[Sigia-l] Salt in Sugar?

[Marc Rettig]

Hello,
I don't know if the following link has been posted to this thread. I think
not.

http://blog.pentagram.com/archives/2006/12/new_work_one_laptop_per_child.php

I know nothing about the process or the design in progress. But I am
acquainted with Lisa Strausfeld, and have *tremendous* respect for her
abilities. 

Are the assumptions underlying the design valid? Are the capabilities
appropriate, are they appropriately extensible and maintainable? Will this
work across languages and cultures? I don't know. No one has any way of
knowing. I agree that as an outsider it seems sensible to try to learn the
answer to some of these questions before shipping a gabillion of these
things.  

Is their process appropriate for the scale and scope of impact the design
will have? I don't know that either. Per the discussion here, I worry about
that a little. But as an outsider I have a hard time judging a team like
this without having talked to them about it.

But on the heels of the valid-sounding fretting in this thread, I thought
these few visuals and this evidence of attention to quality worth passing
on. 

- Marc

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Marc Rettig
Fit Associates, LLC