federated social web - diaspora and friendika testing

Hi there,

I'm staying with r7 at the moment here - http://elsmussols.org - which
is great - kind of an ongoing hacktionlab, field, solar 24v set up with
no tat down envisaged.

He's using friendika and getting on well with it. So I'm going to give
it a go. I reckon some of you people should as well as then we could
share thoughts on what bits we like and find useful and things that just
don't really work (useful for the 'tech tools for activism' next edition)

http://friendika.hipatia.net/profile/mickfuzz
this is an open to sign up service..

I'm also trying out diaspora here https://nesc.io/people/583

In theory sharing and friend requests etc work between the two systems
and different pods- and I've had luck in doing this although some things
are easier to do than others.

One think that I'm finding it difficult to do is to send people private
messages between diaspora pods. anyone had any luck with that?

Also - because I'm lazy - what I really want to do is push my status.net
and wordpress stuff to friendika / diaspora - I don't even know if
that's possible. i'm here on that http://indy.im/m3shrom

nice one

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Liverpool LUG meeting with Sebastian Arcus collecting phone compatibility data - Wednesday 7th December 2011

On Wednesday, 7th December 2011, the Liverpool Linux User Group will
be meeting.  This month there is no talk as such, but Sebastian Arcus
will lead us in an effort to acquire data on the compatibility of
bluetooth-enabled mobile phones with the Asterisk free software PBX¹.

Of interest is the functionality of phones operating as a handset, a
phone line, and an SMS sender or receiver.  We will attempt to add as
many rows as possible to the table here:

  http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/chan_mobile

So says Sebastian,

  "What you need to do:

  1. Find, beg, borrow or, err, borrow as many different bluetooth
  enabled mobiles of any sort you can. We mainly need mobiles that
  either don't show on the wiki page above, or the ones which show
  with a question mark and can do with more testing. Even older models
  are important - as this application involves a phone sitting next to
  an Asterisk box and can be plugged into its charger permanently (old
  batteries are not a problem). So if a model proves to be
  particularly suitable - people will go on Ebay and source older
  models or re-use stuff lying around doing nothing.

  2. Bring the mobile with you - including a charger in case it is an
  older mobile which doesn't hold charge very well."

We will meet at the Liverpool Social Centre² at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm
start.  After the data collection efforts, we will venture to Studio 2³
for beverages and further discussion.

Liverpool Social Centre is next door to the News from Nowhere bookshop
on Bold Street⁴.  To access the centre, press the bell for the
basement on the left of the door and someone will come up and let you
in.

A reminder will be sent closer to the date.  See you there 

¹ http://www.asterisk.org/
² http://www.liverpoolsocialcentre.org/
³ http://www.parrstreet.co.uk/STUDIO2/Lounge%20Bar.htm
⁴ http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.402426&lon=-2.976481&zoom=18

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MFS Christmas Party. Madlab. Tues, *13th* December. "MFS: Review of year gone. Discussion on next year."

Please feel free to forward this to those that would welcome it.

The 3rd Tuesday of the Month is very near Christmas and Madlab will be
closed for the Christmas period, so we will have our December 2011
meeting a week earlier, on Tuesday, *13th* December. And so there won't
be an admin and social meeting.

This meeting is our Christmas Party but we will use the opportunity to
review the year gone and discuss next year.

* Discussion: MFS: Review of year gone. Discussion on next year.
* Participants: Michael Dorrington and other interested parties
                                       (hopefully that's you!).

* Location: Madlab. (Manchester Digital Laboratory).
* Address: 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester. M4 1HN.
"(Between Thomas St and the Craft Centre, opposite A Bar Called Common)"
  http://madlab.org.uk/
* Date: Tuesday, *13th* December 2011 (*not* 3rd Tuesday of the month)
* Start time: 19:00
* Finish time: 20:30

Details
-------
The purpose of Manchester Free Software is to promote the Free Software
philosophy. So how did we do in 2011? What can you do in 2012?

Location
--------
The meeting will take place at the usual time (but a week earlier than
normal!), 7pm, at Madlab on Edge Street in the Northern Quarter.
"(Between Thomas St and the Craft Centre, opposite A Bar Called
Common)". The venue provides wifi. The talk is followed by an informal
discussion in the bar opposite (A Place Called Common
<http://www.aplacecalledcommon.co.uk/>).

Transport
---------
Parking: Around the venue there are parking meter bays that become zero
cost after 8pm on Tuesday so you'll have to pay up until then and the
maximum stay is 2 hours BUT MAKE SURE YOU VERIFY THIS. There are paid
parking lots around the venue, the light blue P in this OpenStreetMap
centred on Madlab
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.48427&lon=-2.23652&zoom=15&layers=M>.
A lot of them, perhaps all, are are owned by NCP
<http://www.ncp.co.uk/>. If you can't decide otherwise then park in
Manchester Arndale <http://www.manchesterarndale.com/directions.aspx>.

Public Transport: Manchester Victoria (MCV) train station, Shudehill
tram station and Manchester Piccadilly bus station are all fairly close
to Madlab, see OpenStreetMap centred on Madlab
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.48427&lon=-2.23652&zoom=15&layers=M>.
Manchester Piccadilly (MAN) train station and Manchester Central Coach
Station are not too far either.

Further details at <http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester/2011-12-13>.

More Information
----------------
General information about Manchester Free Software meetings can be found
on our website.

* http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester/Meetings
* http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester/2011-12-13

Lightning Talks
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Reminder: MFS Christmas Party. Madlab. Tues, *13th* December. "MFS: Review of year gone. Discussion on next year."

It's tomorrow (Tuesday 13th).

On 06/12/11 19:35, Michael Dorrington wrote:
> Please feel free to forward this to those that would welcome it.
> 
> The 3rd Tuesday of the Month is very near Christmas and Madlab will be
> closed for the Christmas period, so we will have our December 2011
> meeting a week earlier, on Tuesday, *13th* December. And so there won't
> be an admin and social meeting.
> 
> This meeting is our Christmas Party but we will use the opportunity to
> review the year gone and discuss next year.
> 
> * Discussion: MFS: Review of year gone. Discussion on next year.
> * Participants: Michael Dorrington and other interested parties
>                                        (hopefully that's you!).
> 
> * Location: Madlab. (Manchester Digital Laboratory).
> * Address: 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester. M4 1HN.
> "(Between Thomas St and the Craft Centre, opposite A Bar Called Common)"
>   http://madlab.org.uk/
> * Date: Tuesday, *13th* December 2011 (*not* 3rd Tuesday of the month)
> * Start time: 19:00
> * Finish time: 20:30
> 
> Details
> -------
> The purpose of Manchester Free Software is to promote the Free Software
> philosophy. So how did we do in 2011? What can you do in 2012?
> 
> Location
> --------
> The meeting will take place at the usual time (but a week earlier than
> normal!), 7pm, at Madlab on Edge Street in the Northern Quarter.
> "(Between Thomas St and the Craft Centre, opposite A Bar Called
> Common)". The venue provides wifi. The talk is followed by an informal
> discussion in the bar opposite (A Place Called Common
> <http://www.aplacecalledcommon.co.uk/>).
> 
> Transport
> ---------
> Parking: Around the venue there are parking meter bays that become zero
> cost after 8pm on Tuesday so you'll have to pay up until then and the
> maximum stay is 2 hours BUT MAKE SURE YOU VERIFY THIS. There are paid
> parking lots around the venue, the light blue P in this OpenStreetMap
> centred on Madlab
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.48427&lon=-2.23652&zoom=15&layers=M>.
> A lot of them, perhaps all, are are owned by NCP
> <http://www.ncp.co.uk/>. If you can't decide otherwise then park in
> Manchester Arndale <http://www.manchesterarndale.com/directions.aspx>.
> 
> Public Transport: Manchester Victoria (MCV) train station, Shudehill
> tram station and Manchester Piccadilly bus station are all fairly close
> to Madlab, see OpenStreetMap centred on Madlab
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.48427&lon=-2.23652&zoom=15&layers=M>.
> Manchester Piccadilly (MAN) train station and Manchester Central Coach
> Station are not too far either.
> 
> Further details at <http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester/2011-12-13>.
> 
> More Information
> ----------------
> General information about Manchester Free Software meetings can be found
> on our website.
> 
> * http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester/Meetings
> * http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester/2011-12-13
> 
> Lightning Talks
> ---------------
> If you would like five minutes to tell us about something, please
> contact us at <fsuk-manchester-team@...>.
> 

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Fwd: Help us make LibrePlanet 2012 a success!

As you may know, MFS are part of LibrePlanet, the global free software
community.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Help us make LibrePlanet 2012 a success!
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:16:09 -0500
From: Free Software Foundation <info@...>
Reply-To: Free Software Foundation <info@...>

# Help us make LibrePlanet 2012 a success!

**The dates have been announced for our next conference -- March 24th
and 25th 2012, at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. A call for
papers has also been announced. The conference will include talks from
the FSF staff and board, GNU project contributors, and other members
of the global free software community. I hope you will join us!**

Since 2009, the Free Software Foundation has run an annual conference
in the Boston area for free software developers, activists, and the
FSF's own associate members. This conference grew out of a smaller
members-only event which ran successfully for six years.

The conference has featured many free software luminaries over the
years, including FSF president Richard Stallman, Eben Moglen of the
Freedom Box Foundation and Software Freedom Law Center, EFF co-founder
John Gilmore, GNOME Foundation executive director Karen Sandler,
Jeremy Allison of the Samba project, Selena Deckelmann of PostgreSQL,
Máirín Duffy of Fedora, and veteran GNU developer Rob Savoye.

We are planning the upcoming conference in the midst of our annual
winter fundraiser, the time of year when we work the hardest at
inviting new people to become FSF associate members. Our associate
members are the most important means of financial support for the Free
Software Foundation -- individuals in our community, making a
financial commitment to software freedom. Because we want the
conference to be an opportunity for these free software supporters to
meet each other, our associate members can attend the conference
without charge.

At last year's event, I promised we would make this conference bigger
and better than ever before. As I and the other staff work hard to
bring some of the pioneers of our community together, we are relying
on your contributions to help make the financial aspect of this event
possible, without hanging ugly corporate banners everywhere.

We just need 100 new members, and the conference is paid for entirely.
Funding is necessary for us to provide a comfortable venue, devote
enough staff time to promote it and have it run smoothly, and offer
other features like audio and video recordings of the talks for future use.

* Chip in by becoming an associate member --
<https://my.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom?referrer=9429>

* Already a member? Thank you! If you can, give a gift membership or
three --
<http://www.fsf.org/blogs/membership/this-holiday-season-donate-support-to-free-software>,
or make a one-time donation -- <http://donate.fsf.org>. A gift
membership is especially great if you have a friend who's on the fence
about coming to the conference.

* Finally, please join the mailing list for updates and be the first to
get your ticket for LibrePlanet 2012 --
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Diaspora

Hi folks,

An interesting evening, yesterday - and it was nice meeting people I'd not seen before.

If anyone who isn't allready on it wants an invite to the largest Diaspora* pod (joindiaspora.com) then
please let me know.

If you are already on the system - and we haven't hooked up yet, my ID is: https://joindiaspora.com/u/frogfall

Cheers,

David