Mesh/UserResearch/Interviews/Angela

Today I met with Angela Woodall, a reporter for the Oakland Tribune. She had just been at a UASI meeting, a Bay Area organization sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security. They've been working on http://72hours.org, an emergency response information toolkit which they intend to develop interactive apps for. She wanted to discuss a crisis response app idea she and Adam Stiles had pitched at Open Data Day, and I showed her some of the ongoing efforts, including Tidepools. She was extremely interested in 510pen and the concept of mesh networks more generally, and asked a lot of background questions for a potential story. We both were uncertain of the legality of the nodes set up thus far, and wanted to ensure we wouldn't be incriminating anyone before moving forward with a publication.

• Has been covering drones for over a year.

Notes

• UASI
  • Emergency planning, making a donation
• Free wifi in SF - longtime effort to create free wifi access throughout SF
• CityGov App
• SNAP Mapper: mapping prices of food for places that accept SNAP food stamps.
• Community Care
• Bay Area Hacks & Hackers
• Random Hacks of Kindness
• TROPO
• Google Crisis Response
• LPTHW Study Group (PyLadies SF) -Python Meetup starting in SF on the 24th
  • Lynn & Pamela
• Alameda County Hackathon
• Email Angela & Jonathan