Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Reminder: BLU Desktop GNU/Linux SIG Meeting - When Peer Production Succeeds (Mako) - Weds, May 1, 2013

When: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 6:30PM

Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA ­

Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html

Notes

1) Please note the location is different from our
standard MIT meeting location.

2) Akamai has generously agreed to provide space
and 'free as in food' for this meeting.
Thank you to our sponsor!
http://www.akamai.com/

Summary

When Peer Production Succeeds
presented by Benjamin Mako Hill

Abstract

Why do some free software and
free culture projects succeed where
others fail?

Hear Benjamin Mako Hill speak on a
topic he has researched extensively.
If you are involved in a free software,
"open source," or free culture project,
or simply want to know how they
succeed (and why they sometimes
don't), this is an amazing presentation
you won't want to miss.

Hill will refer to research on free software
and free culture communities and suggest
that the ideal of peer production is only
rarely realized. He will show how
free software, and free culture, only
very rarely look like their poster children:
the Linux kernels and the Wikipedias.

Hill will present some of his research
comparing failed free culture projects
to successes to both suggest a
methodology, and a potential set of
answers, in order to answer the question:
Why do peer production projects
like Wikipedia work?

Hill will suggest, and try to show, that by
learning from our failures, instead of
ignoring or sweeping them under the rug,
we can make both free culture advocacy
and free culture practice more effective.

Presentation Outline

-- What is peer production?
-- How does peer production work?
e.g. in cases like Wikipedia
-- Why does peer production work?
-- Study peer production failures
-- Learn about peer production success
-- Q&A with Benjamin Mako Hill

About Our Speaker

Benjamin Mako Hill (http://mako.cc/) is a
scholar, activist, and consultant working on
issues of technology and society.

He is currently a researcher and
PhD candidate in a joint program
between the MIT Sloan School of
Management and the MIT Media Lab,
a fellow at the Berkman Center for
Internet and Society, and a Research
Fellow at the MIT Center for Civic Media.

His research focuses on sociological
analyses of social structure in
free culture and free software communities.

Hill has been a leader, developer, and
contributor to the Free and Open Source
Software community for more than a decade
as part of the Debian and Ubuntu projects.
He is the author of several best-selling
technical books, and a member of the
Free Software Foundation board of
directors. He is an advisor to the
Wikimedia Foundation and the
One Laptop per Child project.

Hill has a Masters degree from the
MIT Media Lab.

Transportation & Parking

The Akamai office is a short walk from the Kendall
Square T stop and other public transportation.

Metered parking should be available near our
location.

More Events & Announcements

International Day Against DRM, Fri May 3
The FSF will deliver a petition to the W3C
demanding that they turn down a proposal
to build DRM support into the fabric of
the Web. The campaign is being dubbed
"We don't want the Hollyweb."

For the petition delivery, we're going to be
delivering an Oscar to the W3C, to poke
some fun at their potential collusion with
Big Media. And we won't stop there;
we've got a red carpet, and we're all going
to dress like movie stars! The more of you
that can come and help us class up the
joint, the better.

We're going to meet at 2:00 PM at MIT
in Cambridge, exact location TBA.
If you'd like to come, please email
campaigns@fsf.org.

Sign the petition here:
http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

BLU Desktop GNU/Linux SIG Meeting - When Peer Production Succeeds (Mako) - Weds, May 1, 2013

When: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 6:30PM

Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA ­

Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html

Notes

1) Please note the location is different from our
standard MIT meeting location.

2) Akamai has generously agreed to provide space
and 'free as in food' for this meeting.
Thank you to our sponsor!
http://www.akamai.com/

Summary

When Peer Production Succeeds
presented by Benjamin Mako Hill

Abstract

Why do some free software and
free culture projects succeed where
others fail?

Hear Benjamin Mako Hill speak on a
topic he has researched extensively.
If you are involved in a free software,
"open source," or free culture project,
or simply want to know how they
succeed (and why they sometimes
don't), this is an amazing presentation
you won't want to miss.

Hill will refer to research on free software
and free culture communities and suggest
that the ideal of peer production is only
rarely realized. He will show how
free software, and free culture, only
very rarely look like their poster children:
the Linux kernels and the Wikipedias.

Hill will present some of his research
comparing failed free culture projects
to successes to both suggest a
methodology, and a potential set of
answers, in order to answer the question:
Why do peer production projects
like Wikipedia work?

Hill will suggest, and try to show, that by
learning from our failures, instead of
ignoring or sweeping them under the rug,
we can make both free culture advocacy
and free culture practice more effective.

Presentation Outline

-- What is peer production?
-- How does peer production work?
e.g. in cases like Wikipedia
-- Why does peer production work?
-- Study peer production failures
-- Learn about peer production success
-- Q&A with Benjamin Mako Hill

About Our Speaker

Benjamin Mako Hill (http://mako.cc/) is a
scholar, activist, and consultant working on
issues of technology and society.

He is currently a researcher and
PhD candidate in a joint program
between the MIT Sloan School of
Management and the MIT Media Lab,
a fellow at the Berkman Center for
Internet and Society, and a Research
Fellow at the MIT Center for Civic Media.

His research focuses on sociological
analyses of social structure in
free culture and free software communities.

Hill has been a leader, developer, and
contributor to the Free and Open Source
Software community for more than a decade
as part of the Debian and Ubuntu projects.
He is the author of several best-selling
technical books, and a member of the
Free Software Foundation board of
directors. He is an advisor to the
Wikimedia Foundation and the
One Laptop per Child project.

Hill has a Masters degree from the
MIT Media Lab.

Transportation & Parking

The Akamai office is a short walk from the Kendall
Square T stop and other public transportation.

Metered parking should be available near our
location.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Boston Linux Meeting Tomorrow evening, April 17, 2013 - Whirlpools, Maelstroms, and Maytags with Android's Sticks and Chips

When:April 17, 2013 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Whirlpools, Maelstroms, and Maytags with Android's Sticks and Chips
Moderators:
Kurt Keville, Thaumaturgical Engineer,
MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies - kkeville alum mit edu

Brian DeLacey, www.LinuxInTheLivingRoom.com, b delacey / gmail com

Location: MIT Building E51, Room 315


Summary:

Navigating the turbulent headwaters of embedded rapids with real,
working products.

Abstract:

We'll trace the rapid evolution of low-cost, small, fast, energy
efficient devices capable of running Linux. We'll show new Android
devices running as miniTVs, miniPCs and tablets. We'll talk about the
promise of "Instant-on" boot times, 2 watt power profiles, and
supply-response middleware that makes your box unbrickable.

Kurt will share slides showing the embedded revolution as "Moore's Law
on Steroids". Kurt's theory, practice and empirical study segment will
close with one startling prediction: the world leader in compute
energy-efficiency (Green500) will also be the leader in raw compute
performance (TOP500) next year.

Brian will run with some real systems. Bring your own devices!
Demonstrations may include tricking, bricking and short-circuiting NAND.
We'll show devices with the Rockchip RK3066 including Rikomagic's
MK802IIIS 8GB Bluetooth with MK702II wireless Keyboard, the Measy U2C
miniPC with camera, and the UG008 miniPC TV device with ethernet and
WiFi. We'll also show the Allwinner A10 - on the PengStick and PengPod
tablet. We'll close with an x86/ARM cross-compile of Linux and discuss
building the ideal Linux powered miniStick.

Door prizes include O'Reilly's new book "Embedded Android: Porting,
Extending, and Customizing" as well as a Rikomagic miniPC!

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org
Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51
parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St.

After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting
location at The Cambridge Brewing Company
http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90



































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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - Whirlpools, Maelstroms, and Maytags with Android's Sticks and Chips

When:April 17, 2013 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Whirlpools, Maelstroms, and Maytags with Android's Sticks and Chips
Moderators:
Kurt Keville, Thaumaturgical Engineer, MIT Institute for Soldier
Nanotechnologies - kkeville alum mit edu

Brian DeLacey, www.LinuxInTheLivingRoom.com, b delacey / gmail com

Location: MIT Building E51, Room 315


Summary:
Navigating the turbulent headwaters of embedded rapids with real,
working products.

Abstract:

We'll trace the rapid evolution of low-cost, small, fast, energy
efficient devices capable of running Linux. We'll show new Android
devices running as miniTVs, miniPCs and tablets. We'll talk about the
promise of "Instant-on" boot times, 2 watt power profiles, and
supply-response middleware that makes your box unbrickable.

Kurt will share slides showing the embedded revolution as "Moore's Law
on Steroids". Kurt's theory, practice and empirical study segment will
close with one startling prediction: the world leader in compute
energy-efficiency (Green500) will also be the leader in raw compute
performance (TOP500) next year.

Brian will run with some real systems. Bring your own devices!
Demonstrations may include tricking, bricking and short-circuiting NAND.
We'll show devices with the Rockchip RK3066 including Rikomagic's
MK802IIIS 8GB Bluetooth with MK702II wireless Keyboard, the Measy U2C
miniPC with camera, and the UG008 miniPC TV device with ethernet and
WiFi. We'll also show the Allwinner A10 - on the PengStick and PengPod
tablet. We'll close with an x86/ARM cross-compile of Linux and discuss
building the ideal Linux powered miniStick.

Door prizes include O'Reilly's new book "Embedded Android: Porting,
Extending, and Customizing" as well as a Rikomagic miniPC!

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org
Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51
parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St.

After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting
location at The Cambridge Brewing Company
http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90



































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