Jerry, the Do-It-Together Computer

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Last month I’ve made a vibrant call to “Close the Incubators and Accelerators, and Open FabLabs and MakerSpaces instead”, simply because Africa needs more people with the skills to fabricate something than additional people with oratory prowess.

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Our trip wouldn’t be possible without the full support of our new Algerian friends.

ShellMates Club from ESI is the first non-profit technical organization dedicated to networks and web security in Algeria. Supported by the wise Association Universitaire de la Francophonie, OpenMindsClub from USTHB organizes Linux Install Party and offers various trainings to students.

Both of them gathers energetic and talented students, who are curious about how technologies can be used for innovative purpose. They did a SUPER GREAT job to co-organize JerrySchool with us and mobilize more than one hundred students from their campus! BIG UP =D

As soon as we arrive, the Club Scientifique de l’ESI asks us if they can make a Jerry even before the launching of JerrySchool. Engaged in promoting innovation, they organized several startup weekends in Algiers.

The problem they are facing: Campus connection system is limited to 600Mo/day/student.

They rise a challenge for Jerry : Using the software CNTML to add a proxy to mutualise and divide up the quotas between students of the club.

The president of the club, Mehdi, becomes the SCRUM master and boosts the 12 members to collaborate to make their Jerry CSE come true.

The particularity of this Jerry is to be sewed with fishing wire, a very useful user innovation we keep on Jerry’s wiki.

After hours of cutting sewing and coding, JerryCSE is turned on on Saturday afternoon 22nd. The 12 members are on FIRE when the screen lights on! It is really a great job chrikis!

Cant wait to see how other clubs will react when seeing your self-manage web access… ;)

More photos on our picasa and fb page.

Jerry can host more different types of components than a regular computer black box. Because there is more room to attach them inside.

We use end of life components anyone can find in old computers. To create a basic computer or server, you need a power supply, a motherboard and a hard drive. And Wifi is always fun if can find a router ;)

Find more info our wiki.

The growth of Jerry Family is now spreading to Algeria. We are pleased to welcome a new branch on the family tree: Salam Alikoum =)

Thanks to the precious help of JerryClan members of Shellmates & OpenMindsClub, we are launching Jerry School : 5 days of workshop during which volunteers make Jerrys to install free & open source softwares. These Jerry will give access to IT services for non-profit purpose.

We came to Algeria to facilitate the making of several Jerry by its future users.

During one week, we met students at Ecole Supérieure d’Informatique and Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene to present them Jerry-School and issues about digital divide. We wanted to raise aweraness about the great potential given by their studies in computer science. 

As most of us, they understand the impact of technologies on how we interact with the world and its people. But these tools are not yet thought for general interest. Students understand well they have a central role to build a fair digital society, but there are only a few inclusive tech projects lead by hacker ethic… Lets challenge this status quo together =)

That’s why we asked them how they would use a Jerry to help their clubs or to launch an innovative project. We are exploring together how to design ICT systems to sustain cultural and economic development. 

The event preparation was organized on facebook & eventbrite. We didnt buy any electronics, only reuse brought by contributions, from Jerry Makers or from small business in Algiers.

First, makers discover how it is easy to self-manage their Jerry production thanks to SCRUM methodology. Features of the desired Jerry are declined into tasks. Each couple of person is responsible for the task. Each project owner present its vision of the future Jerry before launching the Sprints. At the end of each Sprint, the team checks the tasks done and learn how to progress faster for the next Sprint. It works way better than you can imagine. ;)

More news of this collective adventure very soon! 

#ED1C24#ED1C24fFollow the flow and discover pictures on our facebook page, twitter and Rebel mouse

We are very happy to Jerry workshops start in Algiers: JERRY-SCHOOL.

Thanks to our devoted JerryClan, things are very well engaged to hack Jerrycans and to turn them into development booster by providing low cost infrastructure to innovative projects.

Welcome to join us from the 22nd here are the things you’ll bring to make and customize your Jerry. Please subscribe on EventBride.

More news on our page. 

Hope you are having a great time as us, we go to the playa =D

Lately we went to the monthly meeting of Linux Premier Samedi du Libre, organized by the Parisian association Parinux. You can go there to discover free software world and find help to install Linux Operation System on your computer. And meet passionate people is always interesting! =)

We had a great surprise to discover there the Emmabuntus crew. They work with Emmaüs, the famous French NGO dedicated to solidarity, lobbying and reuse against poverty, exclusion and poor-housing.

They developed a Xubuntu based Linux distribution for end-users which is dedicated to bring back to life old computers. So our two projects are complementary.

We started hanging together since then at the hacking party OpenBidouilleCamp and OpenWorldForum. It is so great to see talented engineers excited about making Jerrys and here is their first Baby Jerry!

Big Up to Hervé & Patrick who keep the Linux spirit opened !

You can download it here it is very easy to use! And please spread the word if you know people who need an appropriated OS for reuse/fair cybercafes and other low tech projects. =)

Venez rencontrer Jerry à l’openbidouillecamp:

Le premier OPEN BIDOUILLE CAMP ouvre ses portes samedi 22 septembre à Mains d’Oeuvres (Saint-Ouen). Sur le modèle des Maker Faire, OWNI.FR, Silicon Xperience/La Cantine et SmallBang organisent cette journée dédiée à la bidouille ou D.I.Y (Do It Yourself) avec une conférence sur la fabrication numérique personnelle, du Club Mate à gogo et des drones (fait-maison) en option :::: Tout au long de la journée, des ateliers pour bidouiller, hacker, recycler, avec des matériaux de récupération #oupas, des imprimantes 3D et laser, des LEGOS, des fers à souder et des circuits imprimés, des vélos, des cerf-volants et qui sait quelles autres choses encore ? ::::: Café et thés sur place, parc à squatter en face de Mains d’Oeuvres (syndrome post-parking day) :::: Et c’est gratuit ! :::: Stay tuned ! 

“Bonjour,

J’aimerai savoir quand vous vous rencontrez pour parler de projets?

Bonne journée.”

Hello!

Nous n’avons pas de point de RDV particulier, nous organisons régulièrement des workshops. Nous serons le 22 septembre prochain à l’OpenBIdouilleCamp, 1ère fête du hacking et making à Saint-Ouen et à l’OpenWorldForum le 13 Octobre

Nous rencontrons régulièrement des intéressés sur Paris, dis nous quand on peut se voir, ce sera avec plaisir sur simple demande ;)

Nos différents adresses virtuelles sont sur http://flavors.me/jerrydiy ou par mail youandjerrycan@gmail.com

@bientôt!

coworfing:

Coworfing explained in a one minute vidéo!

knowableorg:

There are lots of things happening in the moment and it’s really hard to put them in a single blog post, but in order to give you an overview we’ll try anyways.

So brace yourself for a sweet list of things (and some pictures) after the “read more” link.

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A BIG BIG THANK YOU to the MakeSense community and the Lady Gangstas Marie Leborgne & Viliana Dzhartova =D

newschallenge:

1. What do you propose to do?

Helping local media leverage a network of SMS-enabled contributors, Feowl provides the community with reliable data about the electricity supply.

2. Is anyone doing something like this now and how is your project different?

The Newschallenge is…

JOIN US FOR OUR FIRST WORKSHOP IN PARIS!

Rejoignez-nous mercredi 21 au Fabelier pour faire des bébés Jerry qui seront utilisés par:

Hello! The first Jerry was created 8 months ago and the first people engaged in the team are 24 years old. =)

Type de mission: VOLONTARIAT, STAGE, PARTENARIAT PÉDAGOGIQUE, PARRAINAGE.
 
Rémunération: à débattre.

A la recherche d’un projet pas seulement lucratif mais avant tout enrichissant…?
Vous vous sentez l’âme d’un Chief Technical Officer Explorateur, mais vous vous dites que “c’est en jouant qu’on apprend”…? Have you met Jerry??? =)

Aidez Jerry à avoir des petits en conseillant la stratégie sur la R&D à mener pour les version 1.xx. et en pilotant les contributions des membres du JerryClan.


Jerry 1.0 est un cluster de cartes mères asus au format miniITX, proc ATOMx86 et dispose d’un protype fonctionnel de carte de dispatch énergétique protégé par la licence OpenHardware du CERN. Le plan de montage et le design sont protégés par une licence CreativeCommons.

Un premier aperçu de nos challenges techniques :

• Webmasterisation: Site internet pour tenir informés la communauté et nos partenaires de l’évolution des prototypes, une partie collaborative type wiki pour centraliser les contributions techniques et les échanges de médias autour de Jerry. On a du contenu à proposer et un beau site c’est mieux.

• Administration Systèmatique et Intégration: Linux. La base. Différentes distributions de Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora et autres Gentoo sont à prévoir. Nous aimerions tester des technologies de Cloud Computing, elles ancourageraient la collaboration entre les utilisateurs. Un maximum de libre à tous les étages pour permettre la plus grande diffusion du modèle. Jerry <3 Tux

• Ingénieux Ingénieur: Méthode de refroidissement, alimentation électrique, benchmark d’architectures électroniques vous font  l’ajout d’une batterie fait partie des upgrades des prochains Jerry et nous avons déjà des éléments pour alimenter Jerry par énergie solaire.

En bref, monter des Jerrys, c’est faire des rencontres, apprendre de nos passions respectives en buvant des bières, et aider les autres en nous faisant aussi plaisir. #pouetpouet

Contact: youandjerrycan@gmail.com //// facebook: Jerry DIY nomad server
Téléphone: 062 106 700

To make a Jerry, you need a jerrycan, a saw, zipper, string and needle to sew and elastics to attached the regular electronic components you put in a computer: harddrives, powersupply, motherboards…

At the moment, we are testing 2 asus AT5NM10T-1: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_CPU_on_Board/AT5NM10TI/

We can discuss by mail if you want: youandjerrycan@gmail.com =)