International Summit for Community Wireless Networks: August 12-15, 2010 in Vienna, Austria

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on February 28, 2010 under Events, News   Tags Tags: , , ,    Comments Comments

Those of you involved in building Community Wireless Networks likely have heard of Sascha Meinrath’s International Summit for Community Wireless Networks. He started the event a number of years ago  when he was still at UIUC, and its the still the best place to meet and work with community network organizers from around the world.
This [...]


ANNOUNCE: City Centered: A Festival of Locative Media and Urban Community (in SF)

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on February 8, 2010 under Events, News   Tags Tags: , , ,    Comments Comments Off

Our good friend Kari Gray is helping to create a technology arts festival in San Francisco this year called “City Centered: A Festival of Locative Media and Urban Community“. Kari originally contacted us about Spectropolis, our Wireless Arts festival from a few years ago, wanting to create something similar out on the west coast. What her [...]


Announcing: New York’s Technical Community Holiday Party

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on December 15, 2009 under Events   Tags Tags: , ,    Comments Comments Off

NYCwireless is joining forces with a number of other prominent technology organizations in NYC to help host the 2009 Technical Community Holiday Party.
Be sure to RSVP!
More than a palindromic number, 12/21 is an evening for drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and special guests at the professional networking event for New York technology.
Our mission is to bring together [...]


Community Broadband Hearing at Columbia University on Dec. 11

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on December 4, 2009 under Events, News, Policy   Tags Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,    Comments Comments

UPDATE: This is a Community Broadband Hearing by Columbia University, not an FCC Field Hearing. Sorry for the confusion!
Friend Bruce Lincoln, Entrepreneur in Residence at Columbia Engineering’s Center for Technology, Innovation & Community Engagement, sent us an invite for a Community Broadband Hearing taking place next Friday, December 11 at Columbia. I’m planning to attend, and [...]


Municipal Vaporware: Why NYC’s Data Mine is A Data Dump

Date Published by Anthony Townsend on October 6, 2009 under News   Tags Tags: , ,    Comments Comments

This morning, Mayor Mike Bloomberg unveiled New York City’s long-awaited Big Apps contest. Big Apps seeks to promote the Internet industry in the Big Apple (it’s sponsored by the New York City Economic Development Corporation) and make local government more transparent.
I’ve been following the evolution of open data initiatives at the municipal level for about [...]


Another Great Video of Local Kids Using Free Wi-Fi in the Playground

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on July 31, 2009 under News   Tags Tags: , , , , , , ,    Comments Comments Off

Here’s some more videos from the new CDSC Hotspot in Clinton Hill:


Photos and a Video from our Clinton Hill Hotspot Launch

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on July 31, 2009 under Hotspots, NYCwireless, News   Tags Tags: , , , , , , ,    Comments Comments Off

One of the reasons why we build free Wi-Fi hotspots is the impact it has on local communities. Our Clinton Hill Hotspot is no different — check out the great photos of kids surfing the internet. We’ve even found some budding TV stars in the 2 kids who were interviewed!

More photos after the break…


NYCwireless Launches New Hotspot in Clinton Hill For Brooklyn’s Underserved Children

Date Published by Dana Spiegel on July 29, 2009 under Events, News   Tags Tags: , , , , ,    Comments Comments

We are very proud to announce the launch of our newest hotspot in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The hotspot is a collaboration between Child Development Support Corp (CDSC), HARLOWTOWN and NYCwireless.
On Friday, July 31, 2009 at 11:00 AM at the