morgan Ames (whom these authors don't cite) has repeatedly demonstrated that OLPC was ineffective at best, and harmful at worst, including in an award-winning book published in 2019.
The real question is why economists don't acknowledge work in other fields.
The real question is why economists don't acknowledge work in other fields.
December 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
STS/Communications scholar Morgan Ames (whom these authors don't cite) has repeatedly demonstrated that OLPC was ineffective at best, and harmful at worst, including in an award-winning book published in 2019.
The real question is why economists don't acknowledge work in other fields.
The real question is why economists don't acknowledge work in other fields.
OLPC falling down the stairs type beat internetclub.bandcamp.com/album/redefi...
REDEFINING THE WORKPLACE, by INTERNET CLUB
12 track album
internetclub.bandcamp.com
July 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
OLPC falling down the stairs type beat internetclub.bandcamp.com/album/redefi...
“OLPC told the world that every child should get a laptop. It never stopped to prove that they needed one.”
On Version History: David Imel and Adi Robertson debate if the OLPC XO-1 was innovative hardware or just a bad idea. www.theverge.com/podcast/1000...
OLPC XO-1: The price of free
Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child initiative started simple: What if we could give every kid in the world access to a computer?
www.theverge.com
September 28, 2026 at 5:41 AM
“OLPC told the world that every child should get a laptop. It never stopped to prove that they needed one.”
this tracks, also i own an olpc lol
One Laptop Per Child, 10 years later: "we find no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative effects on grade progression... computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills" www.nber.org/papers/w34495
Laptops in the Long Run: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
this tracks, also i own an olpc lol
Don’t forget the OLPC
June 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Don’t forget the OLPC
like this person is just plainly a TERF. instantly goes into some sob story aboute OLPC bc some uruguayan girl she doesn't know & is instrumentalizing against trans women she wishes didn't exist wasn't properly encouraged to use it.
December 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
like this person is just plainly a TERF. instantly goes into some sob story aboute OLPC bc some uruguayan girl she doesn't know & is instrumentalizing against trans women she wishes didn't exist wasn't properly encouraged to use it.
Things that tech bros read about in Neal Stephenson books and tried to make real:
Metaverse
Bitcoin
3D printers
E-paper
Google Earth
Free laptop for teaching poor kids (OLPC)
Network state
Metaverse
Bitcoin
3D printers
E-paper
Google Earth
Free laptop for teaching poor kids (OLPC)
Network state
It really cannot be overstated that COVID happened, suddenly a bunch of absentee tech dads were forced to stay home where they saw their kids playing Animal Crossing while talking on Discord, then collectively decided to light a trillion dollars on fire to make Snow Crash IRL.
April 5, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Things that tech bros read about in Neal Stephenson books and tried to make real:
Metaverse
Bitcoin
3D printers
E-paper
Google Earth
Free laptop for teaching poor kids (OLPC)
Network state
Metaverse
Bitcoin
3D printers
E-paper
Google Earth
Free laptop for teaching poor kids (OLPC)
Network state
Kind of. It was called the OLPC
February 26, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Kind of. It was called the OLPC
THX @hungryforsound.bsky.social 👍
IRON MAIDEN - SPACEWARD ( DEMO '78)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLPc...
IRON MAIDEN - SPACEWARD ( DEMO '78)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLPc...
September 11, 2026 at 1:15 PM
THX @hungryforsound.bsky.social 👍
IRON MAIDEN - SPACEWARD ( DEMO '78)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLPc...
IRON MAIDEN - SPACEWARD ( DEMO '78)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLPc...
I’m sure there are many other examples but my first thought was these
OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world — then it all went wrong
The $100 OLPC laptop was supposed to revolutionize education.
www.theverge.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I’m sure there are many other examples but my first thought was these
*if your machine has or would have official support for windows xp or below, then maybe don't run full fat systemd. that being said, the olpc xo-1 i have runs fedora with systemd with 64MB of ram and an SoC made in 2006 that takes less power than an LED light.
properly tuned, it's fine
properly tuned, it's fine
OLPC XO - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 13, 2026 at 3:30 AM
*if your machine has or would have official support for windows xp or below, then maybe don't run full fat systemd. that being said, the olpc xo-1 i have runs fedora with systemd with 64MB of ram and an SoC made in 2006 that takes less power than an LED light.
properly tuned, it's fine
properly tuned, it's fine