[Noisebridge-discuss] Aaron's wake at the Internet Archive.

[Kevin Burton]

Thanks Danny!

I assume a week from now?  The 21st?

I'll be there!

Kevin

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Kevin Burton <burtonator at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Afternoon.
>>
>> I found out that Noisebridge was organizing a wake/memorial for Aaron.
>>
>> I was really upset when I found out that setting up a memorial is
>> certainly something we should try to do soon.
>>
>> I wrote up my thoughts on Aaron's death here.
>>
>
> Don't worry Kevin, we're in conversation with the Archive, Aaron's family
> and others organizing memorials in New York and Boston. We haven't set a
> date yet, but it was always going to be after shiva (not quite as long as
> Nov 24, as I managed to say on the twitter, but we'll correct that)
>
> I personally think a hackathon would be a great way to honor Aaron's
> passing. We have a techno-activism meeting on Monday in the space, which
> people are welcome to come and help with the discussion. It won't be a
> hackathon, but I'm pretty much sure it will be dominated by talk of Aaron
> and our thoughts.
>
> I'm on the plane to Aaron's funeral now. Shannon is the person to talk to
> about co-ordination.
>
> d.
>
>
>>
>> http://burtonator.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/rip-aaron-swartz/
>>
>> I have been collaborating with the Internet Archive and Brewster and Lisa
>> Rein to setup a memorial there as well.
>>
>> I think that Noisebridge should certainly have their own memorial.  We
>> can also combine them of course.  I'm still trying to figure out the best
>> strategy.
>>
>> I'm also down for a hackathon especially around open data and open access
>> to journals.
>>
>> Either way we should try to publicize this and get bloggers to link to it
>> and also get the official memorial cite to link to any wake we hold for him.
>>
>> I'd also like to personally collaborate with anyone who wants to pursue
>> open access.
>>
>> I was also thinking of starting an ASTOR project (Aaron Store) if that is
>> the right way to go…
>>
>>
>>
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