Tweets from Samasource- Samasource: RT @arrington: The Internet is in a foul mood today.
- Samasource: An interview with @Leila_c, keynote speaker at Tech4Africa 2010 http://zoopy.com/q/4w9j #tech3africa #givework
- Samasource: Rare opportunity to learn about economic development first-hand: Calcutta & Haiti Senior Associate positions available: http://bit.ly/9CfG6w
- Samasource: Red-hot: Samasource growth thaws a frigid San Francisco Summer - Pamela Pavkov recounts her Associate time @samasource http://bit.ly/ddTpUf
- Samasource: RT @arrington: Crowdsourcing Disaster Relief http://t.co/RWJ8Gns via @techcrunch
- Samasource: @leila_c in @techcrunch on how @samasource uses data to make disaster relief more effective: http://tcrn.ch/dymCZB #givework
- Samasource: We are getting excited for Samasource's 2nd Annual Give Work Gala! Happens 11.11.10 - email gala@samasource.org for more info!
- Samasource: Tech For (And By) Africa http://t.co/SwwQUwI via @techcrunch
- Samasource: @samasource Stipend Haiti Field Associate position, begin in Sept. careers@samasource.org w/resume 4 info! http://bit.ly/c8yiiK @RAMhaiti
- Samasource: Leila Chirayath Janah on Samasource bridging the digital divide and creating a global meritocracy... http://fb.me/EYeshXJo
One Laptop Per Freelancer
One Laptop Per Child is making headlines with its $188 XO laptop, the brainchild of MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte. The project has received plenty of criticism for its failure to lower the price to $100 (Negroponte’s goal) and attract key politicians and government buyers from low-income countries. Some tech bloggers and reviewers dislike the laptop itself, which doesn’t run popular programs like Microsoft Word and has a tiny screen.
We agree with the New York Times — OLPC has the right idea, and the project’s bold vision and technological breakthroughs overshadow most criticism. Wiring the world’s youth will dramatically reduce the information asymmetries that help keep poor societies poor. Access to information using village computer kiosks and mobile devices has already changed the way adults in these societies do business, by cutting out middlemen and enabling conomies of scale. Perhaps OLPC will make it possible for young people to find ways to fund their education using freelance work portals like eLance or our own soon-to-launch SourceResponsibly.com.
Bonus: if you donate to the XO before December 31st, OLPC will let you buy one for an extra $200.