hello, i'm not sure if anyone else has written back to you from the Open Guide, but...

On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 04:03:45PM +0100, Designer Sale UK wrote:

We are mentioned on your site, but the person who has put us on there is unsure of who we are and what we do:

Each page is publically editable so if you like you can correct and expand the entry yourselves; there is an 'Edit this page' link on the right.

i don't know if this might interest you, we have been plugging the Guide into a 'captive portal' service for open wireless networks. This means, if someone chooses to share or re-broadcast their wireless network connection, when people in local cafes etc connect to it, they see a 'splash page' showing local information from the Guide and other sources before they connect to the internet.

http://map.wirelesslondon.info/node/48832 shows an early prototype of this service, a nicer-looking version of this page would be the splash page on the wireless network.

The practical upshot of this is a way to do a friendly kind of 'advertising' of your business and others nearby, that people can add reviews to, that would be seen by anyone nearby taking out a wireless laptop (of which there is a fair bit around brick lane, i guess)

We definitely need to find more people - local cafes and shops - to host a 'node' on the open wireless network, which we'd help look after. I wonder if you'd be interested in this or if you might be prepared to talk to local fellow businesses about it...

This is a bit of a shot in the dark, excuse me if i'm getting carried away ;)

-jo

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