
<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I'm hella interested - let's start a map and get our psychogeography on!<br><br><div>~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~</div><div>"We see in order to move; we move in order to see."</div><div>-William Gibson</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://jennyryan.net">http://jennyryan.net</a></div><div><a href="http://thevirtualcampfire.org">http://thevirtualcampfire.org</a></div><div><a href="http://technomadic.tumblr.com">http://technomadic.tumblr.com</a></div><div><a href="http://webnographers.org">http://webnographers.org</a></div><div>~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~</div></div><div><br>On May 11, 2012, at 11:42 AM, "Eddan Katz" <<a href="mailto:eddan@oaklandlocal.com">eddan@oaklandlocal.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>Dear Sudo people.</div><div><br></div><div>I had the wonderful opportunity last night to talk to Brewster Kahle (<a href="http://brewster.kahle.org/about/"><a href="http://brewster.kahle.org/about/">http://brewster.kahle.org/about/</a></a>) of the Internet Archive (<a href="http://archive.org/"><a href="http://archive.org/">http://archive.org/</a></a>) for a long while about the emergence of Oakland's tech communities and of our activities at Sudo Room, Oakland Local, and Tech Liminal. [Susan - he told me to pass along his warm regards.]</div><div><br></div><div>I was psyched to learn that Brewster has been making serious efforts to enable open WiFi across cities & neighborhoods in the Bay Area (& elsewhere). There's some coverage of his initiatives in connection to San Francisco housing projects (<a href="http://gawker.com/373658/brewster-kahles-internet-archive-brings-broadband-to-sf-housing-projects"><a href="http://gawker.com/373658/brewster-kahles-internet-archive-brings-broadband-to-sf-housing-projects">http://gawker.com/373658/brewster-kahles-internet-archive-brings-broadband-to-sf-housing-projects</a></a>) and more recently on our side of the bay, in Richmond (<a href="http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/10/10/archive-org-founder-talks-free-wifi-with-richmond-officials/"><a href="http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/10/10/archive-org-founder-talks-free-wifi-with-richmond-officials/">http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/10/10/archive-org-founder-talks-free-wifi-with-richmond-officials/</a></a>).</div><div><br></div><div>I shared with him some of our initial discussions about solar powered WiFi routers providing public access to the Internet from the top of foreclosed and abandoned properties around town. I even took him through the 5-year adverse possession plan to get easement property rights to keep them there permanently. He was intrigued and most importantly gave a strong indication that he would like to support our efforts and particularly in helping create the backbone across Oakland that would facilitate mesh networks. As a first step, he suggested that we map out 25 or so of the taller buildings around the city that would allow us to put some antennae equipment on their roofs.</div><div><br></div><div>If anyone is interested in working on the project and/or sharing their thoughts about it, that would be hella great.</div><div><br></div><div>-Eddan</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br>

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