mesh February 2014

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34 discussions

by Jeremy Entwistle

I created a card design that's open to feedback. Also, as proposed at the last meeting, I think we should provide cards to people who have been working the mesh and meet some minimum attendance to the meetings. The front and backs of these cards adhere to the design principles of the group and meet the printer's requirements. I could incorporate our groups mesh logo on the front of the card, but I couldn't find a vector-based one. The reason I would be less inclined to include it would be not to confuse people when we really just want to give our contact information and spread the word about the network. In regard to titles, I think people should choose something that describes what they do or will do as the network develops (installing nodes, workshops, software development, etc) and give the users confidence in adopting it. Take care, Jeremy

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The Day We Fight Back

by Marc Juul

sudomesh.org and peoplesopen.net are now participating in EFF's campaign: The Day We Fight Back: https://thedaywefightback.org/ -- marc/juul

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Hacknight Notes

by Jenny Ryan

Reposted for posterity at: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/06_February_2014 Starting off these notes with an exciting excerpt from the ircz :D Day changed to 07 Feb 2014 00:04 < juul> WE JUST SUCCESSFULLY CONFIGURED THE FIRST WORKING NODE 00:04 < juul> THE SYSTEM IS WORKING 00:04 < juul> ONLY TWO "SHOWSTOPPING BUGS LEFT": 00:05 < juul> * sticker printing 00:05 < juul> * upstream bandwidth limiting 00:08 < thundara> juul: Cool, can an outsider get / build the firmware yet? 00:11 < jerkey> yay!!!!!!!! 00:17 < juul> thundara: yeah, but we need to spend a couple of days going through and documenting better 00:18 < juul> the idea is that you flash the standard sudo mesh firmware, then use the node-configurator to set up the node 00:20 < juul> so, in very brief: get the openwrt-firmware repo from sudomesh github, run prepare script, run build script, flash resulting firmware (jffs version) onto your atheros node (only tested on picostation 2 hp and bullet 2 hp so far), then get the node-configurator from our git repo and follow the instructions in the readme 00:20 < juul> those instructions may well be a bit lacking still =Attendees= *Jenny (tunabananas), Marc (juul), Jeremy, Noemie, Jacob, Dan, Chris, Luis, Deekoo, Matt =Updates= *Marc has been working on the firmware, running into some issues regarding SSL certs and dates. *Marc has been developing the Free Store for creative commons media *Dan built a mesh in Somaliland with OTI *Dan has some servers he might be able to donate to the mesh! *Jeremy's been working on educational materials *Jeremy met a (!)millionaire(!) who's interested in the project *Noemie just arrived from France, is a documentary filmmaker and interested in filming a documentary of sudo room and helping out with our video clip *Jacob to meet with Chris Mitchell - Telecommunciations as Commons, Institute for Local Self-Reliance *Jenny shared some documents on google drive (please ask if you want edit access) **finances spreadsheet: We have around $2700 [ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dGE0a3hSRnVlck1xVH… ] **events spreadsheet [ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dHNlbGtWYUMzMjdYT0… ] **Community outreach: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dC1mVjlaeTVSckhrZU… *Chris wants to flash a router tonight :) *Deekoo having trouble mirroring Subversion repositories *Luis working on the splash page =Notes= *TransBay.net - one of the oldest ISPs in the Bay Area, currently offering gigabit fiber for $150/month! **Got a reply back from "Eric Dynamic" re: collaborating. They have a rooftop on 14th St and we could possibly have antennas there *Dragino - Shenzen production company producing nice, cheap indoor routers *Jacob soliciting suggestions re: role of municipal actors: **open access to utility poles *VillageTelco is wireless based telcom, OpenBTS is GSM based telcom software *BMX6 is the update to batman-adv =Action Items= *Marc getting the firmware ready, fixing the last bug. *Jeremy and Jenny working on cards/flyers *Dan and Chris flashing routers *Deekoo logging into build server and poking at the build scripts *Luis working on splash page =Consensus items= *We consensed that it is not allowed for our chair, secretary, treasurer or board of directors to publicly use their titles. =ToDos= *Jenny/Marc coordinate with Dan to pick up server donations *Flyer / bizcard design [Jenny/Jeremy] *Hack on Bylaws: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Bylaws *Finalize Board of Directors [Jenny] *Get a bank account [Jenny] =Gratuitous Link Dump= *https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Documentation <-- Add relevant articles, books, videos, lectures etc; *http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-01/27/maidsafe-bitcloud - Open, secure, audited, decentralized peer-to-peer data transfer and storage extending to all data and internet communications. *http://www.amazon.com/The-Good-Life-Lab-Experiments/dp/1612121012 * https://guardianproject.info/2013/12/03/ostel-co-secure-voip-network-partne… *http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OsmAnd --------- Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://sudomesh.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://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 ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

12 years, 1 month

There’s something rotten in the state of online video streaming, and the data is starting to emerge

by Mitar

Hi! "Peering disagreements aren’t fun or consumer-friendly, but they might be the reason consumers’ video streams are suffering. New data purports to show much an effect these fights are having on your broadband." http://gigaom.com/2014/02/06/theres-something-rotten-in-the-state-of-online… Mitar -- http://mitar.tnode.com/ https://twitter.com/mitar_m

12 years, 1 month

sudomesh bizcard

by Jenny Ryan

A proposed business card design for the mesh team. Reply to this thread with your (dis)approval and preferred title ;) One idea would be to make them front and back, with more general info about the People's Open Network on the other side. /jnny

12 years, 1 month

Running late. ETA 8:30-8:45pm

by Luis Murillo

Objective: completely revamp the spalsh page per Matt & Jenny's feedback. Also more feedback welcome. -Luis

12 years, 1 month

maxb is not going to make it! - Also Networking study group

by Max B

Hi Folks, I'm not feeling particularly well, so I don't think I'm going to bike over tonight. Barring some significant change in circumstances, I think I'll be participating on IRC and etherpad instead. I've been working on finishing the splash page/fake captive portal code so maybe I'll be able to focus more on that while I'm here. Also, I'll obviously not be making the networking study group. I don't imagine that will be particularly disappointing to anyone, but if it is, I'm sorry and I'm more than happy to chat on IRC about it. Max

12 years, 1 month

Re: [Mesh] mesh Digest, Vol 13, Issue 7

by Jacob Levin

Nothing surprising about the fact that the Cable industry is taking advantage of the commons (unregulated spectrum) to increase the value of their privately owned assets. But it's probably a good idea for us to pay attention to what they're doing, as it will have a lot of implications for how people connect to wireless networks in the future. Specifically, Cable is investing heavily in the Hotspot 2.0 standard (802.11u<http://a030f85c1e25003d7609-b98377aee968aad08453374eb1df3398.r40.cf2.rackcd…>). Hotspot 2.0 creates a cellular-roaming like experience on mobile devices, allowing the process of selecting appropriate networks and providing necessary credentials to happen in the background, without any input from users. Pretty soon (1-2 years away I'd guess), Cable companies will likely become an MVNO and their customers phones will automatically connect to any Cable wifi hotspot. This isn't something we need to think about right now, but it's definitely worth keeping an eye on. If the 802.11u standard gets widely adopted, it'll change the way the average person connects to WiFi networks. If you want to learn more about Hotspot 2.0, here's a good article about it: http://www.muniwireless.com/2013/12/02/cashing-in-on-hotspot-2-0/ On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 12:00 PM, <mesh-request(a)lists.sudoroom.org> wrote: > Send mesh mailing list submissions to > mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mesh-request(a)lists.sudoroom.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mesh-owner(a)lists.sudoroom.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mesh digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Comcast public wifi (Pete Forsyth) > 2. Re: Comcast public wifi (Chris Jefferies) > 3. Re: Comcast public wifi (Hol Gaskill) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 12:18:26 -0800 > From: Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> > To: Thomas Dudley <trd3r(a)virginia.edu> > Cc: "mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org" <mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org> > Subject: Re: [Mesh] Comcast public wifi > Message-ID: > < > CAGWts0HaW3gBj0cbrBsAwhTtSt--EUzYfkQVrOAY9MsheVe5Sw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Interesting topic, and well written article -- thanks much for sharing, > Thomas! > > I think the kind of language the reporter uses here is a good example of > how to effectively talk to a general audience about mesh and related > concepts... > > Pete > > www.wikistrategies.net/pete-forsyth > > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Thomas Dudley <trd3r(a)virginia.edu> wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > > I've been lurking on this list for little a while - I love the progress > > you're making! I ran across this article recently which I thought you'd > > find interesting. Classic monopoly behavior (bundling) from Comcast: > > > > > > > http://www.dailydemocrat.com/business/ci_25059667/dont-panic-but-that-publi… > > ? > > > > Best, > > > > Thomas > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mesh mailing list > > mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org > > http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh > > > > >

12 years, 1 month

Comcast public wifi

by Thomas Dudley

Hey all, I've been lurking on this list for little a while - I love the progress you're making! I ran across this article recently which I thought you'd find interesting. Classic monopoly behavior (bundling) from Comcast: http://www.dailydemocrat.com/business/ci_25059667/dont-panic-but-that-publi… ? Best, Thomas

12 years, 1 month

Splash Page

by Luis Murillo

Hey guys, I've been tinkering on the splash page /var/www/splash.html Please feel free to provide feedback/ideas or contribute to it as needed. #MeshDaPla.net :-)

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