<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">===============================================================================</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Subject: RE: Object tracking QR codes (was OKI printer)</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Hi everybody,</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I apologize for the delay in delivering a working solution to back up my idea about QR code based collaboration and shared tree like TODO lists that was presented earlier at one of the NB meetings.</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"> I told to a few people at NB that I was working on it at nights and on weekends. </span><span
style="background-color: transparent;"> In fact, I believe, there was only one night last week when I went to bed before 1am. I now have to work a full time job during the day time, so I get up at 7am and am pretty tired when I come back at night. Therefore, I am going to finance this to hire a few people to work on it with me. Drew is not getting an offer though. ;-) </span>Drew, so, I can't work on it if I am not in the town, is it what you are saying? No hire, we are very disappointed, go learn web development, man! :) </div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Anyway, here
is an update on the project:</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">A working version is available here:</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"> http://jw.host56.com/u-do/index.php?pinid=1 [ this link is for <span style="font-size: 10pt;">the pin#1 which belongs to the U-DO ONLINE project itself
]</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">It has been tested with recent Google Chrome and IE versions and works fine. It does have minor bugs. Also, for now it is installed on a free hosting site which might be slow at times. But usually ok, good enough so far.</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">You can comment on any items if
you want to collaborate in creating a collaborative solution. :) Just login using your Yahoo or Google email account.</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;"> No worries, you are authenticated directly by Yahoo or Google, and your information is secure; FYI, </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;">authentication</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;"> is</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; background-color: transparent;"> based on the OpenID-2 standards. </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
13.63636302947998px; background-color: transparent;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">It is possible to attach a few PINS to various pieces of hardware at this time already.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">I am now working on a project in Santa Monica, is there anybody in SF who could kindly help me out with that?</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px;
font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;">We might need to choose the right domain name for the NB equipment pins. For example, nbhardware.org</div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">However, it's not required to have a domain name, it's up to whatever the member opinion is. In order to attach a pin to a piece of equipment you need to</span><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;">- change the URL to contain a number which is not yet used</div><div
style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;">- populate the content</div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;">- print out the QR code page which contains the URL and has the QR code for it and place it somewhere near the equipment piece</div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;">- add the link to the Wiki </div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial,
helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;">On my side, I can commit to keep improving the website and backing up the database once per day.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;">As I am not currently present in SF, could the members please discuss the details at the next meeting and kindly let me know the results. In particular:</div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;">-
do we need a separate domain for NB equipment and what it's going to be</div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;">- what do you want on the page besides what is there already, any design considerations ( I will add that it's powered by my engine somewhere at the bottom of the page)</div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;">- any other suggestions after playing with it.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">John
Waln</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16px;">415-527-8036</span><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16px;">idht at yahoo com</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16px;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><div class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_72" style="background-color: transparent;">Just to clarify your possible questions about U-DO online:</div><div class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_73" style="background-color: transparent;"><br></div><blockquote style="border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_75" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. How to create a PIN:</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_79" style="background-color: transparent;">Manually replace the number in the URL:</div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="background-color: transparent;"><font face="arial,
helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a target="_blank" href="http://jw.host56.com/u-do/index.php?pinid=102" style="color: rgb(40, 98, 197); outline: 0px;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355555678_2">http://jw.host56.com/u-do/index.php?pinid=102</span></a></font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_84" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Replace 102 with any number you like. You should get an empty pin which you can start populating.</font></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_87" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_89" style="background-color:
transparent; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" style="font-weight: bold;">2. How to reference a pin from your own webpage:</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_93" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Create the pin as described in 1. Note the resulting URL.</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_96" style="background-color: transparent;"><font size="2">On your web page, create a link in an HTML file:</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_98" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"><font
size="2"><a href="</font><span style="font-size: 13px;">http://jw.host56.com/u-do/index.php?pinid=102</span><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent;">">This is the PIN about my application or device</a></span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_102" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent;">add </span><span class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_104" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-size: small; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 16px;"> </span><i>target</i><span class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_106" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-size: small; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 16px;">="</span><i>_blank</i><span
class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_108" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 16px;">" if you want to open a new window when user clicks this link. For example:</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_110" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"><span class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_111" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><font size="2" class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_112" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"><a href="</font><span class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_113" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
13px; line-height: normal;">http://jw.host56.com/u-do/index.php?pinid=102</span><span class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_114" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: transparent;">" target="_blank">This is the PIN about my application or device</a></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><div class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_115" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"><br></div><div class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_124" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"><span class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_125" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 16px;"><span class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_126"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: transparent;">Any feedback? Let me know.</span></span></div><div class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_127" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px;"><span class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_128" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 16px;"><span class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_129" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: transparent;">John Waln</span></span></div><div class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_130" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px;"><span class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_131" style="background-color:
transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">415-527-8036</span></div><div><span class="yiv304974444yui_3_7_2_21_1355545040616_131" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br></span></div></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">PS: I would like to thank Andrew Byrne for his kind friendship and participation.</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><h1 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[Noisebridge-discuss] Object tracking QR codes (was OKI printer)</h1><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';
font-size: medium;">Danny O'Brien</b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="mailto:noisebridge-discuss%40lists.noisebridge.net?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BNoisebridge-discuss%5D%20Object%20tracking%20QR%20codes%20%28was%20OKI%20printer%29&In-Reply-To=%3CCAAkY2scWD6Pw8dfQy7k%2BLYkfWQ9wuLt8PQssVKViimDjen35OQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E" title="[Noisebridge-discuss] Object tracking QR codes (was OKI printer)" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">danny at spesh.com </a><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">Tue Dec 11 22:57:56 UTC 2012</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"></span><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"></div><ul style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><li>Previous message: <a
href="https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2012-December/033741.html">[Noisebridge-discuss] The Fizzery has Club Mate</a></li><li>Next message: <a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2012-December/033708.html">[Noisebridge-discuss] No frontend lab this week</a></li><li><b>Messages sorted by:</b> <a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2012-December/date.html#33705">[ date ]</a> <a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2012-December/thread.html#33705">[ thread ]</a> <a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2012-December/subject.html#33705">[ subject ]</a> <a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2012-December/author.html#33705">[ author ]</a></li></ul><hr style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;">On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 10:24
PM, Andrew Byrne <<a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss">andrew at pachakutech.com</a>> wrote:
><i> It also has a disagreeable attitude w/r/t the network.
</i>><i>
</i>><i> I would like to store these two nodes of information in different
</i>><i> categories, I think useful categories would be action-items, history, or
</i>><i> current info about the object. Kind of like a cross between a ticketing
</i>><i> system and wiki for that object.
</i>><i>
</i>
Sorry I didn't see this earlier:
Sudo Room has been using <a href="https://labitat.dk/wiki/Labitrack">https://labitat.dk/wiki/Labitrack</a> which is
almost exactly what you describe, and seemed to work good given their
demo. I don't see the latest (web-based) code anywhere though.
><i> John has created something like this ticketing system for himself and would
</i>><i> like to see it be used to describe objects at noisebridge, but is leaving
</i>><i> for Santa Monica rather soon. We thought it would be good to connect this to
</i>><i> the wiki, and I wouldn't mind labeling items with laser cut QR badges. I
</i>><i> think this would manifest as a field on the wiki.
</i>><i>
</i>><i> First: are there already wiki modifications like this?
</i>><i> Next: who would be bothered by a part of the wiki being maintained by
</i>><i> someone who won't be in town much?
</i>><i>
</i>><i> We'll probably be showing an example tomorrow (Saturday)
</i>><i>
</i>><i> best
</i>><i> -AnB
</i>><i> -
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</i>><i> -- -- -- --
</i>><i> -- -- -- -- -- --
</i>><i> @AndruByrne
</i>><i> CEO, Pachakutech
</i>><i> www.pachakutech.com/intro.html
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