[FM Discuss] booki mobile makes its first trip

[adam]

hey Luka,


Lets do this.,...I cant make the trip but perhaps you can come to
Berlin, pick up the van and take it on a FM tour? Are you interested in
trying that? I have applied for some running costs but not sure if I
will get it...I know in 2 weeks, if it comes through this could be a
good thing to do...

adam


On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 03:42 +0100, Luka Frelih wrote:
> heya!
> 
> 
> > so a booki mobile update.
> >
> > some photos here:
> > http://adam.engagetv.com/bookimobile_photos
> >
> >    
> 
> very cool! i even pictured it when you told me first as a bookswagen hehe
> 
> is the big thing the binder or cutter? looks impressive. just hope no 
> backs hurting from it. ;)
> 
> > well...i have to say this was probably a crazy idea from the start. i
> > was motivated largely because a mobile book producing lab is just a
> > great idea and partly from frustration because we have been trying to
> > work with Drumbeat for some time and it was not going anywhere. i did
> > not and do not understand this since all the aims of drumbeat coincide
> > with what we do however we have had no support from them. in addition
> > there are groups that have not tried to work with drumbeat and have had
> > a huge profiling at the Drumbeat events. The Free Knowledge Academy is
> > one such example - they got major billing at the event where we were not
> > even initially invited.
> >
> >    
> that's sad to hear, especially given the free software roots of both 
> fm/booki and mozilla...
> the last part perhaps not so strange considering ftacademy's strong 
> catalan outpost.
> i mean all their books seem to have been written in barcelona :))
> > the equipment consisted of:
> > 1x Fastback 15XS binder (second hand from Munich)
> > 1x Samsung 2850 duplex lazer printer (black and white) (new)
> > 1x Ideal 3915-90 paper cutter (second hand from Berlin)
> > 1 x t4 vw van (second hand from berlin)
> > 2 x laptops (mine)
> > 1 x robocraft cutter (new)
> > heaps of paper
> > scissors, cutting boards, rulers, power cables etc
> >    
> i really want to try out one of the continuous ink systems in an office 
> inkjet.
> calculating the cost it seems to come well under even bulk laser toner.
> thoug this might be much more suitable for stable hacklab setups than a 
> van...
> 
> we need the hacklab printing points too anyway besides the vans i think! :)
> 
> 
> > we drove the van and all in it to the festival and set up immediately.
> > the first day was about setting up the site (the fest was 2 days) and
> > the second day was about producing the books. that was in the theory and
> > it worked except that it took a lot longer to test everything and refine
> > the workflow. essentially all worked (except an inkjet printer that I
> > managed to break by trying to set it up too quick) except we had a huge
> > problem with the duplex printing. duplex printing means a printer can
> > take a page print one side then suck it back and print the other side.
> > the big issue here was that the duplex printing did not print the front
> > and back pages in the same position. this was frustrating and we spent a
> > long time working this out. Janet was there trouble shooting and she
> > worked it out. essentially we had to use the printer as a 'normal' (sans
> > duplex) printer, print all the even sides take them out flip them over
> > and then print the odd sides on the back. this was a stupid way to do
> > things but the only way that worked.
> >
> >    
> 
> do you mind explaining in some more detail the duplex bug? is the shift 
> dependent on the format of the book?
> what you did with manual duplex, while heroic, is really something best 
> avoided in the future.
> i also have many doubts about duplex abilities of forementioned inkjets, 
> so we really need more experimental data...
> 
> 
> 
> > we used the Booki User Guide as the example book although we also made a
> > few other books for those that came to the booki mobile and wanted to
> > make a book :)
> >
> > so. the feedback was tremendous. although we spent much of the time
> > working out the systems i actually spent a lot of my time talking to
> > people that were interested in the process, floss manuals, booki, and
> > the booki mobile. so much time actually that it slowed down the set up!
> > still, it was good to get people excited and involved so that was ok.
> >
> > in the end we made some books and they looked beautiful.
> > http://adam.engagetv.com/bookimobile_photos/book.png
> > http://adam.engagetv.com/bookimobile_photos/interior.png
> >
> > then we packed up, spent a tired day in barcelona and drove back to
> > berlin (it took 28hours + one sleep stop to get back).
> >
> >    
> +1heroic for the drive
> > so. the booki mobile did what it had to do in terms of actually making
> > books and also it inspired alot of people. it will also have a
> > tremendous future. those aspects i consider a success. however i dont
> > think DB cared and in my own mind i have given up on Drumbeat. its only
> > so long that we can knock at the DB door and be ignored before we get
> > the idea we are not wanted. i think it is worthwhile trying to win the
> > DB open web award for profiling reasons but apart from that i think its
> > not interesting anymore to pursue the DB channel.
> >
> >
> > so, the bookimobile lives and its a cool thing :) next i will blog about
> > it, send pr, send sponsorship reports and look for funding for running
> > costs...
> >
> > :)
> >
> >    
> this is really really good news. hope you can drive it down to our woods 
> soon...
> many venues here that could host it for a day.
> http://www.culture.si/en/M3C
> 
> perhaps via zagreb and in time to make it to debconf11 in banja luka?
> (za beograd firmom krstić hehe)
> 
> best,
> LF
> 
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