tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55976297651538122312024-03-12T19:01:01.100-07:00Sukey.io - Keeping demonstrators safe, mobile & informed. http://sukey.io/Sukey.io - Keeping demonstrators safe, mobile & informed. http://sukey.io/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597629765153812231.post-61902321891997058962012-11-04T02:52:00.000-08:002012-11-04T02:54:11.643-08:00TODAY 1pm to 11pm- #HurricaneHackers Hackathon + (Mini #Cryptoparty) - Help #Sandy Victims.<div data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<b data-mce-style="font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">SUPER LAST MINUTE INVITATION: HACKATHON 1pm to 11pm @ Google Campus!<br />Is it raining? Are you stuck inside? Bored? Come and join us at Google Campus London and Hack! :D</b><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />We would like to invite you to an event to write code, write software for social good, hack wireless routers and learn something about cryptography all in aid of helping people affected by hurricane #sandy.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">The event will feel a bit like a #HurricaneHackers themed Cryptoparty and there will be a lot of crossover of interests.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">The event will have the following format:</span></div>
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<b data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: medium;">Important Note: BRING YOUR LAPTOP<br /> </b></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><b>Introduction (10mins)</b></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">A quick talk to provide some context for the hackathon and to let people know what they can expect from the event.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><b>Workshops</b></span></div>
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<li><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">Round table style (where everyone that turns up shares their knowledge on the topic / focus).</span></li>
<li><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">~ 80mins each w/ breaks and then people should go to the next table</span></li>
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<li><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><a data-mce-href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pAnRSKb-Ulo/UJCaV5xy1YI/AAAAAAAAPk0/YaJWcED7q8U/s1064/1351657476931.jpg" data-mce-style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none; font-size: small;" href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pAnRSKb-Ulo/UJCaV5xy1YI/AAAAAAAAPk0/YaJWcED7q8U/s1064/1351657476931.jpg" style="color: #ee6600; font-size: small; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">OpenWRT router hacking</a> (Howto: Flash and Hack Different Models of Router, Extend Coverage of Public Hotspots, Mesh Networking, Other advanced topics etc) + Sharing Internet Connections Between Devices (more than just tethering :p)</span></li>
<li><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">Howto: #HurricaneHackers Community (howto join us, help us etc) + Maptivism,. Making Maps To Help People (<a data-mce-href="http://www.eventbrite.com/bit.ly/hh-index" data-mce-style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.eventbrite.com/bit.ly/hh-index" style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">bit.ly/hh-index</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://www.eventbrite.com/bit.ly/hh-projects" data-mce-style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.eventbrite.com/bit.ly/hh-projects" style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">bit.ly/hh-projects</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://www.eventbrite.com/bit.ly/hh-linklist" data-mce-style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.eventbrite.com/bit.ly/hh-linklist" style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">bit.ly/hh-linklist</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://mind42.com/mindmap/6a7c64a6-a1cc-41ca-91cb-cf0ae92b7e41?rel=url" data-mce-style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;" href="http://mind42.com/mindmap/6a7c64a6-a1cc-41ca-91cb-cf0ae92b7e41?rel=url" style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">hh-mindmap</a>) + Howto #Cryptoparty Community (IRC, the wiki, meetups, the book).</span></li>
<li><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">Robust Android Communications - Oppertunistic Twitter Client (<a data-mce-href="http://code.google.com/p/twimight/" data-mce-style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none; font-size: small;" href="http://code.google.com/p/twimight/" style="color: #ee6600; font-size: small; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Twimight</a>) + Secure Android Communications - Encrypted SMS and Phone Calls (<a data-mce-href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms&hl=en" data-mce-style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none; font-size: small;" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms&hl=en" style="color: #ee6600; font-size: small; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Textsecure</a> and <a data-mce-href="https://ostel.me/" data-mce-style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none; font-size: small;" href="https://ostel.me/" style="color: #ee6600; font-size: small; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Ostel.me</a> etc)</span></li>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><b>Hackathon</b></span></div>
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<li><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">#HurricaneHackers Code Sprints and Development Sessions-</span></li>
<li><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">Hacking on bit.ly/hh-projects and https://github.com/hurricanehackers</span></li>
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<b><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">Putting it into context</span></b></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">Sandy is a major storm, previously a hurricane, that has caused extensive flooding, power and transportation outages, and physical damage to the US East Coast and Caribbean. More than 100 deaths have been linked to the storm. You can see an overview of what is going on in NYC here: <span class=" url"><a data-mce-href="http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy-nyc" data-mce-style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;" href="http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy-nyc" style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;">http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy-nyc</a></span></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">So essentially, over 100,000 people in Lower Manhattan are without power, and will likely not have it back up for a few days. In order to stay informed as the situation changes, and to keep in touch with loved ones, they will need a way to communicate with their laptops and phones.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">We are innovating <span class="author-g-o9fmxuxwgot0mmma">rapidly to create</span> tools <span class="author-g-o9fmxuxwgot0mmma">built and deployed</span> using Heroku, Twillio, Human.io, google docs, google maps, crowdmaps -- pretty much anything we can get our hands on. This effort is being spearheaded by the <span class=" url"><a data-mce-href="http://civic.mit.edu/" data-mce-style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;" href="http://civic.mit.edu/" style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;">http://civic.mit.edu/</a></span> to help make services and connect tech people with people in need on the ground. A lot of interesting things are happening in the wake of this natural disaster: <span class=" url"><a data-mce-href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3002598/sandy-prompts-louder-calls-free-wi-fi" data-mce-style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3002598/sandy-prompts-louder-calls-free-wi-fi" style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;">http://www.fastcompany.com/3002598/sandy-prompts-louder-calls-free-wi-fi</a></span></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">This is a unique opp<span class="author-g-o9fmxuxwgot0mmma">o</span>rtunity to innovate to help people (people before borders, tech beyond borders) and maybe change the debate on issues like universal free open wifi)<span class="author-g-o9fmxuxwgot0mmma">. P</span>lease volunteer some coding / hacking time and help some real people in a different part of the world that are not having a great time right now. This a chance to demonstrate the power of the open, unrestricted internet<span class="author-g-o9fmxuxwgot0mmma">, and the community that such an internet makes possible.</span></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">Come and help us over at #HurricaneHackers! Start here: <span class=" url"><a data-mce-href="http://hurricanehackers.com/" data-mce-style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;" href="http://hurricanehackers.com/" style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;">http://hurricanehackers.com/</a></span> | Then read the HH-Projects list here: <span class=" url"><a data-mce-href="http://bit.ly/hh-projects-read" data-mce-style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;" href="http://bit.ly/hh-projects-read" style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;">http://bit.ly/hh-projects-read</a></span> | lulz: <span class=" url"><a data-mce-href="http://brownbag.me:9001/p/sandylulz" data-mce-style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;" href="http://brownbag.me:9001/p/sandylulz" style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;">http://brownbag.me:9001/p/sandylulz</a></span> | tunes: <span class=" url"><a data-mce-href="http://turntable.fm/hurricane_jammin" data-mce-style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;" href="http://turntable.fm/hurricane_jammin" style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;">http://turntable.fm/hurricane_jammin</a></span> | follow us @hurricanehackrs. Also: Join or organize a Sandy CrisisCamp this weekend: <span class=" url"><a data-mce-href="http://crisiscommons.org/2012/10/30/sandycrisiscamp/" data-mce-style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;" href="http://crisiscommons.org/2012/10/30/sandycrisiscamp/" style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;">http://crisiscommons.org/2012/10/30/sandycrisiscamp/</a></span></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">If you are in NYC are looking for space to work with power, heat, and wifi, check out <span class=" url"><a data-mce-href="https://sandycoworking.crowdmap.com/" data-mce-style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;" href="https://sandycoworking.crowdmap.com/" style="color: #ee6600; text-decoration: none;">https://sandycoworking.crowdmap.com/</a></span> and the#sandycoworking hashtag on Twitter. Many of NYC's co-working spaces were damaged, so the need for work space is urgent. Updates on the broader NY Tech community response can be found at www.nytechresponds.org.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106805294315067490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597629765153812231.post-43866078234166096052012-11-01T09:56:00.001-07:002012-11-01T11:14:59.566-07:00Hackers Unite! Help #Sandy Victims. Join #HurricaneHackers on irc.freenode.net and follow @hurricanehackrs on twitter<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid389">
<span class="">Hey all,</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid390">
<span class="">Sandy
is a major storm, previously a hurricane, that has caused extensive
flooding, power and transportation outages, and physical damage to the
US East Coast and Caribbean. More than 100 deaths have been linked to
the storm. You can see an overview of what is going on in NYC here: </span><span class=" url"><a href="http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy-nyc">http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy-nyc</a></span></div>
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<span class="">So
essentially, over 100,000 people in Lower Manhattan are without power,
and will likely not have it back up for a few days. In order to stay
informed as the situation changes, and to keep in touch with loved
ones, they will need a way to communicate with their laptops and
phones.</span></div>
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<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid610">
<span class="">We are innovating </span><span class="author-g-o9fmxuxwgot0mmma">rapidly to create</span><span class=""> tools </span><span class="author-g-o9fmxuxwgot0mmma">built and deployed</span><span class="">
using Heroku, Twillio, Human.io, google docs, google maps, crowdmaps --
pretty much anything we can get our hands on. This effort is being
spearheaded by the </span><span class=" url"><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/">http://civic.mit.edu/</a></span><span class="">
to help make services and connect tech people with people in need on
the ground. A lot of interesting things are happening in the wake of
this natural disaster: </span><span class=" url"><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3002598/sandy-prompts-louder-calls-free-wi-fi">http://www.fastcompany.com/3002598/sandy-prompts-louder-calls-free-wi-fi</a></span></div>
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<span class="">This is a unique opp</span><span class="author-g-o9fmxuxwgot0mmma">o</span><span class="">rtunity
to innovate to help people (people before borders, tech beyond
borders) and maybe change the debate on issues like universal free open
wifi)</span><span class="author-g-o9fmxuxwgot0mmma">. P</span><span class="">lease
volunteer some coding / hacking time and help some real people in a
different part of the world that are not having a great time right now.
This a chance to demonstrate the power of the open, unrestricted
internet</span><span class="author-g-o9fmxuxwgot0mmma">, and the community that such an internet makes possible.</span></div>
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<span class="">Come and help us over at #HurricaneHackers! Start here: </span><span class=" url"><a href="http://hurricanehackers.com/">http://hurricanehackers.com/</a></span><span class=""> | Then read the HH-Projects list here: </span><span class=" url"><a href="http://bit.ly/hh-projects-read">http://bit.ly/hh-projects-read</a></span><span class=""> | lulz: </span><span class=" url"><a href="http://brownbag.me:9001/p/sandylulz">http://brownbag.me:9001/p/sandylulz</a></span><span class=""> | tunes: </span><span class=" url"><a href="http://turntable.fm/hurricane_jammin">http://turntable.fm/hurricane_jammin</a></span><span class=""> | follow us @hurricanehackrs. Also: Join or organize a Sandy CrisisCamp this weekend: </span><span class=" url"><a href="http://crisiscommons.org/2012/10/30/sandycrisiscamp/">http://crisiscommons.org/2012/10/30/sandycrisiscamp/</a></span></div>
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<span class="">If you are in NYC are looking for space to work with power, heat, and wifi, check out </span><span class=" url"><a href="https://sandycoworking.crowdmap.com/">https://sandycoworking.crowdmap.com/</a></span><span class="">
and the#sandycoworking hashtag on Twitter. Many of NYC's co-working
spaces were damaged, so the need for work space is urgent. Updates on
the broader NY Tech community response can be found at
www.nytechresponds.org.</span></div>
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<span class="">Please share this post far and wide!</span></div>
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<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid870">
<span class="">#HurricaneHackers</span></div>
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<span class="">@hurricanehackrs</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106805294315067490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597629765153812231.post-52809213781940040802012-10-29T11:51:00.001-07:002012-10-29T17:58:07.239-07:00Sukey Team Making a Mashup for #Sandy<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid75">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">To all that asked if <a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Sukey" rel="hashtag" target="_blank"><span>#</span>Sukey</a> can be used for crisis mapping, I guess we're about to find out. sukey[dot]<a href="mailto:org@gmail.com" target="_blank">org@gmail.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Sandy" rel="hashtag" target="_blank"><span>#</span>Sandy</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23NYC" rel="hashtag" target="_blank"><span>#</span>NYC</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23maptivism" rel="hashtag" target="_blank"><span>#</span>maptivism</a><br clear="all" />
This is a shoutout to all techies that support <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23sukey" target="_blank">#sukey</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/sukeyio" rel="user" target="_blank"><span>@</span>sukeyio</a> please get over to http://irc.lc/freenode/hurricanehackers and signup to collaborate on code for #hurricanehackers projects here: <a href="https://t.co/I13TvY2R" rel="url" target="_blank">bit.ly/hh-projects</a> </span><br />
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio"> </span><br />
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Aim</span><br />
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">===</span><br />
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio"><span class="message"><span class="content">Wise words from a friend: </span></span></span><br />
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio"><span class="message"><span class="content">"</span></span></span><br />
JFYI, there are a lot of mapping efforts underway; it might make more sense to help with analysis on one of the other mapping projects -- I assume standby task force, for instance, has one going.<br />
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio"><span class="message"><span class="content">" </span></span></span><br />
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio"><span class="message"><span class="content"><br /></span></span></span>
W<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio"><span class="message"><span class="content">ill be using geoJSON and will provide feeds in / out support to facillitate integration with other projects. Also revisioning the geoJSON through git / github. Make a quick OSM map with overlays containing content which reflects thr structure of the standard #Hashtag conventions here</span></span> </span><br />
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio"> </span><br />
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Who</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid292">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">===</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid293">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio"><collaborators add your name here></span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid319">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">samuelcarlisle@gmail.com/ pgp: 0x54828CAA / twitter: @samthetechie</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid321">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">sukey.org@gmail.com / twitter: @sukeyio</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid295">
<br /></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid296">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">What</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid297">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">====</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid298">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Based on sukey.io / sukey.org</span></div>
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<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid75">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Who</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid292">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">===</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid293">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio"><collaborators add your name here></span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid319">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">samuelcarlisle@gmail.com/ pgp: 0x54828CAA / twitter: @samthetechie</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid321">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">sukey.org@gmail.com / twitter: @sukeyio</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid295">
<br /></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid296">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">What</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid297">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">====</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid298">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Based on sukey.io / sukey.org</span></div>
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<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid300">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Key Technologies:</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid301">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Client Side {JS, HTML, CSS, Leaflet.js using geoJSON}</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid302">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Server Side {Python, Human.io}</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid303">
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<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid304">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Where</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid305">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">====</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid318">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">New York City, USA</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid307">
<br /></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid289">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Why</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid288">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">===</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid290">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">People before borders. Tech beyond borders. We need to help.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid95">
</div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid291">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">How</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid286">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">===</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid285">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Make a Mashup which uses open data standards (with feeds available to be plugged into and out of other services) </span><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="https://github.com/sukey/webapp">https://github.com/sukey/webapp</a></span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid99">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio"> </span><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="https://github.com/sukey/map">https://github.com/sukey/map</a></span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid283">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">N.B
these are both really early repositories on github. I need to get a
good few hours hacking on to make them usable. Need to travel home
first from the hackspace and then get down to it.</span></div>
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<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid277">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Research</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid281">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">======</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid282">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Twitter microformats: </span><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://epic.cs.colorado.edu/?page_id=125">http://epic.cs.colorado.edu/?page_id=125</a></span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid138">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">BB: </span><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/10/29/googles-hurricane-sandy-cris.html">http://boingboing.net/2012/10/29/googles-hurricane-sandy-cris.html</a></span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid165">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Open Data NYC: </span><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="https://data.cityofnewyork.us/browse?q=flood&sortBy=relevance">https://data.cityofnewyork.us/browse?q=flood&sortBy=relevance</a></span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid187">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Google Crisis Map: </span><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy">http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy</a></span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid206">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Google Crisis Map NYC </span><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy-nyc">http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy-nyc</a></span></div>
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<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">copy-pasta links / dumping ground (todo: meta sort and tag in delicious +++)</span></div>
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<li><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=e65683e9e013825d&hl=en&gl=GB&source=web">http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=e65683e9e013825d&hl=en&gl=GB&source=web</a></span></li>
</ul>
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<li><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/wall-street-makes-plans-to-open-monday-even-as-sandy-bears-down_774362.html">http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/wall-street-makes-plans-to-open-monday-even-as-sandy-bears-down_774362.html</a></span></li>
</ul>
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<li><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/AP03cbe7a14aba48469943103489e10e83.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/AP03cbe7a14aba48469943103489e10e83.html</a></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid29">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://epic.cs.colorado.edu/?page_id=125">http://epic.cs.colorado.edu/?page_id=125</a></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid30">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121029/new-york-city/coned-mulls-power-shutdown-lower-manhattan-as-hurricane-sandy-arrives">http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121029/new-york-city/coned-mulls-power-shutdown-lower-manhattan-as-hurricane-sandy-arrives</a></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid31">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Tracking_Hurricane_Sandy_2">http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Tracking_Hurricane_Sandy_2</a></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid32">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://gis.nyc.gov/oem/he/index.htm">http://gis.nyc.gov/oem/he/index.htm</a></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid33">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid300">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Key Technologies:</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid301">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Client Side {JS, HTML, CSS, Leaflet.js using geoJSON}</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid302">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Server Side {Python, Human.io}</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid303">
<br /></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid304">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Where</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid305">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">====</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid318">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">New York City, USA</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid307">
<br /></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid289">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Why</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid288">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">===</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid290">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">People before borders. Tech beyond borders. We need to help.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid95">
</div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid291">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">How</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid286">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">===</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid285">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Make a Mashup which uses open data standards (with feeds available to be plugged into and out of other services) </span><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="https://github.com/sukey/webapp">https://github.com/sukey/webapp</a></span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid99">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio"> </span><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="https://github.com/sukey/map">https://github.com/sukey/map</a></span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid283">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">N.B
these are both really early repositories on github. I need to get a
good few hours hacking on to make them usable. Need to travel home
first from the hackspace and then get down to it.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid278">
<br /></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid277">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Research</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid281">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">======</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid282">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Twitter microformats: </span><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://epic.cs.colorado.edu/?page_id=125">http://epic.cs.colorado.edu/?page_id=125</a></span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid138">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">BB: </span><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/10/29/googles-hurricane-sandy-cris.html">http://boingboing.net/2012/10/29/googles-hurricane-sandy-cris.html</a></span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid165">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Open Data NYC: </span><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="https://data.cityofnewyork.us/browse?q=flood&sortBy=relevance">https://data.cityofnewyork.us/browse?q=flood&sortBy=relevance</a></span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid187">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Google Crisis Map: </span><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy">http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy</a></span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid206">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">Google Crisis Map NYC </span><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy-nyc">http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy-nyc</a></span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid46">
<br /></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid274">
<span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio">copy-pasta links / dumping ground (todo: meta sort and tag in delicious +++)</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid26">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=e65683e9e013825d&hl=en&gl=GB&source=web">http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=e65683e9e013825d&hl=en&gl=GB&source=web</a></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid27">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/wall-street-makes-plans-to-open-monday-even-as-sandy-bears-down_774362.html">http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/wall-street-makes-plans-to-open-monday-even-as-sandy-bears-down_774362.html</a></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid28">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/AP03cbe7a14aba48469943103489e10e83.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/AP03cbe7a14aba48469943103489e10e83.html</a></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid29">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://epic.cs.colorado.edu/?page_id=125">http://epic.cs.colorado.edu/?page_id=125</a></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid30">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121029/new-york-city/coned-mulls-power-shutdown-lower-manhattan-as-hurricane-sandy-arrives">http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121029/new-york-city/coned-mulls-power-shutdown-lower-manhattan-as-hurricane-sandy-arrives</a></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid31">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Tracking_Hurricane_Sandy_2">http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Tracking_Hurricane_Sandy_2</a></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid32">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="author-g-g3y255fe19z122zy0oio url"><a href="http://gis.nyc.gov/oem/he/index.htm">http://gis.nyc.gov/oem/he/index.htm</a></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid33">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106805294315067490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597629765153812231.post-14814954211896301532012-10-20T00:14:00.001-07:002012-10-22T05:38:30.704-07:00SUKEY PRESS RELEASE 8am Oct 20th. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid200">
<h2>
</h2>
</div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid201">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EWxcLTJqHbY/UIJr7hsYOlI/AAAAAAAAPjk/ZnwzidsVUNo/s1600/screenshot.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh3.ggpht.com/-EWxcLTJqHbY/UIJr7hsYOlI/AAAAAAAAPjk/ZnwzidsVUNo/s1600/screenshot.png" width="111" /></a></div>
<h3>
<span class="">Introducing Sukey 3 aka. </span><span class=" url"><a href="http://sukey.io/">http://sukey.io</a></span></h3>
</div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid202">
<span class="">Happy 20 October! Have a great march today. New version of Sukey (v. 3.0), the web app that keeps demonstrators safe, mobile and informed, goes live at 11am in solidarity with London's #Oct20 anti-austerity march.</span><br />
<span class="">Sukey.io is a new platform which is designed to </span><span class=""><span class="">keep demonstrators safe, mobile and informed and </span>we hope will spur on previously </span><span class="b"><b>unprecedented levels of collaboration</b></span><span class=""> and </span><span class="b"><b>truly international digital participation</b></span><span class=""> </span><span class="b"><b>and gestures of solidarity </b></span><span class="">during demonstrations, the world over.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid207">
<h3>
<span class="">Our Aim. </span></h3>
</div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid210">
<span class="">What
we hope is that people will engage with this framework and start using
Sukey.io to support each other at the demo by completing 'microtasks',
much like Amazon's Mechnical Turk Service (i.e. small digital tasks
like tagging a photo or linking to a tweet) in order to help the people
on the ground combat issues such as Police Brutality, Kettling,
Excessive State Surveillance to name a few but also to have some fun by
rating our favourite banners and protest signs and sharing our
favourite chants or quotes from the day with each other online.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid211">
<br /></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid212">
<span class="">What
have we learnt over the last few years? Over the years we have learnt
that the best opportunities for making these key observations are on
the ground, in the streets, where these things are actually happening.
Furthermore we have learnt that it can be so valuable when people on
the ground have tactical support online i.e. support from those with a
different perspective- outside the demonstration (with a large computer
screen and a cup of tea no doubt!). </span><span class="b"><b>So we want to connect these two groups </b></span><span class="">and help them keep an ongoing dialogue going.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid213">
<br /></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid214">
<span class="">So
we made you a webapp on which we have been working really hard in
order to make the best app we can with the limited resources that we
have- we really hope you like it. :) It is designed to make it easier
to use Sukey on the move, even though the signal is not that great and
the internet can often be slow.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid215">
<br /></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid216">
<span class="">Lastly,
there are also ways in which people can support a demonstration,
wherever they are in the world by helping to verify information coming
out from the protest by searching and using datasets (e.g. twitter,
twitpic, google street view and google maps searches). By participating
you can help solve a real need of people on the ground. For example
some groups of people will take photos of banners and placards, while
some others rate them. Some people will observe which roads have been
closed or are slow to travel down and report them as such while will
suggest alternative routes.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid217">
<br /></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid218">
<h3>
<span class="">Introduction / Theory</span></h3>
</div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid221">
<span class="">Sukey.io,
in concept, could be viewed as a sequence of Stimulus:Response
mappings which have been devised in order to help demonstrators
collaborate effectively during a demonstration.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid222">
<span class="">Example:</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid223">
<span class="">Stimulus0: We find a tweet online which says "there is a kettle forming on Whitehall, OMG, get out of there!"</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid224">
<span class="">Response0:
We launch a localised (to whitehall's co-ordinates and the immediate
locality) micro questionnaire which simply asks: "Is there a Kettle
here?" and can you take a photo of it?</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid225">
<span class="">Stimulus1: We receive photos and verification of the fact that the kettle is on</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid226">
<span class="">Response1: We can then faithfully tweet out a report that the kettle is indeed happening.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid39">
<br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106805294315067490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597629765153812231.post-22707550807717146102012-10-16T19:35:00.001-07:002012-10-16T19:35:35.699-07:00Introducing Sukey 3 aka. http://sukey.io<h2>
</h2>
Sukey.io is a new platform which we hope will spur on previously <b>unprecedented levels of collaboration</b> and <b>truly international digital participation</b> <b>and gestures of solidarity </b>during demonstrations, the world over.<br />
<br />
<h3>
Our Aim. </h3>
What we hope is that people will engage with this framework and start using Sukey.io to support each other at the demo by completing 'microtasks', much like Amazon's Mechnical Turk Service (i.e. small digital tasks like tagging a photo or linking to a tweet) in order to help the people on the ground combat issues such as Police Brutality, Kettling, Excessive State Surveillance to name a few but also to have some fun by rating our favourite banners and protest signs and sharing our favourite chants or quotes from the day with each other online.<br />
<br />
<h3>
What have we learnt over the last few years?</h3>
Over the years we have learnt that the best opportunities for making these key observations are on the ground, in the streets, where these things are actually happening. Furthermore we have learnt that it can be so valuable when people on the ground have tactical support online i.e. support from those with a different perspective- outside the demonstration (with a large computer screen and a cup of tea no doubt!). <b>So we want to connect these two groups </b>and help them keep an ongoing dialogue going.<br />
<br />
<h3>
Having the Right Tools for the Job</h3>
This is why it is so important that you, the protestor, have good tools to work with. Because you need to collect the first-hand source materiel data that makes this whole thing work!<br />
We are talking:<br />
<br />
*Android Phone<br />
*Spare Batteries (boughtly cheaperly off Ebay)<br />
*A full list to come In our comic / journal.<br />
<br />
<br />
So we made you a webapp on which we have been working really hard in order to make the best app we can with the limited resources that we have- we really hope you like it. :) It is designed to make it easier to use Sukey on the move, even though the signal is not that great and the internet can often be slow.<br />
<br />
<br />
Lastly, there are also ways in which people can support a demonstration, wherever they are in the world by helping to verify information coming out from the protest by searching and using datasets (e.g. twitter, twitpic, google street view and google maps searches). By participating you can help solve a real need of people on the ground. For example some groups of people will take photos of banners and placards, while some others rate them. Some people will observe which roads have been closed or are slow to travel down and report them as such while will suggest alternative routes.<br />
<br />
<h3>
Introduction / Theory</h3>
Sukey.io, in concept, could be viewed as a sequence of Stimulus:Response mappings which have been devised in order to help demonstrators collaborate effectively during a demonstration.<br />
Example:<br />
Stimulus0: We find a tweet online which says "there is a kettle forming on Whitehall, OMG, get out of there!"<br />
Response0: We launch a localised (to whitehall's co-ordinates and the immediate locality) micro questionnaire which simply asks: "Is there a Kettle here?" and can you take a photo of it?<br />
Stimulus1: We receive photos and verification of the fact that the kettle is on<br />
Response1: We can then faithfully tweet out a report that the kettle is indeed happening.<br />
<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106805294315067490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597629765153812231.post-39287568152229684072012-10-12T18:31:00.002-07:002012-10-12T18:31:50.026-07:00Sukey 3 ALPHA for #globalnoise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are very proud to announce Sukey3 ALPHA for #globalnoise 2pm to 5pm stay-tuned for details on how to connect #sukey #sukeyio :)<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106805294315067490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597629765153812231.post-53562638323550717762012-10-12T05:48:00.001-07:002012-10-12T05:49:21.028-07:00How now, brown cow?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<h3>
Where did Sukey come from? </h3>
It was dubbed 'the anti-kettling app' and received international media attention in 2011. It attempts to keep people safe mobile and informed during a demonstration. We achieve this by promoting collaboration between people on the demo that are using Sukey, and people not at the demo via social networking, to share reports and observations which can be independently verified by a team inside and outside the demo (some are on the ground) and then broadcast back to the entire crowd. We believe in information for information's sake and try to introduce as little 'editorial bias' in rebroadcasting as possible. We also produced a map showing where the police were kettling protestors so that people had a better sense of what was going on.<br />
<h3>
Where are we going?</h3>
The information flows are now more dynamic and interesting as we enter into the 3rd generation of the app and we can now engage thousands of people from all around the world who may just simply watching the demo at home or from work, using social media or live-streams, to help the people on the ground by preforming 'mechanical-turk-esque' micro tasks. These are small digital tasks which may involve adding or correcting waypoints on a map, taking photos (on the ground), rating a photo, tagging a photo, doing a google search, voting on the perceived veracity of a piece of information or looking on google street view to help find things. This is all very exciting and I would ask those interested to get in touch to help us BETA. Email: sukey.org@gmail.com twitter: @sukeyio<br />
<h3>
Connecting People</h3>
It is really interesting and important to connect people at a given demonstation
with people not at the demonstration and give a 'loose-knit collective of clicktivists'
something to do in order to help the demonstrators in a tangible way.
This will lead to compelling stories of collaboration between people
from all over the world who identify with the struggle of fellow people
from other countries who are being silenced, coerced and beaten for
peacefully protesting against their states. Even better when these stories are received and read by the people that were helped, then those in the countries that were helped will turn around and return the favour when the time comes. So we want to be the first group to really pay it forwards and start helping people to stay well informed at demonstrations and see if we can start a trend which will help all people collaborate to facilitate peaceful protest in this digital age.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106805294315067490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597629765153812231.post-80979843182445464292012-10-06T09:04:00.002-07:002012-10-06T13:25:37.892-07:00What is Sukey?<div>
<div>
People that study technology often fail to remember
to study people. Folks get so wrapped up and enamoured with the data,
and so alienated from the people doing the work that human practice
often gets ignored. Re-inscribing the "human" into technology is
extremely important...lest we fall into the trap of "there is no
alternative." </div>
The Sukey project speaks to a number of theoretical problems with
which we grapple when thinking about technology: the agency of software,
the production of space, the possibility of reconfiguring existing
capitalist technologies for purposes of resistance, and community
organizing through emerging media channels. Sukey is also inherently
geographic and does work to expose the often largely invisible tactics
of the state to dominate spaces of protest.</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
So it appears that the Sukey app and our team are
sort of a unique case.<br />
When we bemoan and
lament technology's role in oppression and governmental regimes, the
question we often ask ourselves is, "How could this be done
'differently'?" Some may ask the same question regarding geoweb
technology: "What could be done to make geoweb applications more
egalitarian? You make it sound as though capital domination is a
foregone conclusion." The first step toward changing that is imagining a
different possibility.</div>
<div>
</div>
I was recently told by a friend that Sukey is regarded
by some as a counter-example to "the corporate-state nexus owns and
manipulates social media and other technology" in the geoweb field.
Thanks guys!<br />
<div>
</div>
<div>
Source: Adapted from an Email from Josef Eckert </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106805294315067490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597629765153812231.post-84421354954660385662012-10-05T22:49:00.002-07:002012-10-05T23:08:26.433-07:00Sukey.io helps you have fun during the protests and, on the way, keep each other safe, mobile and informed.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Micro-apps are frequently updated and change based on your location so keep checking Sukey.io during the protest to see what's new!<br />
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Get in touch if you want to help us test the ALPHA release.<br />
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/sukeyio" target="_blank">@sukeyio</a> on twitter</li>
<li>sukey.org@gmail.com</li>
<li><a href="http://sukey.io/" target="_blank">http://sukey.io/</a></li>
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Sukey.io is proudly <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html">agpl-3.0</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106805294315067490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597629765153812231.post-85152442746741038632011-03-09T10:22:00.000-08:002011-03-09T13:22:08.055-08:00Sukey De Verdieping Talk, Amsterdam 2011: Post 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Plzhc5sakE8/TXfu7te1rSI/AAAAAAAAACM/qEMjRh-rwC4/s1600/sukeyflyer_9-3-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Plzhc5sakE8/TXfu7te1rSI/AAAAAAAAACM/qEMjRh-rwC4/s640/sukeyflyer_9-3-11.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />
A quick flyer I've put together for our talk tonight!<br />
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Get the flyer here: <a href="http://bit.ly/SukeyFlyer">http://bit.ly/SukeyFlyer</a><br />
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And look at our slide show here: <a href="http://bit.ly/SukeySlideShow">http://bit.ly/SukeySlideShow</a><br />
We've even got wallpaper:<br />
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</ul>-Gaffen (from the Sukey suit)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597629765153812231.post-53632414988084810482011-03-08T11:43:00.000-08:002012-10-22T04:33:54.379-07:00Sukey De Verdieping Talk, Amsterdam 2011: Post 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week Sukey has been visiting Amsterdam; a group of us have been invited over in order to give a talk at a regular conference hosted by <a href="http://www.trouwamsterdam.nl/en/">Trouw Amsterdam</a> called <a href="http://www.trouwamsterdam.nl/en/de-verdieping/">De Verdieping</a>. <a href="http://www.trouwamsterdam.nl/en/">Trouw</a> (from <a href="http://www.trouwamsterdam.nl/en/">their website</a>) looks like one of several interesting spaces located around Amsterdam. Located in an old newspaper printing mill, they have a <a href="http://www.trouwamsterdam.nl/en/restaurant/">restaurant</a>, <a href="http://www.trouwamsterdam.nl/en/club/">club</a>, <a href="http://www.trouwamsterdam.nl/en/de-verdieping/">Venue for cultural discussion and debate</a>, <a href="http://www.trouwamsterdam.nl/en/mevr-trouw/">exhibition space</a>, and <a href="http://www.trouwamsterdam.nl/en/trouwens/">magazine</a>. Sounds pretty bloody cool!<br />
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Amsterdam is a beautiful city on several levels. It's beautifully designed, the bicycle system is integrated into the cities' structure in a way I don't think is even possible in London - rather that being pushed to the kerb and generally ignored (mostly) like they are in London, they have dedicated lanes on almost <b>every</b> road and seem to be seen in a similar light to those driving cars.<br />
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By far the most impressive at this point has been the Central Library, and the attitude towards libraries in Amsterdam. If you live in the UK I'm sure you're aware of the terrible things being done to the <a href="http://laca.org.uk/2011/02/05/new-cross-library-occupied-by-anti-cuts-campaigners/">funding of libraries</a>. I am currently blogging from this most amazing of spaces:<i> </i><br />
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<i><a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openbare_Bibliotheek_Amsterdam">The Openbare Centrale Bibliotheek Amsterdam</a></i> is the largest public library in Europe, and possibly also the best. It has 10 floors - we have been working on stuff for Sukey for most of the day from floor 5 - it is fully networked, they have public iMacs for visitors, ergonomically designed workspaces from people on their own or in groups, and a full blown, affordable restaurant on the top floor where you can choose from a variety of incredibly tasty and healthy foodstuffs.<br />
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Essentially it's about the most productive environment in which I have ever been.<br />
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Student fees for university courses used to be non-existent, but now cost €1,713 from <a href="http://www.vu.nl/en/">Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam</a>. The people are welcoming, friendly and love Londoners. We're having a fantastic time here!<br />
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-Gaffen (from the Sukey Suit)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597629765153812231.post-14802090769587274192011-02-03T05:55:00.000-08:002011-02-14T06:07:00.888-08:00Sukey has made sleep a distant memory...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W74v35LW-zI/TVk0xV92CSI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/Qjuv9T-PfLg/s1600/The-Sukey-team-007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="192" width="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W74v35LW-zI/TVk0xV92CSI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/Qjuv9T-PfLg/s320/The-Sukey-team-007.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I've had so little sleep recently.<br />
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Sukey has officially arrived, I believe. Today we were featured in the Guardian, I was pleasantly surprised to discover we got four pages!<br />
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I'm truly happy, happier than I've been in some time.<br />
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<a href="http://mattsdeadcat.blogspot.com/2011/02/sukey-has-made-sleep-distant-memory.html">Original Post by Matt</a><br />
Shamelessly clipped and edited by samthetechieUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597629765153812231.post-47761761347267634782011-02-03T00:16:00.000-08:002011-02-14T07:17:11.140-08:00New Website: Sukey.org<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="320" height="195" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Knv_cHulX9Q" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <br />
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<a href="http://www.sukey.org/">www.sukey.org</a><br />
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Hi everyone,<br />
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It's been a busy few days for us at team Sukey, we've been working very hard on several new things - one of which is our new website layout; we thought we'd do a little spring cleaning. Ok, so it's not spring yet. But we couldn't resist! Truth is we couldn't resist the lure of another all-nighter for all the tasty click-throughs from the article about us in the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/feb/02/inside-anti-kettling-hq">Guardian</a>. So here's the result - *drumroll* - tadaa!<br />
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Top of the list right now for us is tidying up the source code and getting it open to the public on GitHub as soon as possible. We're tightening bolts and battening down the hatches, so keep an eye out!<br />
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We're also working on some little surprises for you and some new video coming soon. Watch out for our full introduction to Sukey and its' features, as well as details of how it works.<br />
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Stay safe everyone, expect more soon. We're aiming to get Sukey 2.0: Electric Boogaloo ready for a special event ahead of the March 26th demo. It promises to be lots of fun and we hope to see you there!<br />
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xoxoxox<br />
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Gaffen from the Sukey TeamUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597629765153812231.post-7526836949565598992011-01-28T07:19:00.000-08:002011-02-14T07:21:54.009-08:00Interactive Sukey Tutorial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://sukey.org/tutorial" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hA1iR1kUax4/TVlH-idS-5I/AAAAAAAAAA0/gvIXZK7xoWs/s400/SukeyTutorial.png" width="400" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597629765153812231.post-7152389790643922052011-01-25T07:15:00.000-08:002011-02-14T07:18:57.369-08:00Say hello to Susan Keys, your friendly guardian for non-violent demonstration!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2oDsGptP6zk/TVlHLS8mlxI/AAAAAAAAAAs/2SKNM0Aa3LM/s1600/SukeyLogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="213" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2oDsGptP6zk/TVlHLS8mlxI/AAAAAAAAAAs/2SKNM0Aa3LM/s400/SukeyLogo.jpg" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0