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About Me
Joined PTP in 2011. On the BoardOfAdvisors. Personal website: http://danrasmussen.org/ .
Expended lots of effort with the goal of getting the word out about the Personal Telco Project. First, lots of work on the PTP wiki. Then re-wrote the homepage so outsiders could understand what Personal Telco was about. I made Dashboard so that I, and others could more effectively keep the wiki up-to-date and relevant/interesting. I rewrote PTP's listing for Calagator and for a while took it on myself to submit PTP events to Calagator in an attempt to seek new volunteers. I tried to visit all of the Personal Telco nodes in Portland, and eventually did visit most of them. Here's a map of the results: http://pdxwifimap.com/ptp_audit_2012 . That project became http://pdxwifimap.com/, another attempt of mine to draw attention to the Personal Telco Project. It's also a learning project. PDX Wifi Map is based on OpenStreetMap and does things I haven't seen on any other wifi map.
Projects
(in no particular order)
SplashPageRedesign - PTP's splash pages need some help!
Make homepage awesome. On both mobile (still sucks - sidebar causes unpleasant scrolling experience, but at least text explains what PTP is about) and immobile (fairly satisfied with how it looks with Firefox on netbook screen, haven't tried any others yet).
Introduction - Like PersonalTelco, but works well on small screens. Learned: Russell and Jason apparently fond of sidebar on homepage, DanRasmussen dislikes sidebar - see Dashboard section below). Replaced OldHomepage text with Introduction text on 25. April 2012 and trimmed down OldHomepage's sidebar. Visit PersonalTelco with a small-screen-having device to see why I hate the sidebar.
- Possible solutions:
From WikiTipOfTheDay: "You can set other pages than the FrontPage as your personal start page, e.g. RecentChanges or your own homepage." NeedsUpdate Some way to make Dashboard personal start page?
Bookmark Dashboard page with small-screen devices, volunteers use as startup page. Easiest short-term solution until/unless one of the following items happens:
- Somebody who enjoys HTML/CSS formatting ("NOT IT!") gets sidebar to load *after* main page text
Detect small screen devices, send them to Dashboard if logged in or PersonalTelco page minus sidebar if not logged in? (Probably also a "NOT IT!" item)
Your solution here
IntroductionNextGen - DRAFT of next-gen homepage. Contains ideas for improvements to Introduction.
Dashboard - PTP entry page for volunteers. Goal: show every homepage visitor what they need, and no more! See UsingDashboard for details.
4 - Number of print pages required to print OldHomepage. Note how awkward this looks in printed form, and how much of the information is quickly dated, or does not make sense in non-hyperlink form.
2 - Number of print pages required to print current homepage (Introduction).
1 - Number of print pages required to print current homepage without sidebar - default as of May 1st, 2012!
1.5 - Number of print pages required to print Dashboard. No real reason to print this page.
Add sponsor links to nodes (ongoing, but started 22. Feb 2012 and essentially finished 28. Feb 2012) - working through NodesByAge
Delete, or add to DeleteMe, appropriate pages from AbandonedPages and OrphanedPages - WARNING: both of these links could take a long time to load!
Create pages the wiki says ought to exist, where beneficial. See WantedPages, and be aware that it could take forever to load
Create a NetbookHotspot (a type of BackPackAp).
- Using Android, find offline way to GPS navigate to nearest PTP node.
Pages I've Created
NeedsUpdate - list of pages containing useful, but partly outdated, information. Skills required: wiki editing, and maybe research or subject knowledge.
NeedsCoded - list of areas in which PTP could use a little coding work, or advanced wiki skills
HistoricalInterest - list of interesting historical information, and/or mostly/completely outdated stuff, superseded by CategoryHistorical
PersonalTelcoMetrics - list of interesting ways to measure the growth, utility, and benefits of the project
PersonalTelcoExports - useful documents for those who would emulate Personal Telco.
DanRasmussen/Questions - Personal Telco topics I'm interested in that don't appear to be documented in the written language
PhilosophyOnePage - Everything in CategoryPhilosophy, on one page for easy reading. Personal experiment.
Calagator - My attempt to get Portland's geek community interested in Personal Telco.
NeighborhoodNodes - Printable list of PTP nodes, pulled from the database, with some address standardization. I feel the naming of this page leaves something to be desired (in particular: it's a little long, and requires good spelling/typo-avoidance to type), but NodeList is taken, and Nodes (another badly-named node list page) is a page I feel I shouldn't edit. Random node news:
http://map.personaltelco.net/print.php Printable list that doesn't link to a map.
SplashPage - explanation of how PTP's splash page works. Didn't create the page, but rewrote everything that was there...
Macro Test Bed
Macro: RecentChangesList / RecentChanges()
RecentChanges takes up a lot of space! Possible to limit output? See Dashboard for RecentChangesList.
Macro: RandomPage(integer) , RandomPage, PageCount
Several random pages, (out of 3967 total) :
Random page, twice: NodeRodneyAndSkidmore / AnnualBoardMeeting2017
Macro: FullSearch() / FullSearchCached()
Pages where DanRasmussen appears in text. Is there some way to show most recent pages edited by DanRasmussen, vs. being in the page text? FullSearchCached is for searches that don't change much. I don't know how often the cache is refreshed, but would like to figure that out. "Clear Cache" is one of the Page Actions.
- AccessPoint
- AnnualMembersMeeting2012
- BackPackAp
- BetaSite
- BitTorrent
- Calagator
- CategoryBeWitched
- CategoryCategory
- CategoryDunWireless
- CategoryEmpty
- CategoryExample
- CategoryHistorical
- CategoryNetwork
- CategoryNodeBehindNat
- CategoryNodeDetails
- CategoryPhilosophy
- DAAP
- DanRasmussen
- DanRasmussen/PrivateTestPage
- DanRasmussen/Questions
- Dashboard
- DeleteMe
- ElectronicFrontierFoundation
- EthernetPlugnPlay
- FindNearestNode
- FrequentlyAskedQuestions
- Introduction
- IntroductionNextGen
- IrcChannel
- JenSedell
- KarmaNode
- MailingLists
- MeetingApril2012
- MeetingJune2011
- MeetingMarch2012
- MeetingSeptember2011
- MississippiNetworkNews
- MobileSplash
- NeedsCoded
- NeedsUpdate
- NeighborhoodNodes
- NetbookHotspot
- NewUsersGuide
- NoTextChasGroup
- NodeFaq
- NodeGuide
- NodeOwnerHelp
- NodeUpaTree
- OSCON2012
- OpenAp
- OrphanedPages
- OtherPublicAccessPoints
- OurLogo
- PersonalTelco
- PersonalTelcoExports
- PersonalTelcoHandbook
- PersonalTelcoHandbookTodo
- PersonalTelcoMetrics
- PlacesToUnwire
- PlayDayJuly2012
- PortalSoftware
- PortlandWirelessCommunities
- PotentialNodeOwnerFaq
- PowellsBooks
- PreviousMeeting
- PublicNodes
- Publications
- QuarterlyZine
- RealBrowser
- SkyPilotPlayDay20120204
- SloganIdeas
- SnmpHelp
- SocialNetworks
- SplashPageRedesign
- StateOfTheCategory
- TheSign
- UsingBuilderHowTo
- UsingDashboard
- WarDriving
- WeeklyMeeting20110511
- WeeklyMeeting20120201
- WeeklyMeeting20120215
- WeeklyMeeting20120222
- WeeklyMeeting20120307
- WeeklyMeeting20120321
- WeeklyMeeting20120404
- WeeklyMeeting20120411
- WeeklyMeeting20120418
- WeeklyMeeting20120502
- WeeklyMeeting20120801
- WeeklyMeeting20140409
- WeeklyMeetingNotesHowto
- WikiMaintenance
- WikiTour
- WirelessPowerMeter
- loraksus
Macro: EditedSystemPages
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Macro: TitleIndex, WordIndex, WantedPages, OrphanedPages
WordIndex: index of all words in page titles. WordIndex system page disabled on PTP wiki, but macro is embeddable in any page. WantedPages: list links to non-existent pages OrphanedPages: list pages no other page links to
<<TitleIndex>>: an index of all page titles. TitleIndex system page disabled on PTP wiki, but macro is embeddable in any page.
Macro: AbandonedPages
See AbandonedPages Quite a long list! Many PTP wiki pages haven't been edited forever - e.g. historical meeting notes. Wonder what the cut-off date is for this function...
Macro: SystemInfo
Macro: NewsResults(term1+term2+...)
NewsResults(portland+wifi):
![[WWW]](/htdocs/personaltelco/img/moin-www.png "[WWW]"){kind=small}
Best Internet Providers in Portland, Oregon - CNET Top internet providers in Portland, OR: Compare plans and prices - USA Today Portland park receives free public Wi-Fi through Cumberland Connect - WKRN News 2 Comcast Launches Simpler, Transparent Internet Plans—What It Means for Oregon Households - The Portland Tribune Police Commander Suggests Installing Metal Detectors and Weakening Wi-Fi Signal at Central Library - Willamette Week Comfortable Portland Cafes That Are Ideal for Remote Work - Eater Portland Tour Oregon's 'People's Coast' Right From Portland With No Parking Stresses On Buses With Wi-Fi And Bathrooms - islands.com Blazers' Damian Lillard reveals how WiFi has kept him close to new teammate Jrue Holiday - sportingnews.com Best Internet Providers in Portland, Maine - CNET News Release: Xfinity Store Opens in Portland’s West Side - Comcast Corporation Portland International Airport (PDX) | The Official Guide to Portland - travelportland.com Multnomah County will ping up to 1 million cellphones - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB Man who killed son over WiFi dispute in SE Portland dies in prison - OregonLive.com Map shows which internet provider is fastest in Portland - KOIN.com Multnomah County to test alert system to 1 million phones - KGW Maine internet options: How to find the best provider for you - WMTW Alex Kerai: The Rise of Digital Nomads Highlights Fast Broadband Needs - Broadband Breakfast With Municipal Broadband, Cities Are Taking Back the Internet—and Making It Faster and Cheaper. Can Portland Do the Same? - Portland Mercury Xfinity Internet Customers in Oregon Get Speed Upgrade and More at No Additional Cost - The Portland Tribune Best Internet Providers in Oregon - CNET Dispute between internet companies leaves rural Mainers offline for over a week - The Portland Press Herald Rural Mainers lose internet for weeks as companies fight over billing - Bangor Daily News Three Portland Metro Mayors Unite to Support Comcast’s Internet Essentials Program - Comcast Corporation Personal Telco Project: A Case Study in Community Connectivity - Electronic Frontier Foundation Maine Internet Speed Ranked Worst in New England, Study Shows - 102.9 WBLM 2025 global network outage report and internet health check - Network World Where to Stay in Portland - Hotels Above Par A fearful flyer’s guide to train travel on the Coast Starlight - Here is Oregon Flying on a Classic Grumman Albatross in Portland – With Wifi - AirlineReporter Internet speeds up in Oregon cities, but rural areas still lag - OregonLive.com Citywide Wi-Fi: IT Leaders Create an Affordable Reality - StateTech Magazine Portland’s New LED Street Lights with Public Wi-Fi Are Showing Up - WJBQ Wi-Fi Hot Spots Are Getting the Homeless Back on Their Feet - U.S. News & World Report Top cheap internet providers in Oregon: Compare plans and prices in 2025 - USA Today 5 reasons PDX is still the best - oregonbusiness.com These Towns in Maine Have the Fastest Internet Speeds - 94.3 WCYY Verizon says wireless service coming back online after nationwide outage - OregonLive.com Google Fiber made 'tough decision' to pull service from Louisville - The Courier-Journal "We were literally talking about the wifi in his house" – Damian Lillard says he won't have any chemistry issues when he plays with Jrue Holiday in Portland - Basketball Network Damian Lillard reveals biggest complaint about Jrue Holiday the landlord - USA Today Portland's Best Coffee Shops With WiFi - Thrillist Open Mesh shuns VC for success in measured growth - The Business Journals The connected sports fan: Testing out speedy WiFi, ticket upgrade feature at a Portland Trail Blazers game - GeekWire Portland’s Mullet Hall logs on to free Wi-Fi pilot - Jamaica Gleaner Damian Lillard Rented Jrue Holiday’s House, Then Gave Him Crucial Advice After Trade To Portland - Fadeaway World PHOTOS: Community Wi-Fi Launch in Portland Eastern - Jamaica Information Service PHOTOS: Community Wi-Fi Launched in Cornwall Barracks, Portland - Jamaica Information Service PHOTOS: Minister Vaz Launches Skibo Community Wi-Fi Service in Portland - Jamaica Information Service These Dreamy Retro Campers Will Make You Think You’re Adventuring in the '60s—But with Wi-Fi - Portland Monthly Milwaukie child porn case provides cautionary tale for Internet users - OregonLive.com Public Wi-Fi Hotspot Established In Port Antonio - Jamaica Information Service Free Public WiFi Coming to These Locations in Jamaica - Jamaicans.com Who Still Uses London's Internet Cafés? - Londonist
Macro: Hits
All hits ever? Since when?
Simple <<Hits>>: 17412. Same as <<Hits(all=False,event_type=VIEWPAGE)>>: 17412...
Page revisions <<Hits(all=False,event_type=SAVEPAGE)>>: 32
Page revisions <<Hits(all=True,event_type=VIEWPAGE)>>: 23605310
Macro: RandomQuote
<<RandomQuote()>> uses FortuneCookies, unless you specify a page in the quotes. From FortuneCookies, by using <<RandomQuote()>>:
Hint: Add your favorite pages to your navibar. See your Quicklinks list in your user preferences.
From NeedsUpdate, by using <<RandomQuote(NeedsUpdate)>>:
MozillaWikiSearch - it's now much easier than this
From NeedsCoded, by using <<RandomQuote(NeedsCoded)>>:
No quotes on NeedsCoded.
From WikiTipOfTheDay, by using <<RandomQuote(WikiTipOfTheDay)>>:
With attachment:myfile.txt you can create a link to an attachment (and use the link to upload the attachment).
Macro: PageCount
<<PageCount>>: 8942
<<PageCount(exists)>>: 3967