Good afternoon to all, Tomorrow marks my last day as an OLPC employee.
My experience here has been incredible, and I'm extremely grateful for having had the opportunity to work on such an ambitious project, which will no doubt have a profound affect on the lives of children worldwide, and on education in general. It's also been a pleasure working will all of you—some of the brightest and also some of the most generous folks I've met. I sincerely hope that we'll remain in touch. To those at Sugarlabs, I wish to indicate my intent to remain involved in the project to the extent possible in the months and years to come. I believe strongly in the value of what we've been trying to accomplish, and hope to see (and help) it reach the potential we all know it has. We've done much, but there's a long way to go. I'll do the best I can to remain active in the lists and IRC channels, and to be responsive to needs of the community with regard to future design work. I also plan to continue the bi-weekly design call (though it will need to be rescheduled) in order to remain in touch moving forward. To those who remain at OLPC, thank you for being part of a fantastic and dedicated team, of which I'm proud to have been a member. I wish all of you the best in whatever lies ahead there. I also know that many of you have shared in enthusiasm for Sugar, and many have great ideas that would be greatly missed if forgotten. I hope that, despite OLPC's release of Sugar to the community, those of you continuing with OLPC can find time to remain in touch with that community and continue to bring your talent and ideas to the project. Finally, to those who will also be leaving OLPC tomorrow, I wish you all the best in the future, and hope that you, like me, can be as happy to have been a part of this project. - Eben PS. Of course, if anyone has contacts or knows of opportunities in the design community (interface, interaction, experience, graphic, web, or otherwise) I'd be more than happy to be given some pointers as I try to find my next direction. Thanks. _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep