For those of you who haven't heard the news from Jenny, yet: Open Garden
decided to publicly release the original white paper "Multi-hop Wi-Fi
Offload <https://opengarden.com/Multi-hop_Wi-Fi_Offload.pdf>" by CTO,
Stanislav Shalunov.
Hopefully this brings some inspiration and answers some questions (ex.
Mitar: Why Bluetooth?)
Also, please excuse my lack of participation this past month - I'll be
back in the action next month. I'm also going to a festival called
Libertopia <http://libertopia.org> this weekend in San Diego where I'll
attempt to spread the word. These people are really into alternative,
decentralized services.
I'm starting my drive down tonight so have a great meeting and enjoy the
weekend everyone!
Peace.
-Paige
Hey,
I also apologize for disappearing. Living in the bay area was depleting my
savings faster than I would have liked and I didn't get some jobs I'd
applied for, so I decided to head back to my home in NC for the fall, where
I can live like for cheap and save up money. I'll hopefully be back in the
bay area early next year.
Thanks for the white paper Paige. It definitely sheds light on the value of
Open Garden's approach. But isn't 802.11u designed to take on the issues
that make it hard for a "community of hotspots" to emerge as a viable
solution? I know someone with a
passpoint<http://www.wi-fi.org/discover-and-learn/wi-fi-certified-passpoint™>setup
who says it works wonderfully. Open Garden still adds a lot of value,
but the paper would be stronger if it looked at the world we're headed
towards, instead of the one we're stuck in today. Users won't need to
manually select each access point and punch in credentials for that much
longer. To quote the Wi-Fi alliances' FAQ on
passpoints<http://www.wi-fi.org/download.php?file=/home/webs/wifi/public_html/sites/de…>
:
"For most users, Passpoint means that there will be no need for manual
intervention when
entering a hotspot running on Passpoint equipment with a Passpoint mobile
device.
Automatic detection and secured connection will occur provided the user is
a subscriber of
the entity running the hotspot or is a subscriber of an entity that has a
roaming relationship
with the entity running the hotspot."
Anyway, just my two cents. Look forward to seeing the state of the mesh
when I get back next year. I'll keep listening in in case a problem comes
up I can actually help with. Until then,
Jacob
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> For those of you who haven't heard the news from Jenny, yet: Open Garden
> decided to publicly release the original white paper "Multi-hop Wi-Fi
> Offload <https://opengarden.com/Multi-hop_Wi-Fi_Offload.pdf>" by CTO,
> Stanislav Shalunov.
>
> Hopefully this brings some inspiration and answers some questions (ex.
> Mitar: Why Bluetooth?)
>
> Also, please excuse my lack of participation this past month - I'll be
> back in the action next month. I'm also going to a festival called
> Libertopia <http://libertopia.org> this weekend in San Diego where I'll
> attempt to spread the word. These people are really into alternative,
> decentralized services.
>
> I'm starting my drive down tonight so have a great meeting and enjoy the
> weekend everyone!
>
> Peace.
> -Paige
>
Hey mesh crew!
We'll be having our monthly general meeting tonight. This is a great
opportunity for new folks who've been curious but have yet to jump in to
introduce themselves to the group and learn about the project.
One of the agenda items for this meeting is deciding on a name! Check out
the Mesh/Naming <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Naming> wiki page to see
the list of currently suggested names and the results of our naming poll
the other week.
*General Meeting Format*
1. Introductions of all present [20 mins]
2. Introduction of the group's mission/vision, current progress and future
goals [20 mins]
3. Q&A [20 mins]
4. Breakout groups as needed by area of interest - eg; community outreach,
technical firmware, branding/marketing
See you tonight,
Mesh the planet!
Jenny
http://jennyryan.nethttp://thepyre.orghttp://thevirtualcampfire.orghttp://technomadic.tumblr.com
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
-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
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
In leading up to next week's general meeting, I want to make it clear that
we are in a critical momentum phase right now - and we need all kinds of
help in many different areas!
If you've been wanting to plug in but aren't sure how you can be useful,
drop me a line and let's chat. You can also check out the wiki page I set
up tonight that details some of our ToDos in areas ranging from community
outreach to operational strategy to marketing/branding to technical stuff
and beyond!
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/ToDos
^ Feel free to add things, add your name to things, and come participate in
next week's meeting :)
Mesh the planet!!
Jenny
http://jennyryan.nethttp://thepyre.orghttp://thevirtualcampfire.orghttp://technomadic.tumblr.com
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
-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
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
Hey mesh crew!
We've been discussing a different format to maximize productivity and
reduce confusion for core crew and new folks respectively. For starters,
meetings will now begin at 7:30pm, and seem to be ending between 10:30 and
2am (though folks can show up and leave whenever). Every *LAST THURSDAY*
will be a general meeting to orient people new to the project, strategize
and plan for the coming weeks:
*Work Meeting / Hacknight Format* [not relegated to technical work alone!
we need to hack community, politics, the planet writ large!]
1. Go around checking in on what each person's gotten done since the last
hacknight, what they're stuck on or need help with, and what they're aiming
to work on tonight.
2. Hack on each of our independent tasks, or split up into pairs / small
working groups as needed.
3. Brief check-in before leaving on what's been accomplished that night and
make sure everything's been documented on the wiki.
*General Meeting Format*
1. Introductions of all present [20 mins]
2. Introduction of the group's mission/vision, current progress and future
goals [20 mins]
3. Q&A [20 mins]
4. Breakout groups as needed by area of interest - eg; community outreach,
technical firmware, branding/marketing
Next week is a general meeting! We will be meeting, most likely, in the
Public School room (attached to common space).
Mesh the planet!!
Jenny
http://jennyryan.nethttp://thepyre.orghttp://thevirtualcampfire.orghttp://technomadic.tumblr.com
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
-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
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
