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...
😎 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/...
... 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 💛🌞
And thanks to ✨ Boris Mann ✨ (@bmann.ca) for being a Tier 1 Network sponsor and champion of our event
Thanks again to Holochain (@Holochain and holochain.org elsewhere) for being a Tier 1 Network sponsor, which allowed us to offer low cost registration and scholarships 🎉
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 📼
Next, we are grateful to our volunteers for making the day possible 🌞🌻💛
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 🌌
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 🌻 🎛 🛠 📡
Brooke stands in front of a slide titles “software unplugged”. In the foreground is a small camera on a tripod
Next up is @expede.wtf talking about #LocalFirstSoftware Check her out on the live “security feed”
www.youtube.com/live/Ps17XZL...
OurNetworks 2024 has started just as IETF120 has wrapped up. We are currently talking about alternative historical networks. Check out the livestream!
Room with a wooden podium in the foreground looking out at black chairs and black and grey tables.
We're almost ready to start! 💫
Projector screen with a black and grey image on it.
Raspberry Pi mounted on a small tripod with a camera attached to the top.
Had some fun testing our streaming setup at our final venue walkthrough earlier today.
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
Michelle Kaczmarek will guide a discussion on computing repair and reuse cultures through the perspective of the 🌿 permacomputing principles 🌿
Bring a device because Joni Schinkel of https://smallfile.ca/ will host an interactive workshop on how to create your own small footprint and small-file web art! 🖼️
Brooklyn Zelenka @expede.wtf will explore the state of local-first software today, what we can learn from successes, and what comes next
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.
Screenshot of VLC software playing a black and white pixelated video
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).
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 📡🛰️
To get you as excited as we are for #ournetworks on Saturday here are the sessions and workshops we have lined up 🌻🌞
See @bmann.ca 's kickoff message 👇🏼 and catch us tonight watching Machines in Flames 🔥💻 there is still time to register: lu.ma/tuvd79a3
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 🌻🌞
🌲 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...
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!
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.
hooray! #othernetworks with #ournetworks!
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/...
🌻🌞 We hope you can join us July 27 in Vancouver, BC: ournetworks.ca#register
🌻🌞 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 📡🛰️