A note from the Community Connections program of Morningside Methodist Church regarding their newly-created computer lab: Ethan, One behalf of the Morningside community I wanted to thank you for help us realize our dreams of having an open source computer lab. Everything is working perfectly and we have already put it to some use! On … Continue reading
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A little help for a big difference
Another testimonial from someone who received a keyboard: Thank you so much for the keyboard. It’s really helped us out a lot. 75% of the keys on our old one were rubbed off, and my kindergartner had a hard time using the computer without help, not knowing the keyboard by touch. Thank you again! Sometimes small … Continue reading
Testimonial: blind-accessible laptop
This is a thank you from a recent project to deliver a blind-accessible laptop to a former mountaineer who has very limited eyesight and no internet access. Now he can go to cafes with his new laptop and access email and other web-based resources (and entertainment). — November 24, 2012 To Whom It May Concern: … Continue reading
Spreading the love
We spent a day of our vacation down in sunny, warm maritime Southern California out in East LA helping helping another ally transition to free (libre) open-source software. The training included several staff and community members and lasted from about 2pm until about 7:30pm at night. Topics covered included: What is free, open-source software (FOSS)? … Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE: Open House and Celebration Dinner
Click here for an alternate printable version of this press release Contact: Ethan A. Young Cell: (503)260-9689 Email: ethan@gstep.org Non-profits, government agencies and community organizations come together to provide job skills and computer training for the blind. NextStep Recycling and the Greater Salem Technology Equity Project (GSTEP) donated three blind-accessible computer systems set up with … Continue reading
Our first testimonial!
NOTE: Sonia received a P3 512mb laptop with PCMCIA wifi. We installed Lubuntu on it, and it provided a very responsive, stable and simple operating system for her to use. Although she had never used anything other than Windows XP before, she learned how to do everything she needed to on the computer in the … Continue reading
Learning our client’s needs
[NOTE: Edited and updated from original Feb 28 publishing date] Our technology grant to Sunnyside Organics and Oregon Commission for the Blind has been a great learning opportunity and quite a process for us. It requires us to think differently in order to address the needs of the people we are intending to serve. Previously, we tried to use Linux … Continue reading
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