« John Shirley on King Kong | Main | Galactic Southwest » Another year for Austin WirelessAustin Wireless Board Meeting was tonight; Rich MacKinnon and I are on board for another term. We acknowledged that some of the novelty has worn off with wireless; in Austin we've been operating hot spots long enough that the people who use 'em have come to take 'em for granted (until they visit other cities that are not as unwired). Over the last year the organization put other initiatives aside as we worked with the Save Muni Wireless coalition to educate the public about legislation that would prohibit municipal networks in Texas. Following that, some were involved in projects related to the evacuation of New Orleans and technical infrastructure to connect evacuees who'd been separated. Over the next year we'll have meetings, events, and projects, probably working more with other organizations like IC2, Austin Wireless Alliance, Austin Technology Incubator, and EFF-Austin. Maybe it's time to build a mesh network? jon posted this at 9:36 PM |
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