social media and rural internet connectivity projects at conkers
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A slideshow (without soundtrack) about a tweetup organized in the heart of the national forest. the first eco and sustainability tweetup at conkers.http://me.dm/link/rural - for the quicktime version with no audio. overdubbed audio version coming soon.TRANSCRIPT
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@philcampbell from me.dmsocial media and rural internet connectivity
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
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@philcampbell from me.dmsocial media and rural internet connectivity
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
basics.★ 36 years young★ i live in derbyshire★ freelance consultant★ adorable daughter (2 and a bit)★ compulsive social networker★ active on the internet for 17+ years★ videoblogger for 3 years ★ build mashups for web 2.0 companies★ daily 10 minute show “audiogravity”★ early adopter on twitter since october 2006★ 20 years + in computing★ utilizing my http://me.dm (blog)★ created the http://ammoboxproject.com★ part launched the http://conkertu.com project
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how it all came about.. . all from twitter.
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★ @hedgewytch suggested me to @zerocredit_uk★ me and emma (@zerocredit_uk) met for coffee★ i melt emmas brain with all things social media about zerocredit★ original idea emma wanted to talk about we never did.★ instead we have coffee again at conkers and decide to do a tweet-up at conkers bringing together sustainability and environmental authoritative people in this space with
★ my mind starts to think about interesting applications for this national forest ambient place on my doorstep.
★ conkertu.com is created★ tumblr is used as free hosting platform for a blog - we build a custom theme for it and start work on a geo media map.
★ crowdsource basic sponsoring, food and conkers agree to allow us to host it donating space and coffee.
★ we do all of this in four weeks.
how it all came about.. . all from twitter.
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the first sustainability/eco uk tweetupin the geographic heart of the national forest.
CONKERTU LAUNCHED 28th November 2k9
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‘a chance redirection on twitter that had me spending four weeks working on the potential to change the
local economy in a rural location by bringing together the local community parishes to crowdsource a fast
fibre connection whilst enabling the parishes to communicate better’
. . erm, what i was actually thinking at the time.
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adam greenfield | http://speedbird.wordpress.comhttp://share.ovi.com/media/nokiaopenlab08.nokiaopenlab08/nokiaopenlab08.10033
'the long here, the big now and other tales of the networked city'
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a video/visual directory for localitygeo tagging and media making.
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so why did i get involved in the project?
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‘it looks like any enemies space weapon from a james bond film with solar panels’
so why did i get involved in the project?
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the search for connectivity ‘dreaming of HD open air theatre’
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connectivity issues hyperlocal but not communicating.
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the great fibre providerWednesday, 9 December 2009
digital inclusion hyperlocally
http://posterous.com
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http://moirafirestation.posterous.com
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raise awareness of local issues
http://moirafirestation.posterous.com
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but why would they want it?
- speed ( most places barely get 1meg)- cost (10 meg up and down - £30) a month- build realtime communities- interactive at conkers- communicate events more often- hyperlocal business directory- realtime ordering, tracking and delivery.
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crowdsourcing the fibre
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http://kickstarter.com - crowdsource fundingWednesday, 9 December 2009
transparent technologyto drive local economy
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what could be done?
- local suppliers from bakers & farmers- local couriers and gps tracking- enhance interactive offering at conkers- network local stores with their promotions- tweet’a’box - arduino based- HD live streaming from outdoor events- provide more bandwidth to local companies
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local small content producersrealtime & hyperlocal
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so what’s next.
- regular meetings with local community- create ‘ranger’ blog presence- international/us kickstarter fibre funding- raise sponsoring for tweetabox @ conkers- speak to bakertweet about equipment- solar powered wireless access points- mockup a portal layout for the locality- find a local baker & farmer to install bakertweet style boxes for tweet testing
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‘all comes down to money’
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‘all comes down to money’
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thanks!★ http://twitter.com/philcampbell★ 07590 602896★ [email protected]★ http://me.dm★ http://me.dm/link/rural [QT]
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