Year End Self-Analysis 2010
In the spirit of former endeavors, I think it's a good idea to take another look at myself. Complete with accomplishments, failures, five photos to sum up the year, analysis of goals, and a vision for...
View ArticleRepost: “Full Circle”
A few nights ago I was staying up way too late stumbling down the rabbit hole that is the Internet. On a whim I searched for a post I'd written at the beginning of 2009, just after AIESEC United...
View ArticleStart with the People: Building a Community Wireless Network in Mount Pleasant
This was originally posted at the Open Technology Initiative website. If you are not yet familiar with Mount Pleasant, here’s a chance to learn about one of DC’s most vibrant neighborhoods. It’s a...
View ArticleThe Role of Safety in Community Wireless Networks
The most common question people ask when I talk about community wireless networks is "But is it secure?"
View ArticleThe Risk of Information Catastrophe
Our communications networks are to our economy like what rainfall was to the Mayans in Apocalypto. If a drought caused so many bad turns for their society then, what would be the result of an...
View ArticleMy Personal Values from the OTI Field Team Retreat
The Open Technology Initiative’s field team, whose colors I fly, took a day-long retreat at Bloombars in Columbia Heights a couple weeks ago. We discussed our shared values as a team, building towards...
View ArticleOpen Market Transparency and Online Dating
Recently, I learned how transparency underpins open markets. Then I thought about how this applies to online dating.
View ArticleTreat It Like Infrastructure!
I had the great pleasure to speak to Nick Feamster‘s NOISELab group about Commotion and the Mount Pleasant Community Wireless Network while I was at Georgia Tech for ICTD 2012 last week. One of the...
View ArticleDerecho Community Wireless
I came home from the Allied Media Conference to a DC melting in 100+ degree heat and a home without Internet access, courtesy of the now-infamous east coast derecho. Verizon provides our home Internet...
View ArticleNotes from Broadband Bridge Community Wireless Meeting, Sept. 25 2012
There were twelve people at a Broadband Bridge meeting in Mount Pleasant to discuss the importance of community-controlled infrastructure for internet access. First we read this news piece, “More sad...
View ArticleCircuit Ride Revelations
I think Brigades have more to teach Code for America than we have to teach them. This is the BEST POSSIBLE THING. We're five years old. We have not been over the mountain, a challenge to ourselves and...
View ArticleFOCAL POINTS
We had a golden glowing time on Tuesday around a fire on Ocean Beach. Fire brings it with the aesthetics. Fire’s pleasant glow is everchanging, fire draws you close with its warmth. Fire makes your...
View ArticleAltars as Interfaces to Government
We hiked the Redwood Peak Trail near Chabot Space and Science Center. We talked about all sorts of things as we climbed through the mist on cloud-soaked roots and rocks. At Redwood Peak, we admired the...
View ArticlePraetorian State of America
The Black Lives Matter movement is in full swing. 135 days. The movement lives. #Ferguson — deray mckesson (@deray) December 22, 2014 I’m trying to practice being a good ally. For me, this means...
View ArticleYear End Self Analysis 2014
It’s been a while since I last did this. Accomplishments learned a lot about relationships, especially with respect to communication. moved across the country after living in DC for 41 months got a new...
View ArticleVigil
I went to something real intense a couple weeks ago. On Friday January 9th at around 10 PM, four young men were shot to death in a car on my block. It was a drive-by shooting with multiple weapons....
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