[HacktionLab] recommended talk, decentralized part @ 31min 23s

Mon Feb 23 13:48:18 UTC 2015

Cheers for that Chris.
I saw your writing and thought of something that generally covers some 
parts of what you said.
It's a talk by Aral Balkan but it's also something I would have 
recommended here anyway (perhaps a win-win generally for everyone).
I also focussed on the word 'decentralized' in the talk for you 
specifically as it has a slide animation @ 31min 23s (see screen-shot I 
made - see attached) that might come in handy for you in London (or 
future workshops, media presentation etc). And for others doing the same 
thing.

All of it is ace in my view and worth watching a few times to really 
connect it all together.

This talk shows things that even a fairly expert person might not be 
able to explain as a string... quotes below:

"Decentralized doesn't mean it doesn't have centres, it means it has 
numerous centres..."
"What we need to do is evolve the web to it's next configuration which 
is a distributed configuration... all of the nodes can connect to each 
other."

For full video download > 
https://www.thersa.org/discover/videos/event-videos/2014/04/free-is-a-lie/
I totally recommend MP4 video download (a wopping 900mb) <--- this an 
except whilst recommending purely because it's worth the content...
This video has a LOT of good bits (if not all seems valid/well put etc).
The mp3 download link from this page is a different presentation of a 
similar theme but also worth listening to as it's said slightly differently

I'm currently streaming the mp3 @ dowhatyoulove.0id.org (click 'Audio')

I'll also make a summary page soon @ http://dowhatyoulove.0id.org/
Search for Aral Balkan there in the next few days (site is down 
currently, audio is up)

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> Subject: [HacktionLab] FLOSS4P2P: distributed FLOSS for communities
> 	(London,	March)
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> *FLOSS4P2P: Call for Participation*
>
>
> A 2-day London workshop in March, gathering *FLOSS projects* that are
> building software for *peer production and organization*, with a focus
> on *distributed* platforms. *Scholarships*to attend are offered to
> grassroots communities.
>
>
> ** Context **
>
> We know that the Internet was originally decentralized, with protocols
> and services built by hackers. However, with the arrival of the
> celebrated Web 2.0, centralization andcorporations proprietary
> platformsseem to have taken over. Moreover, this centralized structure
> is used by governments to increase surveillance (following Snowden?s
> revelations), to blackout internet whenever it is needed (e.g. Egypt,
> Syria, or San Francisco?s BART) or to choke annoying activist
> organizations (such as Wikileaks).
>
>
> On the other hand, in the last few years we have seen the emergence of
> Internet-enabled collaborative communities building shared libre/open
> resources. Commons-based Peer to Peer Production(CBPP) is rapidly
> growing: not just for software and encyclopedias, but also for
> information (OpenStreetMap, Wikihow), hardware (FabLabs, Open Source
> Ecology), accommodation (Couchsurfing) and currency (Bitcoin, Altcoins).
>
>
> In the last few years, it has become clear to many that it is not enough
> to develop free/libre/open source (FLOSS) alternatives, but we also need
> to re-decentralize the Internet. Many initiatives are being undertaken
> under this premise (e.g. Ethereum, Diaspora, OwnCloud, MediaGoblin,
> Sandstorm). These new software tools may also be useful to boost CBPP
> communities further. In this workshop, we will gather those working
> around the decentralized FLOSS that could help CBPP/P2P communities.
> Hackers, academics, activists and interested stakeholders are welcome.
>
>
> **When**
>
> March 16-17th 2015
>
>
> **Where**
>
> Fab Lab London
>
> http://fablablondon.org <http://fablablondon.org/>
>
>
> **Call for Proposals**
>
> We welcome proposals for:
>
>    *
>
>      Lightning talks(2m-5m): summarise your idea & receive feedback
>
>    *
>
>      Show & Tell presentations(20m): explain your project/tech/research
>
>    *
>
>      Tutorialson software tools (1h)
>
>
> Please email: lu.yang at surrey.ac.uk <mailto:lu.yang at surrey.ac.uk> with
> your idea/proposals.
>
>
> The workshop will have both presentationsand unconference-style
> participatory dynamics for finding points of collaboration and
> extraction of conclusions.
>
>
> ** Topics **
>
>    *
>
>      Focus on FLOSS software with some of the following features:
>
>        o
>
>          Social: communication
>
>            +
>
>              e.g. social-networking, microblogging, reworked email
>
>        o
>
>          Social: collaboration
>
>            +
>
>              e.g. wikis, pads, wave, shared file hosting, multimedia
>              repositories
>
>        o
>
>          Alternative to proprietary choices
>
>        o
>
>          Federated / Distributed / Interoperable
>
>        o
>
>          Open Standards
>
>        o
>
>          Secure / Encrypted
>
>        o
>
>          Encouraging Peer Production communities
>
>        o
>
>          Encouraging the construction/maintenance of Commons
>
>    *
>
>      Potential cases for discussion:
>
>        o
>
>          Diaspora (federated social network)
>
>        o
>
>          Wave (federated real-time collaboration)
>
>        o
>
>          Lorea (federated social network)
>
>        o
>
>          DarkWallet (distributed wallet & social network)
>
>        o
>
>          Ethereum (P2P infrastructure)
>
>        o
>
>          MaidSafe (P2P infrastructure)
>
>        o
>
>          Sandstorm.io (facilitates federated sw)
>
>        o
>
>          Mailpile (encripted email)
>
>        o
>
>          MediaGoblin (federated multimedia repository)
>
>        o
>
>          OwnCloud (file hosting)
>
>        o
>
>          ? (your case)
>
>
> **Scholarships**
>
> There are a few scholarships for potential participants who wish to
> attend the event. The scholarship will cover participant?s travel and
> subsistence cost, up to ?400. If you are interested in applying for the
> scholarship, please email: lu.yang at surrey.ac.uk
> <mailto:lu.yang at surrey.ac.uk> before 28 February 2015, with a paragraph
> stating why you think your FLOSS is relevant, plus a short bio. Priority
> will be given to those with low resources, innovative FLOSS within the
> topics of the call, and being a grassroot community.
>
>
> ** More **
>
> More info will be posted online in:
>
> http://p2pvalue.eu/2nd-floss4p2p-workshop
> <http://p2pvalue.eu/2nd-floss4p2p-workshop>
>
>
> Email queries to: lu.yang at surrey.ac.uk <mailto:lu.yang at surrey.ac.uk>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
>

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