rlm@60: #+TITLE: Server Culture
rlm@60: #+AUTHOR: Robert McIntyre, Dylan Holmes
rlm@60: #+EMAIL:     rlm@mit.edu
rlm@60: #+SETUPFILE: ../../aurellem/org/setup.org
rlm@60: #+INCLUDE:   ../../aurellem/org/level-0.org
rlm@60: #+MATHJAX: align:"left" mathml:t path:"http://www.aurellem.org/MathJax/MathJax.js"
rlm@60: 
rlm@60: * Purpose
rlm@60: 
rlm@60: - To empower users by providing free (libre), secure, user-friendly,
rlm@60:   personal servers.
rlm@60: - To create software that capitalizes on the personal server model;
rlm@60:   for example, personal e-mail servers, file serving and transfer.  
rlm@60: - To provide intuitive and transparent web interfaces for configuration.
rlm@60: - To promote a culture of computer literacy in general and personal
rlm@60:   servers in particular by writing modular
rlm@60:   free applications with friendly interfaces, transparent configurability,
rlm@60:   and lucid documentation.
rlm@60: 
rlm@60: * VPS Service
rlm@60: 
rlm@60: - Encrypted storage
rlm@60: - Domain registration
rlm@60: - Backup service
rlm@60: - Software bundles
rlm@60: 
rlm@60: - Hardware
rlm@60: - Pricing
rlm@60: 
rlm@60: * Web interface
rlm@60: 
rlm@60: - Server configuration
rlm@60: - Package management
rlm@60: - File management
rlm@60: - Web terminal
rlm@60: 
rlm@60: * Modules
rlm@60:   These could have user friendly locations as subdomains of the main
rlm@60:   domain that each person would already have (such as
rlm@60:   mail.example.com, video.example.com)
rlm@60:   
rlm@60: - user managament -- to give other people access to files, etc. 
rlm@60: - E-mail
rlm@60: - File sharing
rlm@60: - Social media (e.g. via RSS feeds)
rlm@60: 
rlm@60: * Brain stoming notes
rlm@60:   
rlm@60:   - What about small busineses?  They are also entities that need
rlm@60:     privacy and control over their own information. There's still no
rlm@60:     really good way to get up and going as a small business with little
rlm@60:     computer ability.
rlm@60:     
rlm@60:   - Bitcoin --- people could store their wallets on their own servers
rlm@60:     and always have access to money.
rlm@60: 
rlm@60:   - Backups --- this should be taught to people and made extremely easy.
rlm@60: 
rlm@60:   - Legal issues -- should encrypt the server's hard drive
rlm@60:     automatically.
rlm@60: 
rlm@60:   - Identity -- using openid or something, people can finally have an
rlm@60:     online presence on the web.
rlm@60:     
rlm@60:   - Privacy -- one peoblem with proxy sites or VPNs is that they are
rlm@60:     only as good as the company's word that they won't keep logs. If
rlm@60:     people could somehow use their own servers as a VPN or proxy, they
rlm@60:     they could ENSURE that no logs are kept.
rlm@60: 
rlm@60:   - If people have servers running all the time, they could donate
rlm@60:     hard drive space and CPU power to worthy causes in addition to
rlm@60:     money. (for example, consider donating hosting power to a favorite
rlm@60:     comic). 
rlm@60: 
rlm@60:   - Back up your personal files to your server.
rlm@60: