Nicholas Negroponte digital authograph

Today, I had the pleasure of meeting someone I greatly admire, Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of the One Laptop Per Child project gave a talk at Campus FAES organised by FAES, the foundation formed by the ex-Spanish president, Jose María Aznar (who was also present.)

After the excellent talk we were given the opportunity to examine the $100 laptop itself and saw first-hand the whole impressive bundle of concept and device. Aside from running Linux (and using GTK), the device felt sturdy and the screen while I thought perhaps isn’t the clearest compared to normal LCD displays, came into its own in the bright Spanish sunlight, with text being easily readable, impressive compared to the battle that normally results when trying to read a mobile outside, and perfect for the intended market.

Finally, being the author of Being Digital I couldn’t help but ask for Nicholas’s digital autograph. The picture you see above is my Nokia N800 signed by Nicholas himself, something I’m rather proud of :-)