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*Epictetus - "Only the educated are free."
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*Aristotle - "All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses."
|Founder, [http://www.earthtreasury.org/ Earth Treasury], an NGO to link schools around the world for education and business. See [[User:Mokurai/Plans and Essays|Plans and Essays]].
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NEW PROJECT: [[Translation Team/Pootle Projects#Replacing Textbooks|Replacing Textbooks]] XOs and other netbooks cost much less than printed textbooks, so as soon as we replace enough of the textbooks with Open Education Resources, we can explain that OLPC + Sugar delivers better education while saving money. Mokurai has received permission to set up a server for this purpose at Sugar Labs, and is also raising funds to support it.


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|Founder, [[User:Mokurai/Earth Treasury|Earth Treasury]], an NGO to link schools around the world for education and business.  


Mokurai volunteers at OLPC and Sugar Labs as a volunteer coordinator, localization administrator ([http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Khmer Khmer] and [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Kreyol Kreyòl]), and general knoker (an especially Yiddish know-all, the kind who did math homework in pen), based on  
Mokurai volunteers at OLPC and Sugar Labs as a volunteer coordinator, localization administrator ([http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Khmer Khmer] and [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Kreyol Kreyòl]), and general knoker (an especially Yiddish know-all, the kind who did math homework in pen), based on  
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* his training as a mathematician, classroom teacher, amateur musician and linguist, philosopher, and Buddhist priest
* his training as a mathematician, classroom teacher, amateur musician and linguist, philosopher, and Buddhist priest
* plus his lifetime of encyclopedic reading, many years in high-tech market research and technical writing, and work in Unicode and Free Software.
* plus his lifetime of encyclopedic reading, many years in high-tech market research and technical writing, and work in Unicode and Free Software.
[http://www.linux.com/feature/147070 Video of Mokurai at Linux World] talking about his take on OLPC and its potential to end poverty. Along with a few other requisites that we can work on. ([[Mokurai/Transcript|transcript of video]])
 
|[[Image:Cherlin-xo.jpg|Ah haz teh bestest toyz]]
|[[Image:Cherlin-xo.jpg|Ah haz teh bestest toyz]]
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==Mokurai's Vision==
 
==Vision==


End Poverty at a Profit all around by educating children to collaborate and not be helpless.  
End Poverty at a Profit all around by educating children to collaborate and not be helpless.  


==Mokurai's Mission==
==Quotes==
*Epictetus - "Only the educated are free."
*Aristotle - "All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses."
[[User:Mokurai/Quotes|More quotes]]
 
==Mission==


The mission is whatever planning, funding, research, development, and deployment is needed to make that happen, with a focus on Management by Exception in order to keep on top of what is needed in changing circumstances and make sure that nothing gets missed that we must have.  
The mission is whatever planning, funding, research, development, and deployment is needed to make that happen, with a focus on Management by Exception in order to keep on top of what is needed in changing circumstances and make sure that nothing gets missed that we must have.  
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Components
Components
* Interactive [[Education Team/Creating textbooks|digital textbooks]], with Lots of partners.
* Free computers for schools, two per pupil: one at school, one at home. Possibly Computers4Africa
* Free computers for schools, two per pupil: one at school, one at home. Possibly Computers4Africa
* Flash drives for carrying software and work, so that students can use them on any computer
* Flash drives for carrying software and work, so that students can use them on any computer
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* We can confidently predict an explosive growth of civil society organizations worldwide, among other things.
* We can confidently predict an explosive growth of civil society organizations worldwide, among other things.
==Background==
Mokurai has extensive experience in every aspect of computers, as a tech writer, editor, and publisher, global market analyst, and software developer. Previous work includes math software and textbooks, Computer Science papers, [http://www.openvoting.org/ Free Software for voting], [http://www.unicodeconference.org/iuc31/program-d.htm#ses6_2 Unicode support on the XO], [http://www.cauce.org/ fighting spam around the world], and [http://unicode.org/iuc/iuc24/a345.html earlier anti-poverty projects]. He can sometimes get people to stop talking past each other and answer the ''real'' questions (though not necessarily [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Controversies Nicholas] %-[ ). See, for example,the [http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/uri/1997Apr/0003.html IETF discussions on multilingual URIs].


==AKA ==
==AKA ==
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==Contact==
==Contact==
* [mailto:echerlin@gmail.com My e-mail]
* [mailto:echerlin@gmail.com My e-mail]
* AIM chat: mokurai
* ICQ chat: 441484252
* 812 764 0552 New phone number in Indiana
* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/cherlin LinkedIn profile]
* [http://www.wiserearth.org/user/cherlin Wiser Earth]
* Twitter: Mokurai
* [http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/edward.cherlin?ref=profile Facebook page]
* [http://mokurai.dailykos.com/ My Daily Kos Diary Entries]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/toepfer/2254179681/ At SCALE x6] Sixth SoCal Linux Expo
* [http://flickr.com/photos/toepfer/2254179681/ At SCALE x6] Sixth SoCal Linux Expo
AIM chat: mokurai
408 219 4178
* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/cherlin My LinkedIn profile]
* [http://livingdirectory.net/FF/ Friendly Favors] I'm FF10136 - Edward Cherlin
* [http://livingdirectory.net/FF/ Friendly Favors] I'm FF10136 - Edward Cherlin
* [http://isde5.pbwiki.com/Earth_Treasury My Digital Earth wiki page]
* [http://isde5.pbwiki.com/Earth_Treasury My Digital Earth wiki page]
* [http://globalchildparticipation.ning.com/profile/EdwardCherlin Global Child Participation]


==Background==
==Background==
Mokurai has extensive experience in every aspect of computers, as a tech writer, editor, and publisher, global market analyst, and software developer. Previous work includes math software and textbooks, Computer Science papers, [http://www.openvoting.org/ Free Software for voting], [http://www.unicodeconference.org/iuc31/program-d.htm#ses6_2 Unicode support on the XO], [http://www.cauce.org/ fighting spam around the world], and [http://unicode.org/iuc/iuc24/a345.html earlier anti-poverty projects]. He can sometimes get people to stop talking past each other and answer the ''real'' questions (though not necessarily [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Controversies Nicholas] %-[ ). See, for example,the [http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/uri/1997Apr/0003.html IETF discussions on multilingual URIs].
When I wrote a guide for new Internet users at Newbie.Net, there were three questions I couldn't answer:
When I wrote a guide for new Internet users at Newbie.Net, there were three questions I couldn't answer:


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==Social Networks==
==Social Networks==


I'm on too many of these networks. If you want to connect with me, please use LinkedIn, Wiser Earth, or Twitter for photos.
I'm on too many of these networks. If you want to connect with me, please use LinkedIn, Wiser Earth, or Flickr for photos.


* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/cherlin LinkedIn]
* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/cherlin LinkedIn]
* [http://twitter.com/Mokurai Twitter]
* Wiser Earth, in particular [http://www.wiserearth.org/user/cherlin my page] and [http://www.wiserearth.org/organization/view/c0517a0a7b8ec94f2440668e64eb667d the Sugar Labs page].
* Wiser Earth, in particular [http://www.wiserearth.org/user/cherlin my page] and [http://www.wiserearth.org/organization/view/c0517a0a7b8ec94f2440668e64eb667d the Sugar Labs page].
* [http://www.flickr.com/people/mokurai/ Flickr]
* [http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1574679 Goodreads] Share reading lists.
* [http://livingdirectory.net/display/my_profile.php?&new=1223677380&tab=profile Friendly Favors]
* [http://my.barackobama.com/page/dashboard/public/gxJ7c my.barackobama.com]
* [http://www.facebook.com/people/Edward_Mokurai_Cherlin/613831268 Facebook]
* [http://www.facebook.com/people/Edward_Mokurai_Cherlin/613831268 Facebook]
* [http://livingdirectory.net/display/my_profile.php?&new=1223677380&tab=profile Friendly Favors]
* [http://pulse.plaxo.com/pulse/profile/show/60147225135?pk=e4ec91d212c76a3d7ec3af84c82eb63df0bbebb9 Plaxo Pulse]
* [http://pulse.plaxo.com/pulse/profile/show/60147225135?pk=e4ec91d212c76a3d7ec3af84c82eb63df0bbebb9 Plaxo Pulse]
* [http://my.barackobama.com/page/dashboard/public/gxJ7c my.barackobama.com]
* [http://www.myspace.com/echerlin MySpace]
* [http://www.myspace.com/echerlin MySpace]
* [http://twitter.com/Mokurai Twitter]
* [http://www.naymz.com/search/edward/cherlin/2035203 Naymz]
* [http://www.naymz.com/search/edward/cherlin/2035203 Naymz]
* [http://www.grouply.com/member.php/cherlin Grouply]


==Wikis==
==Wikis==
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[http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html Geek code] GAT d-- s+:+ a+++ C++ UL++ P+ L+++ E- W++ N+++@ o+ K++ M+ b+++ e+++ h---- r+++ w--- APL++++ House, MD+++
[http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html Geek code] GAT d-- s+:+ a+++ C++ UL++ P+ L+++ E- W++ N+++@ o+ K++ M+ b+++ e+++ h---- r+++ w--- APL++++ House, MD+++


Basic level in Korean, Chinese, Swahili, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, German<br>
Basic level in Korean, Chinese, Swahili, Japanese, Spanish, German<br>
Intermediate level in Russian, French
Intermediate level in Russian, French


[[Category:EducationTeam]]
[[Category:Education Team]]
[[Category:Earth Treasury]]
[[Category:Earth Treasury]]
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