I leave for Austin in the morning.

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"Austin Bay"

"Austin Bay" 03/17/2005 02:50 AM

Free Austin

Free Austin 11/10/2003 10:53 PM
This Austin Statesman story ran last week; if you missed it, it's worth checking out: Austin has a thriving Wi-Fi community, many of whom believe that hot spots should be free. One group of volunteers that will set up a hot spot for venue, sometimes using donated gear. I talked to Rich MacKinnon, the founder of Less Networks and a driving force behind Austin’s free networks movement, and was impressed by his passion and drive. While this article points out that the free hot spots in Austin are often more crowded then the cafes where you have to pay to get online, I still think that ultimately there will be space for both free and fee. The trick will be offering something worth paying for in the fee sites, such as added security or guaranteed bandwidth....

Austin Becoming Wi-Fi Hot Spot

Austin Becoming Wi-Fi Hot Spot 06/13/2004 06:25 PM

Austin Bay at Instapundit

Austin Bay at Instapundit 07/13/2004 12:19 AM
an answer for you .. Instapundit

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Free Wi-fi in Austin

Free Wi-fi in Austin 01/25/2004 09:52 PM

Found this list:

Free Wireless Internet Access Points in Austin, Texas

... and I figured everyone I knew needed to know where all the free wi-fi spots were in Austin too.

Spyware Infiltrates Austin

Spyware Infiltrates Austin 02/01/2005 10:07 PM
Spyware infections are on the rise in Austin, and software tools are not enough. Local company Aces Technology Services explains the risks and offers help. [PRWEB Jan 20, 2005]

Free and Easy in Austin

Free and Easy in Austin 11/03/2003 11:13 AM
Austin's free hotspot locations grow: This article implies that Austin is unique, and while it does have an interesting confluence of several trends -- and Schlotzsky's and Wayport are both headquartered there -- there are dozens of free locations in other large cities as well. It seems to be more of a coalescing community attitude, however, that free hotspots make more sense than for-fee ones that's provoked this and similar articles. The Schlotzsky's survey, by the way, is months old, but the company keeps bringing it out. They have both free computer access (via Apple iMacs) and free wireless at their test stores, and their survey showed that six percent of visitors to the stores during the survey came because of wireless access. At $7 for an average customer purchase, that equates to $100,000 in gross additional revenue per store, not overall, as the article implied. But Schlotzsky's should really revamp those numbers given the massive publicity they've received and the length of the experiment. [via Smart Mobs]...

Austin to New Jersey with Wireless

Austin to New Jersey with Wireless 05/03/2004 08:42 PM
New York Times staffer John Schwartz drives his daughter from Austin to New Jersey in search of colleges and Wi-Fi: Schwartz is a keen observer of the Wi-Fi scene, and he writes of his fairly easy process of finding Wi-Fi hotspots along his long route. He includes a bit of found poetry from the Flying J, one of the many thousands of truck stops that are or will become hotspots over the next year: God Bless America / Position Open / Wireless Available. Schwartz started in Austin, and he also filed this article about the work being carried out by Richard MacKinnon, Jon Lebkowsky, and a cast of dozens involved in Austin Wireless City to spread free Wi-Fi across the town....

Austin Park Gets Wireless

Austin Park Gets Wireless 05/20/2004 11:29 AM
Austin Wireless City worked with the City of Austin to build a hotspot in Republic Square Park: The two have also partnered for hotspots at One Texas Center and city hall. Republic Square is the first of four Austin parks to get wireless. The City of Austin is apparently really supportive of Austin Wireless City projects, which will only encourage more Wi-Fi in Austin....

More on Austin Apple Store

More on Austin Apple Store 03/06/2004 01:59 AM

Earlier this week (2/23) ifoAppleStore.com posted this:

I have updated information on the Barton Creek (Tex.) store... it will be located in the "R" section of the Austin mall, in space #8 on the upper level, in a space formerly occupied by Fast Forward.

Still no word on when it'll open.

"Austin columnist Molly Ivins "

"Austin columnist Molly Ivins " 12/05/2003 10:14 AM

NCSoft Austin to Colocate with Equinix

NCSoft Austin to Colocate with Equinix 12/09/2003 06:16 PM
theWHIR Dec 9 2003 5:36PM ET

Austin Works to Trump Starbucks

Austin Works to Trump Starbucks 02/19/2004 12:43 PM
Partners in Free Wi-Fi, Austin Wireless, and Less Networks are offering free music to hotspots users in Austin: The groups have been working together to help local venues build free hotspots. The offering starts today and will extend through the end of SXSW 2004, the music festival. Hotspot users, who don't pay for access, will be able to listen to more than 500 songs for free. Users must have the iTunes player and the songs are available through Apple iTunes music share. Less Networks sees this as a one-up on an earlier Starbucks offering where visitors could listen to a CD for free. The groups have built 25 locations in Austin since September and have 3,600 registered users. Around 100 people log on to the networks every day. Workers don't charge venues for the help in setting up the networks or the software, which lets venues manage the hotspot....

Livejournallers save Austin mural

Livejournallers save Austin mural 01/08/2004 07:46 PM
A mural on the side of a shop in Austin that was to painted over by the new owners has been saved by a campaign organized by Livejournallers. Link (via Torrez)

Podcast: On Site with Wayport's CEO in
Austin

Podcast: On Site with Wayport's CEO in
Austin 03/19/2005 02:24 AM

During my visit to Austin this week, I stopped by Wayport and recorded this interview: David Vucina, CEO of Wayport, the leading hotspot infrastructure builder, reseller network, and managed services operator in the industry, lead me on a tour around their new facility in Austin, Texas. I have to say it's quite impressive. I wondered aloud why all the functions of the company were in one place: warehouse, hotspot assembly, customer service, network operation system, system management, and administration. But after taking the tour, it was pretty clear: the company is more like a big IT (information technology) department for hire than, for instance, an Internet service provider.

There are times in this virtual world when it's useful seeing firsthand how things are done. For instance, I was able to see the assembly facility Wayport is using to prep the equipment that goes into the field. They have a separate area for assembling custom McDonald's boxes because they're putting so many of them together. The assembly manager said that they had shipped over 400 hotspot boxes of all kinds in a recent day. They're typically handling site surveys for 25 to 100 sites per week, and that isn't slacking off.

A customer service operator gave me a tour through their CRM software that lets them slice and dice problems in a variety of ways, such as all previous problems that hotel room or how that particular user authenticated onto their network. This is typical stuff for any robust customer service/technical support operation, but the tools are quite nice and the Tier 2 reps have access to very level technical details about the access point or access port.

In the 30-minute audio interview I recorded with Vucina, we talked largely about the hotspot world, Wayport's position in it, and what the company will do when the U.S. becomes largely unwired. We also spoke about the nature of Wi-Fi in complement to 3G cellular data.

You can download the interview as a plain MP3 file [15 MB] or as a ZIP archive of that file [11 MB]

The Austin Chronicle: Screens: The Hot
Spot

The Austin Chronicle: Screens: The Hot
Spot 06/14/2004 10:08 AM
Austin is the Wi-Fi capital .. an article .. he builds .. More > .. [Link]

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City Of Austin Migrating To
OpenOffice.org

City Of Austin Migrating To
OpenOffice.org 12/17/2003 10:45 AM
An anonymous reader writes "NewsForge.com has a story up this morning about the City of Austin and the results of their pilot program on OpenOffice.org. The ...

"Austin Bay sends Glenn Reynolds"

"Austin Bay sends Glenn Reynolds" 07/13/2004 03:22 PM

Austin Project Featured at SXSW

Austin Project Featured at SXSW 03/06/2004 01:49 AM
The Austin Chronicle takes a look at the Austin Wireless City Project's initiatives around the SXSW music festival, which happens next weekend: The project is offering free iTunes music to users of the free hotspots set up by the project. In addition, the IC2 Institute, a research unit of the University of Texas, is making a presentation during an Interactive Conference going on in conjunction with the festival. The institute will talk about how everyday people can benefit from connectivity. Howard Rheingold, who wrote Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution, will also speak at the conference. Other coverage of the Austin Wireless City Project's efforts include a story written by its co-founder, Rich MacKinnon. He offers a really great description of all the parties that benefit when a venue offers free hotspots. He gives the example of a free hotspot at an Austin restaurant and describes how a consultancy made money to install the router, a printing company was paid to make new coasters touting the free Wi-Fi, MacKinnon's company Less Networks pays a hosting facility to support the hotspot and a PR firm is paid to promote the free hotspots. He notes that even the big companies make money here, including Kinko's which printed a new sign, CompUSA which sold the access point, which was made by Buffalo, and SBC which provides the DSL connection. The list actually goes on, offering a strong argument for the business case behind free hotspots. [both links via Less Networks]...

Signing Sunday in Austin at SXSW

Signing Sunday in Austin at SXSW 03/08/2004 11:03 PM
A reminder of my upcoming Austin signing, this Sunday:

I will be signing copies of Eastern Standard Tribe Austin at the SXSW conference, immediately following the Bloggie Award Ceremony on the trade-floor.

March 15, 1:30PM, at the book signing area of the SXSW Interactive Festival Trade Show & Exhibition on the third floor of the Austin Convention Center.

If you're not a registered attendee at SXSW, you can get a free trade-floor pass here.

Link

My talk from the EFF-Austin party audio

My talk from the EFF-Austin party audio 03/13/2003 11:28 AM
Wiley Wiggins was kind enough to capture (and host!) the audio off my 16-minute talk at the EFF-Austin/EFF/ACTLab/Polycot party at SXSW. Can you spot the time I said "NSA" when I meant "SS?" 16.5MB MP3 Link Discuss (Thanks, Wiley!)

Intel close to clearing Austin 'eyesore'

Intel close to clearing Austin 'eyesore' 04/21/2004 06:18 AM
Offloads unfinished chip design centre

Notes and Tips: Austin Apple Store

Notes and Tips: Austin Apple Store 04/16/2004 10:28 AM
They're hiring for another Apple Store coming to Austin.

Austin tests desktop Linux waters

Austin tests desktop Linux waters 12/19/2003 06:19 PM
ZDNet Dec 19 2003 5:37PM ET

BRS Group Selling Austin Data Center

BRS Group Selling Austin Data Center 04/21/2004 02:29 PM
theWHIR Apr 21 2004 6:41PM GMT

Apple planning Austin, TX retail store

Apple planning Austin, TX retail store 01/17/2004 10:38 PM
The Austin American-Statesman notes that "it looks like Apple is about to open a store in Dell's back yard."...

Austin considering shift from Microsoft
to free software

Austin considering shift from Microsoft
to free software 12/18/2003 02:12 AM
Miami Herald Dec 18 2003 1:47AM ET

Wi-Fi Alliance Moves to Austin, and a TV
Station Speculates

Wi-Fi Alliance Moves to Austin, and a TV
Station Speculates 04/23/2004 08:23 PM
The Wi-Fi Alliance, the group that certifies Wi-Fi equipment, moves its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas: The Wi-Fi Alliance is more a virtual organization with few staffers. The test labs it work with are under contract all over the place. A television station in Austin picks up the story and thinks that even though it will create no jobs in the Austin area, that there's a large impact involved. Sorry, folks, there won't be. That's not to put down Austin (don't mess with Texas, as you know). Austin has a variety of free, community, and for-fee groups and companies including Wayport and Austin Wireless City. (Inset picture of Wayport's headquarters.)...

Kentucky Drops Utah 62-52 in Austin
Semis (AP)

Kentucky Drops Utah 62-52 in Austin
Semis (AP) 03/26/2005 01:51 AM
AP - Regardless of whether Kentucky goes on to win the national championship, the Wildcats accomplished something Friday night no team has done all season: stymie Utah's Andrew Bogut. Primarily using two 7-foot backups and lots of help from smaller guys, the Wildcats harassed Bogut into the poorest shooting game of his All-American season and showed off their depth, spreading their scoring in a 62-52 victory in the Austin Regional semifinals.

Apple to open Austin, TX store on June
12

Apple to open Austin, TX store on June
12 06/04/2004 10:47 AM
Ron Johnson, Apple's senior vice president for retail, has confirmed that Apple will open its Austin, Texas, retail store on June 12 in the Barton Creek Square mall...

Austin Wireless City Announces PC Deal

Austin Wireless City Announces PC Deal 04/09/2004 03:57 PM
The Austin Wireless City Project, which builds hotspots for local venues free of charge, is talking about a deal it has with Image Microsystems: Image Micro takes old computers that would otherwise be headed for landfills and refurbishes them. It has donated 50 of the computers to Austin Wireless City. After those 50 donated computers are used, Image Micro will start loading Less Network's server software onto the computers. Venues can buy the bundled hardware and software, which serves as an AP, for $199. Previously, Austin Wireless City loaded the software but this new development saves time for the project, which already has a waiting list of 90 establishments hoping to get hotspots....

Austin-based CapMac to feature Aspyr
tonight

Austin-based CapMac to feature Aspyr
tonight 11/13/2003 04:01 PM
If you're in Austin, Texas and you'd like to see some of the latest hot Mac games in action, make sure to drop by The Capitol Macintosh User Group's (CapMac) meeting tonight, Thursday, November 13, 2003. CapMac's having some of the gang from Aspyr Media Inc. as their special guests.

4 camera pods put in place to watch
Austin neighborhood

4 camera pods put in place to watch
Austin neighborhood 04/16/2005 07:34 PM
Chicago Tribune Apr 16 2005 9:25PM GMT

Austin Songwriter Needs Just Guitar And
iPod For Reno Show

Austin Songwriter Needs Just Guitar And
iPod For Reno Show 08/27/2004 02:02 PM
Filling the air in the intimate Record Street Cafe's side room with both hushed and loud accoustic guitar playing, McFarland -- from Austin, Texas -- had a pretty unique backing band -- an iPod, with everything from full drum tracks to pedal steel guitar. By Mark Earnest, Reno Gazette-Journal (via MyAppleMenu)

Austin computer programer wins
Libertarian presidential nod

Austin computer programer wins
Libertarian presidential nod 05/30/2004 04:12 PM
AP via New Jersey Online May 30 2004 8:42PM GMT

'Cell,' Developed in Austin, Texas,
Could Revolutionize Computing

'Cell,' Developed in Austin, Texas,
Could Revolutionize Computing 02/07/2005 02:02 AM
FinancialWire Feb 7 2005 6:06AM GMT

surprisingly good austin chron article
on bl0gging

surprisingly good austin chron article
on bl0gging 03/06/2004 01:57 AM
they seem to understand why bloggers are central to the SXSW Interactive festival

WWE Makes Yahoo Top 10; Stevie Richards
Update; Austin/Raw

WWE Makes Yahoo Top 10; Stevie Richards
Update; Austin/Raw 12/29/2003 04:07 PM
Wrestling-News Dec 29 2003 2:29PM ET

Bloggers invade Austin music fest | The
Register

Bloggers invade Austin music fest | The
Register 03/23/2005 10:08 AM

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