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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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| + | [[File:Crowdrise_logo_51x51-1.gif]] [http://www.crowdrise.com CrowdRise Fundraiser donations] |
− | |Founder, [[User:Mokurai/Earth Treasury|Earth Treasury]], an NGO to link schools around the world for education and business.
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| 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]])
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| |[[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== | + | |
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| 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. |
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− | ==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]] |
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| + | ==Mission== |
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| 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. |
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− | ==Background==
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− | 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].
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| ==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 |
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− | AIM chat: mokurai
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− | * [http://www.linkedin.com/in/cherlin My LinkedIn profile]
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| * [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] |
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| ==Background== | | ==Background== |
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| + | 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]. |
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| 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== |
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− | 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. |
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| * [http://www.linkedin.com/in/cherlin LinkedIn] | | * [http://www.linkedin.com/in/cherlin LinkedIn] |
− | * [http://twitter.com/Mokurai Twitter]
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| * 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. |
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| + | * [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]
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| * [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]
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| * [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] |
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| ==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+++ |
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− | 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 |
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− | [[Category:EducationTeam]] | + | [[Category:Education Team]] |
| [[Category:Earth Treasury]] | | [[Category:Earth Treasury]] |