Student Projects Get Underway at OCRI

Today Dan and I ventured forth again into our adopted high-school to see how the students were getting on with their projects. Last week they had all presented their game ideas in front of ourselves, the rest of the class and a representative from OCRI. A week later, I was interested to see if they still had the enthusiasm they’d shown in the presentations. Continue reading

The Flying Developer is a Mentor

My XO Laptop

An XO Laptop on my desk at work

Over the last couple of weeks I have had the pleasure of a pair of XO Laptops at my disposal. The XO is the result of the One Laptop Per Child project, founded by Nicholas Negroponte. The device itself is a real marvel of design and engineering, and I’ve had great fun hacking around with it.

The reason I am able to do this is because I am a volunteer mentor for OCRI, the Ottawa Center for Research and Innovation. Continue reading