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cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog It’s been almost a month since the Open Education conference wrapped up, this is a bit of summary of the experiment of using a PirateBox as a conference activity. The idea as cooked up with Scott Leslie, was to experiment with an open source sharing technology. As outlined on the conference web site: Between twitter, blogging, flickr there will be plenty of public sharing of the experience of Open Ed 2012. This is good. We are also seeking new ways of documenting the conference experience through the device created by David Darts, the PirateBox. which turns a local space into a communication and sharing network. Using open source technology and under US$30 in parts, the PirateBox creates a local, open wireless network. Upon joining this network, you are not connected to the internet, but a web server running locally on [...]

Yesterday I successfully built my first solo PirateBox, the anonymous, free local sharing platform created by David Darts cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog My first one, the StoryBox I traveled with last year, was built for my by Zack Dowell. Last Spring, Tim Owens and I each did one at DTLT; I had a wee bit of router help from Tim. Now I am a big boy. I did my own. The platform has evolved a lot- the original one had a dockstar router and an ASUS wireless transmitted: cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog The new install uses a smaller, cheaper all in one router, that is TINY, the TP-LINK, and the parts for this come in at under $35 (unless you add a battery pack). I am building this as part of an activity idea brainstormed with Scott Leslie [...]

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog This little case is going to contain an entire four months of shared, gathered experience on my road tour. Built as a way to easily, anonymously share files and chat over a local network (see David Darts hub site for full details). It establishes a public wireless network, but it is not anyway connected to the internet. The whole intent is local file sharing and, as coined in Ars Technica, is an “artistic provocation” I was introduced to the idea by Grant Potter, who was running demos at Northern Voice– Untitled from Travis Boisvenue on Vimeo. But it was the Nosieprofessor who proposed the idea that I would take one on my trip around the country (and that other one to the north) ILTPBHFYTR (I Left This Pirate Box Here For You To Read) even with some rules (some might [...]