This is why localization is tough. A respected Pakistani diplomat keeps getting rejected as ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Why? Because his full name translates into Arabic as "Biggest dick."

"Amidst the destruction, the people of Port-au-Prince are rebuilding. Inveneo is honored to be one small part of that effort by facilitating high-speed Internet access to NetHope members - the world's leading international humanitarian organizations - and to smaller social-service organizations as well."

Reporter fired for trying to be objective. Really.

"From a Newsweek article reporting that the FBI engages in warrantless surveillance of mobile location data from suspects' cellphones: "[Prosecutors] were using the cell phone as a surreptitious tracking device," said Stephen W. Smith, a federal magistrate in Houston. "And I started asking the U.S. Attorney's Office, 'What is the legal authority for this? What is the legal standard for getting this information?'"

@kiwanja: "One of the most exciting things about my work is the incredibly talented people I get to meet. Up-and-coming entrepreneurs with a never-say-die, get-up-and-go attitude. I’m continually inspired and more than happy to offer my help in any way I can, particularly to those looking to implement FrontlineSMS one way or another in their work. Today, two of these projects have made it through to the next round of a major competition and are looking for your help. I hope you feel equally inspired to show your support – it’s only a few mouse clicks away and costs little."

"In brief, unlike the constantly morphing basic, inexpensive, stripped-down PC of their first promises, this latest item looks like a basic, inexpensive, stripped-down tablet computer. The media–which has breathlessly and uncritically reported nearly every OLPC pre-announcement since they stated their intention to saturate the world with these PCs–gave this latest news some attention, of course, but the iPad pre-announcement mania sucked a lot of the air from the PR room, as they say in marketing-speak."

The earthquake in Haiti is a stunning disaster in a country already in crisis from decades of disastrous governments and natural calamities. The poorest nation in the Western hemisphere, this new devastation we see every night on TV makes you want to do something -anything - to help the Haitian people.

XO hope, but not right now
But OLPC is not the right solution for Haiti right now. XO laptops will not help people dig out and restart lives. No matter how good your intentions, don't go to Haiti with XO's.