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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 28/10/2024

A little behind on this announcement but recorded talks from the event are available online, you can view them at -- Our website: ournetworks.ca/recorded-tal... On Youtube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... On Internet Archive 🖤: archive.org/details/ourn...

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Our Networks

Conference about the past, present, and future of building our own network infrastructures.

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 29/07/2024

😎 tho we didn't do it this year... 😬 We did have a talk where Yurko explained our setup: archive.org/details/ourn... I think some of the code still lives in on our website just for the player, but that isn't the exciting part: github.com/ournetworks/...

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 29/07/2024

... and finally, thank you to everyone who attended and made this year's Our Networks so fun, we couldn't have done it without you 💛🌞

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 29/07/2024

And thanks to ✨ Boris Mann ✨ (@bmann.ca) for being a Tier 1 Network sponsor and champion of our event

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 29/07/2024

We deeply appreciate the venue sponsorship from 312 Main Street, media support from @dweb.bsky.social, and research support from the archives at Open Space, Western Front, and VIVO Media Arts Centre 📼

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 29/07/2024

Next, we are grateful to our volunteers for making the day possible 🌞🌻💛

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 29/07/2024

We have so many people to thank for making the event possible: First, thank you to our presenters for so generously sharing your knowledge and expertise with us 🌌

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 28/07/2024

Our Networks is over! Yesterday was full of amazing talks and new friends so we stayed off our socials. We'll have videos from the event to share soon 🌻 🎛 🛠 📡

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Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 27/07/2024

Next up is @expede.wtf talking about #LocalFirstSoftware Check her out on the live “security feed” www.youtube.com/live/Ps17XZL...

Brooke stands in front of a slide titles “software unplugged”. In the foreground is a small camera on a tripod

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Chad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 27/07/2024

OurNetworks 2024 has started just as IETF120 has wrapped up. We are currently talking about alternative historical networks. Check out the livestream!

Chad holds up a sticker for Our Networks with the motto “Does not cloud compute” in front of a full conference room

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 27/07/2024

We're almost ready to start! 💫

Room with a wooden podium in the foreground looking out at black chairs and black and grey tables.

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 27/07/2024

Had some fun testing our streaming setup at our final venue walkthrough earlier today.

Projector screen with a black and grey image on it.

Raspberry Pi mounted on a small tripod with a camera attached to the top.

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 26/07/2024

Esther Han Beol Jang will share her experiences with community networks 🕸️ to reflect on how communities of practice can build and sustain technical infrastructures in the future

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 25/07/2024

Michelle Kaczmarek will guide a discussion on computing repair and reuse cultures through the perspective of the 🌿 permacomputing principles 🌿

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 25/07/2024

Bring a device because Joni Schinkel of smallfile.ca will host an interactive workshop on how to create your own small footprint and small-file web art! 🖼️

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Small File Media Festival

The Cinematheque | Simon Fraser University

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 24/07/2024

Brooklyn Zelenka @expede.wtf will explore the state of local-first software today, what we can learn from successes, and what comes next

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 24/07/2024

And drawing inspiration from the history of slow-scan performances at Western Front and Open Space, as well as the performances archived in VIVO Media Arts. We'll have more details on all of these at Our Networks.

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 24/07/2024

Staying up late to sort out final details of our stream set-up. We're rolling with eight shades of black and grey at less than a frame per second (learning all the ffmpeg flags along the way).

Screenshot of VLC software playing a black and white pixelated video

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 23/07/2024

Lori Emerson @loriemerson.bsky.social will share the breadth of wired and wireless networks that preceded the internet: from packet radio networks, videophone, telex, and more 📡🛰️

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 23/07/2024

To get you as excited as we are for #ournetworks on Saturday here are the sessions and workshops we have lined up 🌻🌞

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 23/07/2024

Ahh, Our Networks is only a few days away! 🌄 LOCALHOST started tapping that Vancouver energy yesterday and you can catch @garrying.com and @deasea.bsky.social at some of those events this week before Saturday 🌻🌞

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DWeb @getdweb.net · 18/07/2024

🌲 DWeb Virtual Meetup: Everything You Need to Know About Camp 🌲 WHEN: Thurs July 25 10am PT / 1pm ET / 7pm CET Our organizers will share what we have in store for Camp, and how you can be prepared to make the most of your experience. www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-meetu...

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DWeb Meetup — Everything You Need to Know About Camp

Join us for this virtual meetup where we'll discuss everything you need to know about DWeb Camp taking place this August.

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 13/07/2024

Many thanks to Holochain (@Holochain and holochain.org elsewhere), one of our Tier 1 Network sponsors! 🎉🎉🎉 Their support allows us to offer low cost registration and scholarships, both of which are still available!

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Holochain | Distributed app framework with P2P networking

Holochain delivers beyond the promises of blockchain by providing a lightweight, secure and versatile framework for everyday distributed apps.

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 12/07/2024

Huge thanks to our friend ✨ Boris Mann ✨ @bmann.ca, for being a Tier 1 Network sponsor and overall amazing collaborator who helps make events like ours possible.

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Boris @bmann.ca · 03/07/2024

Great interview with @ournetworks.ca organizers Dawn & Garry The theme for this year is "Does not (cloud) compute", drawing on practices of local-first , solar-powered servers, folk software , and permacomputing. Thanks @chadkoh for the great write up! writing.dwebyvr.org/...

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 03/07/2024

🌻🌞 We will be joined by: - @loriemerson.bsky.social, CU Boulder and @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social - Joni Schinkel, Small File Media Festival - @expede.wtf, Indie Researcher - Michelle Kaczmarek, Share Reuse Repair - Esther Han Beol Jang, Local Connectivity Lab / Seattle Community Network / UW 📡🛰️

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Our Networks

Conference about the past, present, and future of building our own network infrastructures.

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 24/06/2024

This year #ournetworks 🌻 takes place during LOCALHOST, a week of events organized by The DWebYVR community between July 21 - 28, you can follow the feed below on bsky and see all the events: lu.ma/LOCALHOST_va...

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LOCALHOST Vancouver · Events Calendar

View and subscribe to events from LOCALHOST Vancouver on Luma. A week of tech, media, & other explorations on how to create things we can own together. Learn more: https://writing.dwebyvr.org/localh...

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 24/06/2024

... and Michelle Kaczmarek (www.michellekaczmarek.info) to guide us through a discussion on repair culture and the possibilities for better computing

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 24/06/2024

Also excited to have @expede.wtf speak at #ournetworks about the present state and future possibilities of #localfirst or #lofi computing

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 15/06/2024

More presenters will be announced soon, but you don't have to wait! Register for #ournetworks today (sliding scale $30-120): ournetworks.ca#register

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Our Networks

Conference about the past, present, and future of building our own network infrastructures.

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 15/06/2024

- @loriemerson.bsky.social will speak about #othernetworks (othernetworks.net) outside of what is now called "the internet" - Joni Schinkel (jschinkel.com) at Small File Media Festival (smallfile.ca), will workshop approaches to small footprint web art

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other networks

"Other Networks" is a cluster of projects headed up by Dr. Lori Emerson and Dr. libi striegl that document and experiment with networks outside of what's now called "the internet." We are invested in ...

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 15/06/2024

Over the course of a day we will cover the PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE of our networks, and we are excited to announce a couple of the presenters guiding us through each period

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Boris @bmann.ca · 11/06/2024

Announcing LOCALHOST: a week of tech, media, and other explorations of how to create things we can own together writing.dwebyvr.org/... July 20th - 28th in Vancouver, community events around the #IETF120 meetings #LOCALHOSTVan 1/4

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Announcing LOCALHOST Vancouver

A kick off announcement for LOCALHOST: a week of tech, media, & other explorations of how to create things we can own together, alongside IETF120

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Boris @bmann.ca · 11/06/2024

The big event is @ournetworks.ca — registration is open now for Our Networks 2024 edition: Does not (cloud) compute ournetworks.ca local-first , solar-powered servers , folk software , and permacomputing Check the calendar for more, or host your own #LOCALHOSTVan 4/4

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Our Networks

Conference about the past, present, and future of building our own network infrastructures.

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 04/06/2024

📢 Update: Registration is live for Our Networks 2024! Tickets are sliding scale $30-120, suggested $60 to allow us to put on the event: ournetworks.ca#register We'll announce speakers and sessions the next few weeks before the full program launches end of June. We hope to see you in July! 🌻🌞📡🛰️

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Our Networks

Conference about the past, present, and future of building our own network infrastructures.

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Our Networks @ournetworks.ca · 18/04/2024

Hello bsky! We've been holding events about networks for awhile and after a break we're back for Our Networks 2024: Does not (cloud) compute. Meet us IRL in Vancouver on July 27 to explore what collaboration and online presence looks like when a network is optional-- ournetworks.ca

Text art laptop with the words does not cloud compute in a meadow with hills and clouds in the background.

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