Re: Pink Army Web Site redesign recommendations slides

[Bryan Bishop]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Andrew Hessel wrote:

Perhaps we should all get on the same page.  I suggest a round of introductions.

Hey all. My name is Bryan Bishop, I do development work on do-it-yourself biology and open source hardware. My primary background is in programming, molecular biology and transhumanism, and spend most of my time on do-it-yourself transhuman tech or human enhancement projects- like infrared vision, sensory augmentation, life extension / anti-aging, generally not dying, and a host of other topics in this area.

To be brief, I think I previously posted an intro to myself on the Pink Army mailing list:
http://groups.google.com/group/pink-army-cooperative/browse_frm/thread/95edd39b8d287ed3

.. which of course you are all welcome to join:
http://groups.google.com/group/pink-army-cooperative

Anyway, to sum it up, I am not interested in succumbing to road blocks. I am glad to see that the PA website might be undergoing some revisions soon- I agree that there are perhaps too many avenues of "new things" that a user has to look at in order to get to the meat of the PA proposal.

I see my most valuable contribution to this cooperative is on the technical execution and development. I am happy to see that others are picking up the web design issues, which in many cases is more strongly coupled to PR, marketing and branding, so I hope that ends up being a very tightly focused package.

Also, here are some links of items of interest that I have been monitoring or otherwise involved in. Some of these trends are critically important to PA's success, others not so much but still interesting :-).

List of DIYbio articles

http://openwetware.org/wiki/DIYbio/FAQ#Has_DIYbio_been_in_the_news.3F

Frequently asked questions about DIYbio
http://openwetware.org/wiki/DIYbio/FAQ

DIY hardware on the web
http://www.hplusmagazine.com/articles/toys-tools/hackerspace-your-garage-downloading-diy-hardware-over-web
http://www.hplusmagazine.com/articles/bio/diy-bio-growing-movement-takes-aging

do-it-yourself biology
http://diybio.org/

do-it-yourself biology mailing list
http://groups.google.com/group/diybio

various hackerspaces mailing lists
http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo

open manufacturing - "we bring software development methods to the
physical world"
http://openmanufacturing.org/
http://openmanufacturing.net/

open manufacturing mailing list
http://groups.google.com/group/openmanufacturing

open source hardware incubator/co-op (personal plug!)
http://gnusha.org/
http://replab.org/ self-replicating fablab project

adciv - advanced civilization wiki
http://adciv.org/

a collection of open source hardware design projects
http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design

skdb (apt-get for hardware)
http://designfiles.org/dokuwiki/skdb

me me me
http://heybryan.org/

a collection of STL files
http://thingiverse.com/

another hardware repository (sort of)
http://harkopen.com/

something similar to skdb
http://bildr.org/

open source CAD for manufacturing

http://heekscad.org/

instructions for projects
http://instructables.com/

an open source 3D printer (goo squirter)
http://reprap.org/

and again
http://makerbot.com/

and again
http://fabathome.org/

living on the high seas
http://seasteading.org/

accelerating trends and people to stalk
http://acceleratingfuture.com/

transhuman tech
http://humanityplus.org/

transhuman tech mailing list (very high signal to noise ratio)
http://postbiota.org/mailman/listinfo/tt
http://postbiota.org/mailman/listinfo/neuro

diy transhuman tech magazine
http://hplusmagazine.com/

do-it-yourself personal/human augmentation and enhancement
http://groups.google.com/group/diytranshumanist

electronics part search engine
http://octopart.com/

open source 2-axis CNC printer
http://mechmate.com/

a lot of resources on psych drugs
http://erowid.org/

a lot of resources on nootropics ;-)
http://imminst.org/ (especially in the forum)

a community of academic labs and wiki pages
http://openwetware.org/

a spoof on "the pirate bay" (i think it's serious)
http://theproductbay.org/

free software for everyone
http://ubuntu.com/
http://debian.org/

an incubator/co-op for open source tech
http://gnusha.org/
http://replab.org/

open source medicine community
http://groups.google.com/group/opensourcemedicine

makerbot, a kit based on reprap
http://groups.google.com/group/makerbot

mailing list for thingiverse.com
http://groups.google.com/group/thingiverse

longevity, anti-aging, cryonics, and not dying
http://designfiles.org/papers/longevity/
http://designfiles.org/papers/stem-cells/
http://mfoundation.org/
http://sens.org/
http://fuckdeath.org/
http://fightaging.org/
http://maxlife.org/
http://longevity-science.org/
http://thelongevityfoundation.org/
http://alcor.org/

In the synthetic biology area-
http://syntheticbiology.org/
http://biobricks.org/
http://partsregistry.org/

Legal stuff
http://eff.org/
http://creativecommons.org/
http://opensource.org/
http://gnu.org/
http://fsf.org/

upcoming conferences
http://opensciencesummit.com/
http://openhardwaresummit.org/

- Bryan
http://heybryan.org/
1 512 203 0507