About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Bonn, GermanyTwitter
OLPC Archive
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I’m speaking at the Engineers Without Borders Conference in Milwaukee (March 27-28, 2009)
Posted on March 2, 2009 | 1 CommentA few weeks ago I was contacted out of the blue by an old UW-Madison professor, James Delahanty. As the academic advisor to my group (and current groups) of Madison students studying in Senegal, he was our stateside pointman for those of us trying to... -
August 27: Cyrus on Morning Edition (NPR)
Posted on August 27, 2008 | 2 CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on One Laptop Per Child is/was on Morning Edition today (August 27). It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams). New York – 5 am to 9 am Eastern – WNYC –... -
Nigeria pulls the plug on its OLPC order
Posted on July 2, 2008 | No CommentsVanguard: Dr Aja Nwachukwu, the Education Minister, told newsmen in Abuja that the scheme was discovered to be a “white elephant” project. “We discovered that the scheme is a conduit pipe to siphon public fund,” he said. Nwachukwu said the ministry was working on other... -
OLPC XO laptops stolen in Peru
Posted on June 10, 2008 | No CommentsOh man, my pal Wayan Vota has just found the first documented example of XO laptops getting jacked in Peru. Please recall NickNeg’s argument as to why XOs would never get stolen: there are thousands of cars in the United States stolen each day, but... -
The Economist: The rise of the low-cost laptop
Posted on June 5, 2008 | 1 CommentI’m back in The Economist! The rise of the low-cost laptop Jun 5th 2008 From The Economist print edition Computing: The ambitious “$100 laptop” programme is having a few problems, but it may have catalysed a whole new market IN NOVEMBER 2005, at the World... -
Slate: The $100 Distraction Device
Posted on June 5, 2008 | 1 CommentSlate: So what happens when good fortune delivers vouchers (and hence computers) into the homes of Romanian youths? Obviously a lot more time logged on to a computer—about seven hours more per week for vouchered versus unvouchered kids. Much of this computer time came at... -
What I’m Reading
Posted on May 16, 2008 | No CommentsIvan Krstic: In fact, I quit when Nicholas told me — and not just me — that learning was never part of the mission. The mission was, in his mind, always getting as many laptops as possible out there; to say anything about learning would...
