by Jono Bacon | Dec 6, 2018 | XPRIZE
One of my proudest achievements when I worked at XPRIZE was playing a role in the Global Learning XPRIZE. This is a $15 million competition to produce an Android app that teaches children to read, write, and perform arithmetic using a tablet, and without the aid of a...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 15, 2015 | GitHub, XPRIZE
Some time ago I was introduced to Peter Diamandis, co-founder of XPRIZE, Human Longevity Inc, Planetary Resources, and some other organizations. We hit it off and he invited me to come and build community at the XPRIZE Foundation. His vision and mine were aligned: to...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 27, 2015 | XPRIZE
Designers! Imagine you could design a piece of Open Source tablet software that teaches a child how to read, write, and perform arithmetic, without the aid of a teacher. This is not designed to replace teachers, but to bring education where little or none exists. Just...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 26, 2015 | Community, XPRIZE
As many of my regular readers will know, I joined the XPRIZE Foundation last year. At XPRIZE we run large competitions that incentivize the solution of some of the grandest challenges that face humanity. My role at XPRIZE is to create a global community that can...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 23, 2014 | Advocacy, Community, Ubuntu LoCo Teams, XPRIZE
Today we are launching the Global Learning XPRIZE complete with Indigogo crowdfunding campaign. This is a $15 million competition in which teams are challenged to create Open Source software that will teach a child to read, write, and perform arithmetic in 18 months...
by Jono Bacon | Jun 27, 2014 | XPRIZE
As some of you will know, recently I moved from Canonical to XPRIZE to work as Sr. Dir. Community. My charter here at XPRIZE is to infuse the organization and the incentive prizes it runs with community engagement. For those unfamiliar with XPRIZE, it was created by...
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