Very sparse notes and photos from our fun field research experiment this
afternoon. Thanks to Juul & Miguel for coordinating! We attracted some very
curious and quickly excited passerby as well :)
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/page/Mesh/18_April_2013
I will work to turn this into a blog post over the weekend.
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Jenny
http://jennyryan.nethttp://thepyre.orghttp://thevirtualcampfire.orghttp://technomadic.tumblr.com
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"Technology is the campfire …
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-Laurie Anderson
"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
-Hannah Arendt
"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
-Stéphane Mallarmé
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Just a reminder that those of us who are interested are meeting at 5 pm at
sudo room today and heading down to lake merritt to see how far we can make
a connection across the lake.
We're using two satellite dishes mounted on small platforms, each equipped
with an aiming device and a wifi usb adapter. The wifi usb adapters are
802.11b/g/n compatible and claim to be 1 watt:
http://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Wireless-Network-Adapter-Antenna/dp/B006JWMO…
So far they seem to at least be better …
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card.
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Marc
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Interesting related talk (the OLPC's use meshing).
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From: Morgan G. Ames <morganya(a)stanford.edu>
Date: Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 8:54 PM
Subject: [liberationtech] Dissertation defense talk on One Laptop Per Child
Monday, May 6, 12pm
To: comm-grads(a)lists.stanford.edu, liberationtech(a)lists.stanford.edu
Cc: Joanna Sturiano <sturiano(a)stanford.edu>, Mark Gardiner <
mark.gardiner(a)gmail.com>, Megan Dean <megan.dean(a)stanford.edu>, …
[View More]Amanda
Cannata <amanda.cannata(a)gmail.com>, Katja Zelljadt <zelljadt(a)stanford.edu>,
Brian Johnsrud <johnsrud(a)stanford.edu>, Damien Droney <
droney.damien(a)gmail.com>
I am thrilled to announce that I will be defending my dissertation, *From
MIT to Paraguay: A Critical Historical and Ethnographic Analysis of One
Laptop Per Child, *at noon on May 6, 2013. The first portion of my defense
is a public talk and all are welcome to attend (and there will be food!).
Details are below. Please add yourself to the Facebook invite at
https://www.facebook.com/events/440879955993620/ or the Google+ invite at
https://plus.google.com/events/can6q664pea0ta5epvdhc7mqqes so I know how
much food to order and chairs to put out.
- *What*: Morgan's dissertation defense
- *When*: Monday, May 6, 2013, 12pm-1pm (public talk/questions)
- *Where*: Mendenhall Library, 101a McClatchy Hall (building 120 in the
main quad), Stanford, CA.
- *Who*: me! <http://morganya.org/> Also my advisor
Fred<http://fredturner.stanford.edu/>; my
committee Cliff <http://www.stanford.edu/~nass/>,
Jeremy<http://comm.stanford.edu/faculty-bailenson/>
, Tanya<https://www.stanford.edu/dept/anthropology/cgi-bin/web/?q=node/105>
and John <https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/willinsk>; and my outside
chair Scott <http://hci.stanford.edu/srk/>. And hopefully you!
- *Why*: because I'm FINALLY FINISHING yo. And I'll be serving up some
yummy lunch stuff if you come to listen to my talk.
In addition to (or instead of) watching my defense, join me later that
afternoon, at 4pm, at Martins West Gastropub (http://www.martinswestgp.com)
at 831 Main Street in Redwood City for drinks in either celebration or
condolences. Note that Martins West has free corkage for Monday happy hour!
Again, please add yourself to the Facebook invite at
https://www.facebook.com/events/530231990360654/ or the Google+ invite at
https://plus.google.com/events/cu8i2222i2f22nhihk8r32ulslo so I have an
approximate headcount.
Maps, directions, and more information at
http://research.morganya.org/defense.html
Cheers,
Morgan
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Morgan G. Ames
http://morganya.org
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Meeting tonight at sudo room!
Juul, Miguel and I are about to head to Lake Merritt to test whether we can
shoot a signal across the lake using donated DirectTV satellite dishes!
Updates on that endeavor and more tonight at sudo :D