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After months of revisions and additions (including a complete redesign of the project website), the second English edition of Wireless Networking in the Developing World is finally ready for release!
Click through for the official press release.
 

 

The Monsters have arrived!
Monsters are sometimes cute, often creepy, always inspiring. Bellwether No. 2 gives you 160+ pages of the little beasties, with enough space left over for your own notes and scribbles. Use it as a notepad, sketch book, or dream journal. Or just smile at the weird and wondrous art work of Seattle […]

 

Cat Sharp kicks off our new “Better than Blank”™ book series with Bellwether No. 1. The theme for this issue: years of obsessive exploration of female portraiture.
The book collects more than 140 beautiful illustrations and surrounds them with mostly blank space. It is full of pretty, amusing, and poignant depictions of women (and […]

 

Here are a few bits of Hacker Friendly-related news:

How To Accelerate Your Internet was mentioned in the “Bytes for All” column in the December 2006 issue of i4d Magazine. i4d is a print and online magazine with paper circulation throughout India, Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa, so this is great exposure for the […]

 

We are very pleased to announce the release of Réseaux sans fil dans les pays en développement, the French translation of Wireless Networking in the Developing World. You can download the PDF for free, or order printed copy. The book is available under a Creative Commons License.
WNDW is also available in English and […]

 

I’m at the 4th International Conference on the Book in Boston for the weekend. Marco & I had breakfast early this morning, and CNN was on the tv. Incredibly, they ran a short segment detailing Geekcorps’ project in Mali (one aspect of which was documented in Wireless Networking in the Developing World, of […]

 

The Workshop on Optimization Technologies for Low-Bandwidth Networks at the ICTP has closed. Fortunately, we were able to get the PDF of the bandwidth book to them just in time for local printing.
The presentation videos are available now as well. Just in time, plenty of high-bandwidth content to fill your low-bandwidth pipe. […]

 

WNDW has been reviewed by Geoff Huston on The Internet Society website:
…I’d thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who reads this column. Not only is it a good read, but it is an excellent example of the type of material that really helps in the area of practical training that can help enthusiastic individuals realize […]

 

We’re very pleased to announce the release of How To Accelerate Your Internet: A practical guide to Bandwidth Management and Optimization using Open Source Software. You can download the PDF or HTML version for free, or order printed copy. The book is available under a Creative Commons License.
Full press release is below the […]

 

This just in from Fam Kremer:
When FADECO.org in North-West Tanzania looked for sustainability of their satellite internet connection they turned for help on the net. Making WiFi connections to schools and other organizations in their neighborhood was the goal. Several organizations where able to help, WSFII.org, WNDW.net, WirelessNederland.nl and many others could support this project […]