Kids and Computers

OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) has a new ad out, I think it's pretty poignant. As Charlie Sorrel said it's "nothing if not hard hitting"...

Skills: the right to education
by olpcfoundation

OLPC has always seemed like a great idea and project just waiting to take off, but somehow it has never managed to be properly utilized or really get rolling. I don't know enough about the organization to understand why it hasn't been more succesful though. During the holidays they offer a give on get one promotion, my folks took part last year and you end up with a cool new techie toy.