The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
We are encouraging bloggers everyone to support One Laptop Per Child’s Give One Get One program. One Laptop Per Child’s mission is to help the world’s poorest kids to know, learn, and understand. OLPC provides a green, low-cost laptop that’s tough enough to withstand a child’s curiosity, and is full of educational content and software to help them connect to the world around them. Being connected to the web is something we feel passionate about at Six Apart, and being connected can fuel young imaginations for a bigger tomorrow.
Join us and thousands of others and get involved today:
* Give One, Get One. You can buy a laptop for a child around the world and for a child near you with the Give One, Get One program. Purchase online at amazon.com/xo.
* Spread the word. Learn more about OLPC and Give One, Get One and write about it. Your voice will help encourage others. Here are some great videos to share with your audience.
Thanks, in advance, for all of your support. Six Apart is proud to help bloggers continue to change the world.
I recently got an N810 and love it.
The screen is better than the N800. I can read it outside. Videos seem to have more color. I think my unit has calibration issues though. Its hard to click links in the web browser.
I love the uniform back. Easier to hold, especially with the portrait mode mod. I don't think I would enjoy the N810 wimax version due to the hump in the back.
The keyboard is okay. I'm kinda slow on it. I'm happier using the Apple keyboard. I'm not used to having the d-pad inside. Having to open it all the time to use it is not fun.
I hate the stylus, the n800 stylus is better.
I don't mind the use of mini-SD, but the slot is hard to switch cards easily. It is very similar to the N73 slot, which was terrible for everyone.
The battery life is excellent so far.
I was going to sell my old N800, but the 8GB memory card died. I'm waiting until I get a replacement before selling it.
As we mentioned in early October, hundreds of bloggers engaged in the 2nd annual DonorsChoose.org Blogger Challenge, a friendly competition during the month of October to see who could raise the most money for or reach the most kids in low-income public schools.
The results of the competition are in! Once again, Sarah Bunting of Tomato Nation blew every other blogger out of the classroom by raising $111,352, and helping over 19,577 students. Sarah demonstrated the power of blogging by producing a campaign ad that asked her readers to vote with their wallets and it worked. Over the course of October, 1,162 donors "voted" and donated.
As the sponsor of the prize for the bloggers who reach the most kids, Six Apart would like to give a shout out to Sarah and the bloggers in each category who reached the most students.
(This is our San Francisco team. Our New York, Paris and Japan team send their thanks also!)
Nearly twice as many bloggers attracted 50% more donors than last year, making the competition fiercer than ever. But leaders emerged in each category, and we'd like to acknowledge their fine efforts.
In the Tech Blog category, Fred Wilson's AVC Blog reached 4,454 students.
In the Science Blog category, David Ng and Benjamin Cohen's The World's Fair blog reached 1,780 students.
In the Topical/Local Blog category, Ralph Alswang Photography reached 522 students.
In the Mommy Blog and BlogHer category, Alice of Finslippy reached 1,676 students.
In the Knitting Blog category, Rose-Kim Knits reached 597 students.
In the Music Blog category, music teacher Walt Ribeiro reached 910 kids.
In the Sports Blog category, Sports Crackle Pop reached 465 kids.
Along with our thanks and congratulations, each winner will receive some choice schwag from our team at Six Apart.
As the creator of three leading blog platforms - Vox, TypePad and Movable Type - and the provider of social media services and advertising solutions, we are thrilled to participate in an event that raises awareness about the power and influence blogging can have, while also raising money for a very worthwhile cause: The future bloggers of America!
Thanks again to everyone who participated.
Just a reminder that Vox's 2nd birthday party is tonight at the Six Apart Headquarters. Please join us for drinks, snacks, music, and good times. It's also Movable Type's 7th Birthday and TypePad's 5th, so it's sure to be a fun group of staff, bloggers, and friends.
The party starts tonight, Thursday, October 30th, at 6 p.m. and ends at 9 p.m. Six Apart is located at 548 4th Street (between Bryant and Brannan) in San Francisco.
If you can't make it (boo!), be sure to visit our Anniversary Page and share your favorite Vox stories with us there.
Hope to see you in a few hours. Cheers!
Whether you're searching for a new job, or looking for someone to hire, it's quite likely you're gathering information from LinkedIn profiles, as well as personal and professional blogs. Since you spend so much time and energy on your own blog, why not put it right on your profile?
The team that brought you Blog It created an application to bring your blog and your LinkedIn profile together: Blog Link powered by TypePad.
Blog Link is a free, easy-to-use application that allows you to connect your blog to your LinkedIn profile. The application displays a feed of your latest blog posts right into your profile, so you can share your thoughts and insights with your professional network on LinkedIn.
One of the best aspects of LinkedIn is the network you can build, and Blog Link has you covered there as well. The "Your Network" tab in the application shows the most recent posts of people in your network, automatically finding their blogs as listed in their "Websites" list on their profile. And as more of your contacts at the BlogLink application, your own latest posts show up in more places. It's another great way to broaden and enhance your network on LinkedIn.
Blog Link is powered by TypePad, and it supports all blog platforms, including TypePad, MovableType, Vox, Wordpress.com, Wordpress.org, Blogger, LiveJournal, and many more. To learn more, visit typepad.com/features/bloglink and add the application to your LinkedIn account today.
As we mentioned last week, October is Vox's birthday month and we want you to help us celebrate. And what better way to celebrate a birthday than with a party?!
Please join us next Thursday, October 30th for a casual get together at Vox's headquarters. We're also celebrating 5 years of TypePad and 7 years of Movable Type, so there's certain to be a great group of Six Apart staff and bloggers in attendance.
Where: Six Apart HQ - 548 4th Street, San Francisco, CA
When: Thursday, October 30th - 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Why: Vox is turning 2!
What: Casual gathering with drinks, snacks, music, live blogging and more...
If you'd like to be put on the list for the party, please R.S.V.P. to AnniversaryRSVP@sixapart.com by Friday, October 24th.
In the meantime, visit our Vox Anniversary Page and share your favorite Vox stories and memories.
Hope to see you at the party.
Happy Birthday Vox!
October is a big month of birthdays here at Six Apart: Vox is celebrating its second birthday, while TypePad turns five and MovableType turns 7. Even future blogger-extraordinaire, Penelope Trott, daughter of founders Ben and Mena Trott, turned one year old this month!
Because Vox would be nothing without you, we hope you'll take a moment to share your favorite Vox stories with us. Visit our anniversary page: Celebrating 2 Years of Vox and check out some stories and photos from last year's anniversary. While you're there, submit your favorite Vox memory or meaningful experience. We'll be updating the page all month, so keep checking back to see your story and photos.
You can also share your favorite Vox memories by answering today's Question of the Day.
Vox was created for the people who told us they wanted to connect with family and friends on their own terms. Today, Vox is an amazing community full of passionate people willing to share their stories, photos, and lives. To those of you who have made Vox your home: Thank You.
A lot of fuss about this phone lately. People keep bringing up iPhone killer.
I don't think so. It's not an Apple product, so the many fanboys out there probably won't turn their heads. Most of the tech media are Apple fanboys, so they'll dismiss this phone. I'm not impressed myself.
The touchscreen does not feature the haptikos technology Nokia has touted a while back. I suppose it will be very similar to my N800. I have a hard time using the landscape thumb board. With a smaller surface area on the 5800, I might have a harder time. The good thing is that it is stylus friendly. I've gotten pretty quick with the hunting and pecking input method on a stylus.
The processor is nothing new. Its the same featured on the N85 and E71. I was expecting the OMAP3. I do find it impressive that the 369 mhz ARM 11 Freescale platform can handle S60 Fifth Edition.
The camera doesn't wow me. After using the N82 with its 5 megapixels and its xenon flash, its hard to get excited about the 5800's 3 megapixels and dual LED flash. The lack of lens protection is disappointing. I do like that it can shoot pictures and video in widescreen.
The one thing that really impresses me is the multimedia. I like how the FM radio has scrolling backgrounds with the station ID. I like the integration of podcasts into the music player. I'm glad that podcasting has finally been properly merged into the Music Player. I wonder what kind of video bitrates it can handle. I'm looking forward to finding out if the speakers are really the loudest mobile speakers ever.
I'm interested to see the new functions of the multimedia button. The videos on youtube don't go into much detail about it.
I'm not sure I'd buy a 5800. Although I am definitely interested in the new S60v5 operating system, I have been too spoiled by the N82 hardware to care about the 5800 itself.
How would you like to make a difference in the life of a public school students?
For the second year in a row, Six Apart is participating in the DonorsChoose.org Blogger Challenge. The challenge runs all throughout the month of October, and we'd love for you to participate along with us. Just as we did last year, Six Apart is sponsoring the award for the bloggers who reach the most kids.
The Blogger Challenge is a friendly contest amongst bloggers to raise money for low-income public schools. Here's how it works: teachers from all over the country post items for which they would like funding, such as writing supplies for a journalism class, equipment for a science lab, or music instruments for a band class. Bloggers choose their favorite projects and link to their challenge page in a post or via a giving widget on their blog. The bloggers who raise the most money or reach the most kids will win an award.
Here's how you can participate:
- Go to the Donors Choose Blogger Challenge page and find a blogger's giving list you'd like to support.
or
- Set up your own challenge and let your readers know in a blog post or by installing the widget (it just takes a few clicks).
No matter which way you choose to participate, you should feel incredibly proud of yourself for helping to bring resources to students in struggling classrooms.
Donors Choose will announce the results in early November, and we'll reveal the winners of the Six Apart award for bloggers who reached the most students shortly thereafter.
Are you going to accept the Blogger Challenge? Tell us about it (and link to it) in the comments!
I hadn't made an HDR image in months. This is my second with the N82. It might be my favorite overall.
Here's what I really like this one. The image is very sharp, the colors are vibrant but still realistic.
I shot this early in the morning. The light was great and there was no wind.
I had stayed at a casino resort near Seattle, Washington. My aunt got a comped room that got upgraded to a suite. The room and a very soft king size bed, an HDTV and a jacuzzi.
I tried the jacuzzi out and ended up breaking a water main. The entire hotel had no water pressure and lots of people didn't get their morning shower.
I shot for this HDR that morning.
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