Internet RandoAfter watching all this, *gestures broadly at the software & tech business landscape*
A #localfirst approach is probably the only #sustainable approach to #technology that there is.
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Jeff Miller (orange hatband)@mousey "I know, Brain, but where are we going to find a Radio Shack open at this hour?" (local-first hardware seems dicey)
More seriously, local public libraries and neighborhood community centers feel like good places to organize local-first approaches to information sharing and organization. And the packet radio community, likely.
Jon Udell tried hard for many years to make community calendaring work, and it was tough to keep all the pieces connected. Maybe Portland Oregon has done better than Keene NH or Santa Rosa CA.
But as you say, it's timely to prepare the ground to exit the contended commercial space. It's a tremendous lift for the individual, so community learning is needed. (and here I am on Mastodon, thanks to a distributed team of Twitter exodus helpers, so: prior art?)
@jmeowmeow In lieu of Radio Shack, there are a growing number of e-recyclers in my area, they sell refurbished stuff, it's fun, most of my home lab is e-recycled.
I've built 3 internet-in-a-box(.org) boxes now. One of them is on a recycled ThinkCenter, also shoved in self-updating (apt-)mirrors of Debian, Ubuntu, Mint. The intention is to take to the library and throw a #localfirst installfest. The others are just offline little-free-libraries. I have other plans, but I'm just one guy, y'know?
@mousey Keep being loud and proud about it. I'm between jobs again and this would be a good time for me to remind myself that I live in a locality, and that locality is Seattle, even if it's been decades since I bought electronic project components here.
@jmeowmeow @jonobie oh neat, yeah on another iiab, I put funkwhale, and some music. Everything works, but haven't figured out how to get funkwhale to *read* the music files yet? I'll get back to it at some point*.
(* famous last words)
@mousey Me and the locality wizard for #PixieReport -- any day now (goes back to info snacking...)
Jonobie@jmeowmeow @mousey Yep — and also I did it with a recycled raspberry pi from an old Bsides workshop 😂
I hadn’t thought to look for local tech recyclers, though, that’s a good idea. I’ve been mostly poking around on eBay for stuff like that. (Mostly old kindles recently because I was putting them out in the local physical little library. Sadly no takers yet, what the heck?!)
BRB tho, looking to see what local shops beyond Value Village 🤣 exist!
@jonobie @jmeowmeow If your in the seattle/tukwila area there is Re-PC, which I cannot recommend highly enough, and I think they opened one in federal way. Idk if 3R is still around, they're another.
Its way more than just PC parts, lots of choices for activities!
@mousey @jmeowmeow OOooooooo 👀 Yes!
@Wham - field trip?!? :)
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