[Commotion-dev] mesh workshop in NYC

Wed Dec 18 19:50:59 UTC 2013

More details: we chatted with Erica of Eyebeam and came up with a loose plan.
Let us know how this works for y'all, its not etched in stone yet.

* a full day workshop on Saturday April 5th at Eyebeam.  10-5pm.
* 10-1pm bring in laptops and phones and mesh them!
* complete an assignment using the ad-hoc mesh, something like a journalism
assignment desk when the dark overlords have shutdown the internet and are
arresting anyone trying to use it.
* 1-2pm lunch
* 2-5pm The Day After: now we need an internet replacement, let's learn how to
build out the citywide mesh. People buy router hardware in advance, and learn
how to configure it with Commotion, then build a mini-city-wide mesh around
Eyebeam.  If you haven't been there, its a big open warehouse with tall
ceilings, so people will be able to stick mesh nodes all over.

I think it would make sense if Guardian lead up the first half with OTI
helping, then the next half would be OTI leading with Guardian helping.

.hc

On 12/16/2013 10:22 AM, Georgia Bullen wrote:
> The January 11th hackathon is hosted by OpenITP, and there will be a few
> projects there. I was just mentioning it in case people here might be
> interested.
> 
> It's possible. We are still working on planning for 2014, and will keep
> this list posted!
> 
> Hans - let us know how we can help for the workshop so that we can figure
> who to have there!
> 
> -Georgia
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 11:53 AM, hello at ninabianchi.com <
> hello at ninabianchi.com> wrote:
> 
>> Is it possible that OTI (or someone) could host another hackathon that
>> would focus more explicitly on these concepts we're discussing with a bit
>> more lead time? January 11th is very soon. It might be difficult to
>> coordinate everyone / be inclusive / reach out to critical voices on such a
>> short notice. I would like to join a hackathon around these ideas however I
>> wouldn't be able to make the 11th.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Any other events already in the queue for February, March or April?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 12, 2013, at 10:18 AM, Georgia Bullen wrote:
>>
>> + Williow, Geeks Without Bounds
>> Adding Willow, because I think this aligns with some projects that GWOB is
>> working on as well, and I don't think she's on this list!
>>
>> I'm also interested in helping with the planning. We just held a workshop
>> in Detroit to introduce the idea of local applications, and our next focus
>> round would be more focused on applications that leverage the capabilities
>> of the mesh. I also think that there would be interest from the organizing
>> teams in Red Hook and Hoboken, as they are both thinking about applications
>> for their networks, although with different contexts.
>>
>> I know that people from the Commotion team will also be at the OpenITP
>> hackathon in January in DC (
>> https://www.openitp.org/blog/dc-hackathon-for-security-privacy-tools-on-jan-11-2014.html).
>> It might be interesting to work on some of these ideas there as well. Is
>> anyone on the list thinking about coming to that hackathon?
>>
>> -Georgia
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:58 AM, hello at ninabianchi.com <
>> hello at ninabianchi.com> wrote:
>>
>>> We (The Work Department) did work on some of this last year and of
>>> course, the Construction Kit, which was the foundation for the Tunisia
>>> workshop.
>>>
>>> I'd be interested in joining this conversation. I'm currently working on
>>> a few new projects that will require thinking through the applications and
>>> what it would take in terms of development. I'd also like to continue
>>> building kits that make this planning process open and collaborative with
>>> the communities where they would be deployed.
>>>
>>> Is there any chance I could join your call / conversation at some point?
>>> What's the timeframe for the workshop? If you're interested, we could talk
>>> logistics in more detail off the list, I'm at nina at theworkdept.com
>>>
>>> Looking forward,
>>> Nina
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 12, 2013, at 9:41 AM, Nathan of Guardian wrote:
>>>
> On 12/12/2013 09:28 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>>>>> This would be a different workshop than a community mesh workshop.
>>>>>> The idea is to entirely focus on the adhoc side of it, so the
>>>>>> desktop and mobile clients, and applications that work on mesh
>>>>>> alone (IMing, voip calling, our p2p app/file sharing, etc).
> 
> I think we were also envisioning a bit of a Blue/Red Team adversarial
> type of aspect, if possible. We want to have at least one person there
> sniffing packets, looking for clear text, spotting the sheep, etc.
> 
> +n
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Commotion-dev mailing list
>>>> Commotion-dev at lists.chambana.net
>>>> https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/commotion-dev
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Commotion-dev mailing list
>>> Commotion-dev at lists.chambana.net
>>> https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/commotion-dev
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Georgia Bullen
>> Field Operations Technologist, Open Technology Institute<http://oti.newamerica.net/>
>> New America Foundation
>>  _______________________________________________
>> Commotion-dev mailing list
>> Commotion-dev at lists.chambana.net
>> https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/commotion-dev
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Commotion-dev mailing list
> Commotion-dev at lists.chambana.net
> https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/commotion-dev
> 

-- 
PGP fingerprint: 5E61 C878 0F86 295C E17D  8677 9F0F E587 374B BE81