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Sneakercon

August 26, 2017 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT

The Internet has grown so omnipresent today that it’s easy to overlook the continuing role of “offline networks,” systems for exchanging digital information that bypass the Internet. “Sneakernets” (by which we mean any kind of offline networking, a slight abuse of the terminology) take many forms, whether it’s a thumb drive passed between friends or a semi-trailer truck full of hard drives delivered to a server farm, or games played over a private network. Sneakernets form countless links in our digital infrastructure, but nevertheless tend to pass unnoticed in favor of a totalized, global Internet. The purpose of Sneakercon is to reexamine the offline side of the digital age by foregrounding the prevalence, variety, and uses of offline networks during two days of talks, discussion panels, and workshops.

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Date:
August 26, 2017
Time:
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
Event Category:
Website:
http://sneakercon.brown.columbia.edu

Venue

Brown Institute at Columbia
2950 Broadway
New York, NY 10027 United States
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