My project was featured in a front-page article in the South End News, a local weekly newspaper. Although the article mangles a few little facts, overall it is very good.
I'm thrilled that our team has received some recognition for our work.
One topic that we've been discussing at length recently is the wisdom of efforts such as One Laptop Per Child, which aim to greatly expand home computer use among low-income children, especially in the third world. It has been taken as fact that computer access is beneficial to children, but is this really so? …read more
As part of my VISTA work I organized Boston Tech Day, an event where volunteers from business and academia and students from the Boston Public Schools TechBoston program provided free one-on-one computer repair services and computer training to low-income Boston residents. …read more
My project was featured in a front-page article in the South End News, a local weekly newspaper. Although the article mangles a few little facts, overall it is very good. …read more
In late October, I flew out to San Jose to attend the MuniWireless '07 Silicon Valley conference. As a VISTA I run a project that provides free wireless Internet access to low-income residents of subsidized housing in Boston's South End neighborhood. …read more
Nice pic Gabe. and they even called you "computer wizkid"! Congrats on getting the recognition. You and Emilio have put in some serious combined labor on that organization and deserve the press. Which facts were mangled by the way? See you at the meet-up next week.