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FreedomBox version 0.1 Released (posted 2012-08-27)
I am pleased to announce our first FreedomBox software release.
Summer Hackfest Report (posted 2012-07-12)
Wow. Thanks to everybody who showed up in New York to hack on the FreedomBox and other projects.
NYC Hackfest July 9-12 Before HOPE (posted 2012-06-30)
FreedomBox, OpenITP, InformSec and ISOC-NY have partnered up to host a circumvention tools hackfest in NYC right before HOPE. We've got four days to plan, code and learn! If you want to hack on anti-censorship or anti-surveillance tools, bring your project, bring your skills and bring your friends. This event will be focused on writing code and solving design problems. We won't have any long presentations (there will be enough of those at HOPE), though we will have lightning talks and will give away a door prize or two.
Hackfest Report (posted 2012-02-22)
The FreedomBox Hackfest at Columbia University was a huge success. We hosted 25 people of diverse talents and interests.
FreedomBox Hackfest in NYC on Presidents' Day Weekend (posted 2012-01-25)
We're having a hackfest and you should join us! It's in New York on February 18th, 19th and 20th. There are a lot of places we might make progress.
Announcing Freedombox-Privoxy (posted 2012-01-17)
One thing many people agree the FreedomBox should do is web filtering for privacy and ad-removal. Toward that end, the FreedomBox will act as a web proxy to clean up and protect web traffic.
FreedomBox Wins Ashoka Changemakers Competition (posted 2011-11-29)
The FreedomBox Foundation has won the Ashoka Changemakers Competition in the "Citizen Media" Category! This event was decided by a public vote, which means it was your help that pushed us over the top. Thank you to everybody who voted and helped spread the word. This community continues to work together in amazing ways.
Vote for FreedomBox in Ashoka Changemaker's Competition (posted 2011-11-14)
The FreedomBox has made it to the final round in Ashoka's Changemakers competition and now things will come down to a public vote! We already won the Early Entrant's prize when we first put in our application. And a strong showing in the voting would put the project in a strong position for a Fellowship that would fund significant project work.
What Is A Distributed Social Network? (posted 2011-11-07)
J David Eisenberg made an excellent comic introduction to distributed social networks. For anybody who isn't quite sure why the FreedomBox is important, that's a fun and non-technical way to explain it.
Elevate and ContactCon (posted 2011-11-04)
James Vasile attended Douglas Rushkoff's ContactCon to promote the FreedomBox. Thanks to Douglas Rushkoff and Venessa Miemis for inviting us to present and producing the event! My talk there was The FreedomBox in 4 Minutes. He didn't just go to talk, the FreedomBox project won a prize at ContactCon, too! We'll have a full announcement about that soon.