Uruguay’s a pretty nifty place, a country most people don’t know exists in South America. At OSCON 2011 I gave a talk about some of the cool projects the country’s started, like giving out laptops to all the school children and making every landline in the country a free internet connection. Here are the slides:
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Good to hear about the laptop program as well as the phone line internet access. I’ve been finding out more about Uruguay over the last few months and it’s a very interesting country.
I have some questions about Uruguay but I’d prefer a more private means of contact than blog comments or twitter messages.
Please drop me an email if you would.
Thanks,
Clyde
August 20th, 2011
Nice, but autocratic with obey pic? Uruguay’s much freer than USA and most of Europe. I moved here from the US and I have muuuuch more personal freedoms here.
August 27th, 2011
Hey Josh,
The Ceibal program is awesome, but they are also incredibly closed and autocratic. It’s one of their major faults. No honest assessment of the program should leave out the fact that the organization has a serious lack of open communication and participation.
Uruguay in general is great lots of freedom, but LATU and Plan Ceibal are definitely autocratic.
August 31st, 2011
Gracias por este artículo me emocionó mucho la imagen del chico con su pequeña Xo. Comencé a buscar información sobre ti a raíz de una nota que lei en un Diario hoy de mañana (El Observador), me complace que personas tan capaces como tu elogien a nuestro país!!
Pablo Seigal.
September 7th, 2011
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