First Ottawa Meet Up — The Report

Posted by Clevergirl on February 28th, 2008 filed in Ottawa, meetup

It was a dark and snowy night, as they say… but being citizens of Ottawa none of us were much bothered and the warm and friendly atmosphere inside the Habesha Restaurant more than made up for the weather. I walked in and the place was abuzz. There were XOs everywhere! I was greeted by a hearty handshake by James followed almost immediately by offers of homemade Ethiopian honey/hops firewater. The conversation was immediately easy and fun. Everyone, even the kids, had a lot to say.

I think we all had a really great time. I hope there will be photos posted soon enough as cameras were clicking.

We want to have another meet up sometime in the not-to-distant future… so if you’re an Ottawaite with an XO, please join us!


3 Responses to “First Ottawa Meet Up — The Report”

  1. 4xo Says:
    March 2nd, 2008 at 1:29 pm

    I have kids, ages 7 to 10, and can’t get them satisfactorily excited about the xo. I would love to get my kids together with other Ottawa kids to xo-interact (read motivate each other to use the xo). Maybe we need an Ottawa xo kids klub (OXOKK) that gets together somewhere and kids learn from each other and get into it. If any one with kids 7 to 13 is interested, email me at 4xo@komokoa.com

  2. Clevergirl Says:
    March 2nd, 2008 at 3:28 pm

    4xo! There were kids at the meet up & I hope that there will be more at the next one. Many of the Ottawa XO owners I’ve met so far bought them for their children. I know several other children in that age group who were not at the last meet up, but who are planning to come to the next one. We want them to be family-friendly events. I’ll be sure to send you an email for the next meet up notice on it and/keep an eye on this space and on the OLPC news forum spac, too!

  3. davidsmi Says:
    April 1st, 2008 at 9:40 am

    I can see why kinds wouldn’t be interested. It is SLOW and the UI isn’t what they are used too.

    If I was a kid I’d rather have Dad’s old laptop with a 14″ screen and Windows 95 or Windows 2000 - at least I could print and run an email client.

    Hmmm - maybe I’m just new to this and see the missing parts.

    David

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