[Mesh] Introduction

[Jenny Ryan]

Great to hear from so many interesting folks; we're weaving together a
pretty awesome human tapestry here :)

I'll CC the Free Network Foundation list too for this intro, since I've
just recently joined though I've been a supporter since Occupy.

What fascinates me most about mesh networking is the way in which it
mirrors the heterarchical nature of society itself - or at ideals which we
must strive to attain: cooperation, symbiosis, and the cultivation of the
commons.

My interests lie at the intersection of anthropology, technology,
communication and social justice. With Juul and a bunch of the other folks
on this list, I've been helping to grow Sudo Room
<http://sudoroom.org>since its inception as a third space for
creation, education, and humans to
grow together in collaboration with the surrounding community. The latter
goal has been by far the most profound challenge, in my opinion. As such, I
see my role as one of community outreach, coalition-building, co-education,
research and documentation for purposes of translation, history,
storytelling, and copy-paste-forking.

Outside of this project, which is currently my primary focus, I also work
at Open Garden <http://opengarden.com>, a startup developing a suite of
applications for sharing connectivity amongst Android phones, tablets and
computers. I occasionally give talks and
publish<http://jennyryan.net/resume>in the field of digital
ethnography (or, as I like to call it,
cyberanthropology). Other current projects include developing an outreach
spreadsheet<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dEdhZUJaQ3dDY2plMjMxR3BNNmJuRlE&usp=drive_web>for
organizations in the Downtown Oakland area (and soon East Oakland),
building
bridges <http://ba.chgrp.org> to other hackerspaces around the
world<http://gemsi.org>,
planning caravans and tools for connecting intentional
communities/hackerspaces/autonomous communities generally, and trying to
overcome writer's block through self-care.

Excited to be building something awesome with y'all,
Jenny (@tunabananas)
http://jennyryan.net
http://thepyre.org
http://thevirtualcampfire.org
http://technomadic.tumblr.com

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 "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
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On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Charles Wyble <charles at thefnf.org> wrote:

> I'm extremely interested in SDR efforts. You guys doing custom layer 1
> protocols? What frequency bands? What FPGA boards are you using? Do you
> have access to parallela kit? What rf frontends have you researched?
>
> About a million other questions, but that's enough to start.
>
> FNF is looking into very low power, custom layer 1/2 SDR for permament on
> station high altidude radio platforms. Quadcopter mesh is cute, but we are
> thinking more along the lines of an open source project loon. Potentially
> using microwave beams to power the airships, if we can't get enough power
> from solar.
>
> Copying our mailing list on this response, apology for the crosspost.
>
>
> Marc Juul <marcjc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Since everyone is introducing themselves:
>>
>> Hi, I'm Marc Juul. I'm excited about decentralized and heterarchical
>> structures, both in the form of networks and in systems for organization. I
>> co-founded two hackerspaces (sudo room and labitat) and two biohacking
>> groups (biologigaragen and counter culture labs). I have skills in the
>> fields of network programming, web programming, digital electronics and
>> synthetic biology (not yet sure how that last one will be relevant to the
>> mesh but I'm sure we'll find a way!). I'm very interested in crypto, and
>> its application in mesh networks.
>>
>> I've been wanting to learn about radio, both the details of wifi and the
>> fundamentals of radio transmitters and receivers, for several years and I'm
>> delighted to have the time to really dig into this field.
>>
>> I want to take this chance to announce that we also have a small
>> sub-group within the mesh group that is playing with software defined
>> radios and designing and building our own radios for digital
>> communications. If you're interested in hanging out and poking at that kind
>> of stuff then speak up!
>>
>> Personally, I'd like to see us not just build a successful wifi mesh that
>> is run for and by the local community, but also begin improving on the
>> state of the art of mesh software and hardware.
>>
>
> --
> Charles Wyble
> charles at knownelement.com / 818 280 7059
> CTO Free Network Foundation (www.thefnf.org)
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