April 19 - 26: Please send me your best of Edgeryders!

[nadia]

Hi guys,

Can you share with me in a comment below:

1. Your favourite posts and conversations on edgeryders: URL + One sentence description of what is so cool about it

2. Any upcoming event: URL + one sentence description

We push them out on social media to highlight the great people, events, projects and conversations happening in here!

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@noemi @johncoate @hugi @MariaEuler @alberto @matthias @amelia @marina @natalia_skoczylas

[johncoate]

The following post describes how a local mesh net, combined with P2P protocols, can be creatively and securely used as an off-grid communications network for a variety of purposes.

A Radically New Internet - A Study on P2P Protocols and Mesh Networks

[follow_graph] Illustration of the Scuttlebut protocol Mesh networks are local network of routers that are interconnected. Usually they are a way for communities to share WIFI connectivity with each other and in many cases these mesh networks are run by communities as a means of free Internet connection within an area, or at least cheaper Internet connection within an area. Mesh networks can also be found within companies for more local infrastructure, these are seldomly, by those active in t…

[matthias]

As for events, I am continuously tagging everything event-related that is posted to Edgeryders with event, so you can find it all here: Topics tagged event

People can subscribe to that tag to be notified by e-mail about new Edgeryders-related events. Sadly, few if any people know that this is possible, so we might want to spread that information around as well …

[matthias]

And as for discussions: it’s a bit specialized, but we had very productive discussion here with @felix.wolfsteller and @hugi, creating what is (I think) the world’s best list of open source scheduling and booking applications by now:

List: Open source software for resource scheduling and booking

For an unrelated project (really unrelated, it is about trash disposal ), I had to find a free and open source resource scheduling software. As a side effect, I know quite a few now, so I’ll leave that knowledge here. This is a wiki, and you’re welcome to edit. Content 1. Lists of software applications 1.1. Full-featured applications for general-purpose resource scheduling and booking 1.2. Full-featured applications for room booking 1.3. Full-featured application…

[noemi]

Event: What makes a sustainable work space for collectives in Brussels? See you on 1 May?
Edgeryders culture team is launching #cultureCulture next week in Brussels: a local-global platform for urgent challenges faced by urban collectives. Want to join or host an event? Get in touch!