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Washington, DC, USA
Eric Mill edited this page Jan 6, 2014
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I'm interested in starting a group on DC'd tech in DC, with an emphasis on events being useful and exciting.
About technology — but not just web technology, and not just for technologists.
The idea is more of a "club" than a "meetup". It'd be nice to have a budget (but without requiring dues), and to focus on practical outcomes.
- Workshops on using decentralized tech for privacy/ownership, such as:
- setting up self-hosted alternatives to cloud services (e.g. Piwik for analytics, Tarsnap for backups, Etherpad Lite for collaboration)
- developing with WebRTC
- encrypting email now and then (or all the time)
- registering domains and setting up a simple website for yourself
- Having people speak about their projects
- Usability testing, both informal and formal
- Raising money for scholarships to send the right people to conferences and speaking opportunities
- Being a base of support for people trying to support themselves working full-time on decentralized tech (for example, ArkOS or Mailpile)
- Acting as a Gittip funnel for people who want to support other people working on this kind of technology, but don't know who they are.
If you're interested in helping, get in touch.