Hi all,
There's a cool event based in Uganda, but designed for remote participation, this weekend.
"Outernet" is a project to repurpose satellites to "broadcast" free information, that can be picked up by inexpensive receivers, for free, and then reshared for free over local networks/WiFi. A way to get information to remote and underserved parts of the world. It's one-way communication, so certainly not a replacement for the Internet or a total solution to the Digital Divide -- but a very cool project nonetheless. They are also developing democratic processes for deciding what content to share.
They are having an edit-a-thon this weekend. I thought Sudo folks might be interested. Keep in mind, this is 10am to 10pm Uganda time -- which midnight to noon Saturday Pacific (I think it's the same hours Sunday, need to confirm).
If anybody would like to pass this along to Noisebridge or other lists that might be interested, please do!
-Pete
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